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Lebanon: Cement deliveries increased by 49% year-on-year to 0.85Mt in the first four months of 2025, compared to 0.57Mt in the same period of 2024, according to Credit Libanais’ Economical Research Unit. Deliveries rose by 23% in April 2025 to 0.24Mt, up from 0.19Mt in March 2025. The rebound has been attributed to improved political and security conditions.

Switzerland: Cement deliveries rose by 3% year-on-year to 0.99Mt in the second quarter of 2025, from April – June 2025, confirming a positive trend reversal that began earlier in the year, according to Cemsuisse.

The association called this trend ‘gratifying’, saying that the sector continues to benefit from favourable interest rates, and it expects continued strength in construction for the remainder of 2025. However, it noted a 3% year-on-year decline in the share of cement transported by rail to 35%, attributing this to ‘deteriorating’ rail freight conditions.

Vietnam: Vietnam produced 90Mt of cement in the first half of 2025, up by 15% year-on-year, according to the latest data from the government’s National Statistics Office. June 2025 production rose by 27% year-on-year to reach 17.1Mt in June 2025. Revised 2024 data showed full-year output at 184.2Mt, up by 3.5% year-on-year.

Morocco: Cement sales are expected to reach 6.8Mt by the end of June 2025, up 10% from 6.2Mt in the same period in 2024, according to the Ministry of National Land Use Planning, Urban Development, Housing and Urban Policy.

Sales by members of the Professional Association of Cement Manufacturers (APC) – Asment Temara, Ciments de l'Atlas, Ciments du Maroc, LafargeHolcim Maroc and Novacim – totalled 0.83Mt in June 2025, up by 12% year-on-year from 0.75Mt.

Pakistan: Local cement despatches are expected to fall by 28% month-on-month and 15% year-on-year to 2.63Mt in June 2025, primarily due to reduced working days over the Eid holidays. Daily average sales dropped to 88,000t from 118,000t in May 2025. Provisional data covering 22 days of the month showed 1.75Mt of cement sold, with full-month estimates at 2.5Mt, below the 11-month average of 3.06Mt.

Total sales for June 2025 are forecast at 3.54Mt, flat year-on-year but down 24% from May 2025. Sector capacity utilisation is projected at 52%, down from 68% in May 2025. For the 2024–25 fiscal year, total cement sales are expected to remain flat, with a 5% drop in local sales and a 30% rise in exports. Analysts anticipate recovery in the 2026 financial year, supported by improved macroeconomic conditions and lower interest rates.

Colombia: National grey cement production rose by 9% year-on-year to 1.2Mt in May 2025. Domestic shipments also increased, up by 8% to 1.08Mt. In the first five months of the year, grey cement production totalled 5.44Mt, down by 0.3% from the same period in 2024. Shipments to the domestic market during this period rose by 0.8% year-on-year to 5Mt.

Pakistan: Cement exports rose by 22% year-on-year in the first 11 months of the 2024–25 financial year, which started in July 2024, reaching over 8Mt, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Shipments increased by 30% year-on-year from 6.18Mt to 8.0Mt. In May 2025, exports rose by 6% year-on-year to US$34m in value and by 45% month-on-month from April 2025. Overall, national exports grew by 5% while imports rose by 7.5% over the same period.

Indonesia: Cement consumption fell by 5% year-on-year to 5.18Mt in May 2025, despite rising 32% month-on-month following Eid al-Fitr, according to Kontan.co.id news. The annual drop reflects ongoing purchasing power challenges, longer holidays and routine demand from the construction of the country’s new capital city at Nusantara.

Java remained the top sales region at 2.73Mt, down by 6% year-on-year. Sales outside Java also declined by 3% to 2.45Mt. Bagged cement consumption fell by 4% to 3.69Mt, while bulk cement demand dropped by 6% to 1.49Mt. Cumulative sales from January to May 2025 stood at 22.27Mt, down 2% year-on-year, compared to a 1% decline in the January–April period.

Equity research analyst Andreas Saragih at Mirae Aset Sekuritas said “Although there was a deeper contraction, we are of the view that the achievement is relatively in line with expectations, because it is equivalent to 35% of our 2025 cement sales estimate.”

Peru: National cement shipments rose by 5% year-on-year to 1.01Mt in May 2025 and by 0.7% over the 12-month period, since the start of June 2024, according to national cement association ASOCEM. Cement production reached 929,000t, up by 5% year-on-year and down by 1% in the 12-month period. Clinker production rose by 16% year-on-year to 832,000t but fell by 7% across the 12-month period.

Cement exports dropped by 27% to 7900t year-on-year, while rising by 4% over 12 months. Clinker exports rose by 0.4% year-on-year to 70,600t but declined by 31% across the 12-month period. Cement imports dropped by 28% year-on-year to 9000t and rose by 99% in the 12-month period. Clinker imports rose by 213% year-on-year to 88,000t and increased by 31% across the 12-month period.

India: Cement production rose by 7% year-on-year to 39.9Mt in April 2025, up from 37.4Mt in April 2024, according to data from eight core companies compiled by Thurro Research.

Despite the annual growth, April output fell 17% from March 2025’s peak of 47.9Mt due to a typical slowdown in construction activity following fiscal year-end completions.

Analysts attributed April 2025’s strong figure to residual fourth-quarter demand and pre-monsoon construction schedules. Output is expected to moderate during the monsoon, with a rebound forecast in the second half of the 2026 financial year.