Cement Net Monthly Report: Macro investment growth picks up, actual cement demand is still weak (2.1-2.28)

2026-03-20 15:43:19

Cement output in January-February 2026 was 178.27 million tons, an increase of 6.8% over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 13.7 percentage points higher than that at the end of 2025.

Recently, the People's Bank of China and the National Bureau of Statistics successively released the financial data and economic data for February 2026. The observation and analysis of the Cement Big Data Research Institute are as follows:

(1) The scale of social financing: In February 2026, the scale of social financing increased by 2.39 trillion yuan. The stock of social finance increased by 8.2% year-on-year, which was consistent with the previous value. Government bond financing increased by 1.4 trillion yuan in February, an increase of 292.5 billion yuan less than same period last year. Although the scale of government bond issuance is less than same period last year, it is still at a historical high level. At the same time, RMB loans increased by 845.8 billion yuan, an increase of 193 billion yuan over the same period last year. From the perspective of credit, loans to residents decreased by 650.7 billion yuan, an increase of 261.6 billion yuan over the same period last year; loans to enterprises and institutions increased by 1.5 trillion yuan, an increase of 450 billion yuan over the same period last year. In February, supported by the increase in corporate loans and the issuance of government bonds, the growth rate of social finance remained stable, but the characteristics of credit structure differentiation were still obvious.

Cement output: According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the cement output from January to February 2026 was 17827 10,000 tons, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.8%, and the growth rate was 13.7 percentage points higher than that at the end of 2025. In February, during the Spring Festival holiday, the market was basically in a state of off-season recuperation, and demand remained at a low level during the year. On the supply side, cement production increased year on year due to the late Chinese New Year.

(3) Market outlook: In March, the national cement market is expected to show a pattern of "stability in the north and movement in the south, regional differentiation". The northern market continues the traditional off-season characteristics, and the southern market will take the lead in starting the demand recovery. At the same time, the nationwide peak-staggering production policy continues to restrict the release of production, coal and other costs run smoothly, and enterprises have a strong willingness to stabilize prices. Overall, the main theme of the market is the balance adjustment in the slow recovery of supply and demand, and the possibility of large price fluctuations is low, but the regional differentiation will be further intensified.

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2026-04-16 16:19:02

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2026-03-20 15:43:19

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2026-01-22 15:32:42

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2025-12-19 11:47:46

From January to October 2025, the output of cement was 10000 tons 139985, a decrease of 6.7% compared with the same period last year, an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the previous value.

2025-11-17 14:24:32

From January to September 2025, the cement output was 1,259.36 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.2%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points over the previous value. According to the full caliber calculation, the output of cement from January to September decreased by about 5.1% year on year.

2025-10-20 16:41:48

From January to August 2025, the cement output was 1,104.57 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.8%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the previous value. According to the full caliber calculation, the output of cement from January to August decreased by about 4.7% year on year.

2025-09-18 15:24:56

From January to July 2025, the cement output was 958.01 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.5%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points over the previous value. According to the full caliber calculation, the output of cement from January to July decreased by about 4.3% year on year.

2025-08-15 14:47:20

The cement output from January to May 2025 was 659.39 million tons, representing a year-on-year decrease of 4.0% and an increase of 1.2 percentage points over the previous value. According to the full caliber calculation, the output of cement from January to May decreased by about 4.1% year on year.

2025-06-18 16:34:44

From January to March 2024, the cement output was 10,000 tons 33684, a decrease of 11.8% over the same period last year, an increase of 10.2 percentage points over the previous value. According to the full-caliber calculation, the output of cement in January-March decreased by 16.3% year-on-year.

2024-04-16 15:55:59

In January-February 2024, the output of cement was 10,000 tons 18280, a decrease of 1.6% over the same period last year, an increase of 0.9 percentage points over the previous value. According to the full-caliber calculation, the output of cement in January-February decreased by 7.9% year-on-year.

2024-03-18 16:54:15

From January to November 2023, the output of cement was million tons 186735, a decrease of 0.9% compared with the same period last year, and the decline was narrower than the previous value. Among them, the monthly output in November was 189 million 790 thousand tons, an increase of 1.6% over the same period.

2023-12-15 15:14:37

From January to May 2023, the cement output was 771.41 million tons, representing a year-on-year increase of 1.9%. The cement output in May was 196.38 million tons, representing a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%. The weak demand in May was basically in line with market expectations.

2023-06-16 15:24:22

From January to April 2023, the cement output was 584.29 million tons, with a year-on-year increase of 2.5%. In April, the cement output was 193.92 million tons, with a year-on-year increase of 1.4% and a month-on-month decrease of 5.8%. The demand in April was significantly weaker than the market expectation.

2023-05-17 16:12:13

Cement output in January-March 2023 was 402.34 million tons, up 4.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate of cement output in January-March was better than expected.

2023-04-20 17:38:06

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2023-03-20 15:46:45

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2023-01-18 14:44:50

On April 19-22, 2026, the 2026 Annual Conference of the World Cement Association was held in Bangkok, Thailand. During the conference, WCA Chairman Wei Rushan delivered a keynote speech. The full text is as follows.