LAHORE:
Cement shipments showed a slight increase of 1.47% in December 2025 as total sales reached 4.347 million tonnes against 4.284 million tonnes in the same month last year.
According to data released by the Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association, local cement shipments from the industry in December 2025 were 3.725 million tonnes compared to 3.5 million tonnes in December 2024, showing an increase of 6.42%.
Exports continued their downward trend and fell by 20.66% in December 2025 when shipments totaled 621,685 tonnes versus 783,550 tonnes in December 2024.
During the month under review, cement plants based in the northern base supplied 3.153 million tonnes to domestic and overseas markets, showing an increase of 5.56% compared to 2.987 million tonnes in December 2024.
Similarly, south-based factories released 1.19 million tonnes of cement in December 2025, down 7.94% from shipments of 1.29 million tonnes in the corresponding month a year earlier.
North Mills shipped 3.153 million tonnes to domestic markets, up 9.75% from sales of 2.873 million tonnes in December 2024. Southern cement makers supplied 572,263 tonnes to local markets, down 8.81% compared to shipments of 627.59 tonnes in December.
Exports from the south shrank 7.14% to 621,685 tonnes in December 2025 from 669,461 tonnes in the same month last year. There were no exports from northern-based mills in December 2025.
During the first half (July-December) of the current fiscal year, total cement shipments (domestic sales and exports) were 25.783 million tons, up 9.67% from sales of 23.510 million tons in the corresponding period last fiscal year.
Domestic shipments during the period were 21.152 million tonnes compared to 18.7 million tonnes in the corresponding period last year, an increase of 13.11%. Export sales were 3.73% lower as volumes fell to 4.631 million tonnes in the first six months of the current financial year compared to 4.81 million tonnes in July-December 2024.
Northern-based mills shipped 17.915 million tonnes of cement domestically in the first half of the current financial year, up 14.67% compared to shipments of 15.623 million tonnes in July-December 2024.
Exports from the north fell 18.53% to 808,506 tonnes in July-December 2025 compared to 992,413 tonnes exported in the same period last year. Total shipments from northern mills rose 12.68% to 18.723 million tonnes in the first half of the current financial year from 16.616 million tonnes in the corresponding period last year.
Domestic shipments from south-based mills during July-December 2025 were 3.237 million tonnes, showing an increase of 5.22% against 3.077 million tonnes in the corresponding period last fiscal year. Exports from the south remained almost flat at 3.822 million tonnes in July-December 2025 compared to 3.818 million tonnes in the same period last year.
Total shipments from South-based mills rose 2.39% to 7.059 million tonnes in the first half of the current financial year from 6.894 million tonnes in the same period last year.
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