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The consumption of cement moderating its fall in September
19/10/2009
October 19, 2009
As it has been happening since the beginning of last year, cement consumption has been falling in the month of September compared to the same month of 2008, and with 2.5 million tons the decrease stood at 23.7 %, as highlights a study of Oficemen (grouping of Spain cement). However, the study says that for the second consecutive month the fall in August was 21.2%. The data are less pessimistic than in the same months of previous year, when the declines reached 30.2% in August and 24.7 per cent in September. What is year the decline in the consumption of cement is situated at 36.8%, 21.8 million tons, figure slightly better than that experienced in the past twelve months, with a drop of 37.1%.
The production of plants is still adjusting to lower demand and last experienced a decrease of 20.2%. Since the beginning of the year the drop is almost 34 per cent, to 22.3 million tons. The same applies to imports from third countries, which descend in the first nine months of this year 69 per cent, with 1.9 million tonnes, almost 9% of domestic consumption.
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