Cement consumption fell by 11.6 per cent in may
on June 20, 2011
The consumption of cement in May was 2.1 million tonnes, representing a decrease of 11.6 per cent in comparison with the month of May 2010 and confirms the negative trend of the first months of the year. On the other hand, cement production drops 19%, reaching 2.1 million tons, according to Oficemen.
Compared to the year of mobile (June 2010 - may 2011) the production of cement has declined 7.9% and consumption 12.1% to 23.8 million tonnes. With this volume, per capita consumption is at a similar to the 1987 level. With regard to foreign trade, exports have grown 23%, reaching 3.9 million tonnes imports have entered into a 42.7% while.