LAHORE:
Cement dispatches confirmed a slight development of 1.47% in December 2025 as complete gross sales reached 4.347 million tons towards 4.284 million tons throughout the identical month of final yr.
In accordance with knowledge launched by the All Pakistan Cement Producers Affiliation, native cement dispatches by the trade throughout December 2025 had been 3.725 million tons in comparison with 3.5 million tons in December 2024, exhibiting a rise of 6.42%.
Exports continued their downward pattern and dropped by 20.66% throughout December 2025, when shipments stood at 621,685 tons in comparison with 783,550 tons in December 2024.
Throughout the month below evaluation, north-based cement mills provided 3.153 million tons to home and abroad markets, exhibiting a rise of 5.56% towards 2.987 million tons in December 2024.
Equally, south-based mills launched 1.19 million tons of cement in December 2025, which was 7.94% lower than dispatches of 1.29 million tons within the corresponding month of the earlier yr.
Northern mills dispatched 3.153 million tons to home markets, registering an increase of 9.75% towards gross sales of two.873 million tons in December 2024. Southern cement producers supplied 572,263 tons for native markets, which was 8.81% decrease in comparison with dispatches of 627,519 tons throughout December 2024.
Exports from the south contracted 7.14% to 621,685 tons in December 2025 from 669,461 tons throughout the identical month of final yr. There have been no exports from north-based mills in December 2025.
Throughout the first six months (July-December) of the present fiscal yr, complete cement dispatches (home gross sales and exports) had been 25.783 million tons, larger by 9.67% than gross sales of 23.510 million tons through the corresponding interval of final fiscal yr.
Home dispatches through the interval had been 21.152 million tons towards 18.7 million tons throughout the identical interval of final yr, recording a development of 13.11%. Export gross sales had been 3.73% decrease as volumes decreased to 4.631 million tons through the first six months of the present fiscal yr in comparison with 4.81 million tons in July-December 2024.
North-based mills dispatched 17.915 million tons of cement domestically through the first half of the present fiscal yr, exhibiting a rise of 14.67% in comparison with dispatches of 15.623 million tons throughout July-December 2024.
Exports from the north declined by 18.53% to 808,506 tons throughout July-December 2025 in contrast with 992,413 tons exported throughout the identical interval of final yr. Complete dispatches from the northern mills rose by 12.68% to 18.723 million tons through the first half of the present monetary yr from 16.616 million tons within the corresponding interval of final yr.
Home dispatches by south-based mills throughout July-December 2025 had been 3.237 million tons, exhibiting an increase of 5.22% over 3.077 million tons in the identical interval of final fiscal yr. Exports from the south remained virtually flat at 3.822 million tons throughout July-December 2025 in contrast with 3.818 million tons in the identical interval of the earlier yr.
Complete dispatches by the south-based mills elevated by 2.39% to 7.059 million tons through the first six months of the present monetary yr from 6.894 million tons in the identical interval of final yr.
