In the first ten months of this fiscal year (July 2024 to April 2025), Pakistan's cement export volume showed a strong performance, with a year-on-year increase of nearly 29% to 7.4 million tons. However, the overall cement shipment volume (the sum of domestic sales and exports) was almost stagnant, with only a slight decrease of 0.32% over the same period last year, about 37.336 million tons, mainly due to the sluggish demand in the domestic market.
According to the data released by the Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), domestic cement sales fell by 5.55% to 29.978 million tons, while exports surged by 28.77% to 7.359 million tons from 5.714 million tons in the same period last year. APCMA said in a statement that the healthy growth of exports this year is a positive signal, but due to weak domestic demand, the recovery of the whole industry is limited, and about one third of the industry capacity is idle.
According to the monthly situation in April 2025, the total cement shipment volume increased by 13.24% year-on-year to 3.342 million tons, which was mainly driven by the 34.56% increase in export volume and the 7.64% increase in local sales.
APCMA calls on the government to introduce measures in favour of the cement industry in the next budget in order to stimulate domestic construction activities and enhance the global competitiveness of Pakistani cement. In recent years, Pakistan's cement industry has been facing sluggish domestic consumption due to both economic difficulties and high construction costs, forcing manufacturers to rely more on export markets to absorb production capacity.
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