Tag Archives: Uptick in cement sales

KARACHI: Local cement despatches during the July-October period of this fiscal year rose by 2.3 per cent to 13.312 million tonnes while exports grew by 16.48pc to 2.8m tonnes as compared to same period last year. As a result, total cement despatches — local and exports — stood at 16.117m tonnes, up by 4.53pc compared to same period last fiscal …

KARACHI: Total cement sales — export and local despatches — posted a meagre growth of 1.67 per cent to 26.765 million tonnes during the first seven months of this fiscal year mainly due to reduction in government spending on infrastructure projects. However, exports surged 50.47pc to 4.141m tonnes during the July-January period of 2018-19, from 2.775m tonnes in the corresponding …