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LAHORE: Domestic cement sales, which increased by 11.64 % in the month (mother) after the fall period in January 2025, failed to maintain its pace in February 2025.
Data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) shows that domestic cement departments for February 2025 reached 3.065 million tonnes, while in February 2024, compared to 2.869 million tonnes, it represented a slight increase of 6.82 %. However, the exporters saw a significant increase of 34.3 %, which increased from 395,935 tonnes to 395,935 tonnes in February 2024 to 531,736 tonnes in February 2025. The total cement remittances for February 2025 are 3.596 million tonnes, compared to 3.265 million tonnes, with a total of 10.15 million tonnes.
In February 2025, cement mills in the north of the country released 2.556 million tonnes, which increased from 2.433 million tonnes to 5.06 percent in February 2024. Southern Mills released 1.04 million tonnes in February 2025, an increase of 25.04 % from 0.831 million tonnes in February 2024.
In February 2025, domestic sales from the northern mills reached 2.507 million tonnes, up from 2.338 million tonnes in February 2024 to 7.22 percent. Southern Mills sold 557,895 tonnes of domestic in February 2025, which increased by 531,044 tonnes in February 2024.
Exports from Northern Mills declined by 47.82 %, which fell from 95,393 tonnes in February 2024 to 49,780 tonnes in February 2025. On the contrary, exports of southern mill increased by 60.36 %, which reached 481,956 tonnes in February 2025, which increased by 300,542 tons in the same month.
During the first eight months of this fiscal year, the total cement (domestic and exports) was 30.423 million tonnes, which decreased from 30.56 million tonnes to 0.45 % in the same period of the previous financial year. During this period the domestic departure was 24.5 million tonnes, up from 26.06 million tonnes in the same period last year. However, the tradition of exports increased by 31.78 %, which increased from 4.495 million tonnes to 5.924 million tonnes in the same period of the previous financial year.
Northern Mills dispatched 20.36 million tonnes of domestic in the first eight months of this fiscal, which decreased from 21.49 million tonnes to 5.28 percent from July to February 2024. Northern exports increased by 20.42 percent to increase by 20.42 percent in July-February 2025 to 1.101 million tonnes, while in the same period compared to 0.914 million tonnes. Those who left the northern mills yesterday decreased 4.23 percent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year to decrease from 21.462 million tonnes to 21.41 million tonnes in the same period last year to 21.462 million tonnes.
During July 2025, the southern mills departed domestic was 4.139 million tonnes, which was reduced from 4.57 million tonnes to 9.42 percent in the same period last year. In July 2025, southern exports increased by 34.68 percent to 4.822 million tonnes, compared to 3.58 million tonnes in the same period last year. The total traditions of the southern mills increased by 9.96 % to the first eight months of this fiscal, increased by 9.96 % to 8.962 million tonnes to 8.962 million tonnes in the same period last year to 8.962 million tonnes.
A spokesman for the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association said that the industry expects government measures in the next budget to improve the use of sector capacity. He added that the cement industry supports several coalition industries and plays a vital role in the country’s overall economic development.
