Saudi April cement sales down 1% to SAR 5.1m tons

Cement sales of 14 Saudi producers declined 1 percent to 5.1 million tons compared to 5.2 million tons in April 2013, as shown in the following table:

Saudi Cement sales during April 2013-2014 (thousand tons)*
change	April 2014	April 2013	Period
( 1%)	5092	5161	Domestic sales
+27%	56	44	Exports
(1% )	5148	5205	Total*

* excluding undisclosed sales of City Cement

7 Cement Companies registered a decline in sales this month led by Northern Province, AlJouf and Yamama Cement with declined sales percentages of 25%, 23% and 22% respectively.

Arabian Cement, Al Safwa Cement and Najran Cement grew their Sales in April compared to the same month last year as illustrated in the table below:

Saudi cement companies sales during April 2013/2014 ( thousand tons)*
Change	April 2014	April 2013	The company
( 22% )	505	644	Yamama Cement
( 15% )	735	866	Saudi Cement
+6%	278	263	Eastern Cement
(6% )	372	395	Qassim Cement
(4% )	603	630	Yanbu Cement
+32%	517	392	Arabian Cement
+2%	729	712	Southern Cement
+1%	140	139	Tabuk Cement
(8% )	310	337	Riyadh Cement
+15%	297	259	Najran Cement
--	143	0	Hail Cement
(25% )	177	237	Northern Cement
(23% )	123	160	Al Jouf Cement
+28%	219	171	Al Safwa Cement
(1% )	5148	5205	Total

* Includes export sales

Monthly Cement sales for 2014
April	March	February	January	The company
505	534	484	486	Yamama Cement
735	773	693	662	Saudi Cement
278	280	260	262	Eastern Cement
372	381	345	349	Qassim Cement
603	600	545	612	Yanbu Cement
517	545	466	428	Arabian Cement
729	735	648	670	Southern Cement
140	146	133	144	Tabuk Cement
310	308	272	284	Riyadh Cement
297	274	215	207	Najran Cement
143	140	122	121	Hail Cement
177	177	152	138	Northern Cement
123	123	97	110	Al Jouf Cement
219	201	165	196	Al Safwa Cement
5148	5217	4598	4669	Total

Clinker production rose to 4.6 million tons in April from 3.8 million tons in the same month last year while Clinker stockpile rose to 15.8 million tons; 4.1 million tons higher than April 2013.

Clinker Production and stocks of Saudi Cement Companies as of April 30, 2014 ( thousand tons)
	April 2014		April 2013
Inventory	Production	Inventory		Production	The company
1553	526	137		380	Yamama Cement
2513	750	469		737	Saudi Cement
657	242	270		193	Eastern Cement
459	286	310		280	Qassim Cement
1997	550	694		546	Yanbu Cement
992	311	281		257	Arabian Cement
1545	671	497		568	Southern Cement
317	119	254		78	Tabuk Cement
1287	312	200		306	Riyadh Cement
2395	264	158		197	Najran Cement
613	147	0		0	Hail Cement
829	133	684		104	Northern Cement
470	129	169		40	Al Jouf Cement
141	146	15		114	Al Safwa Cement
15768	4586	4138		3800	Total

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