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

08/05/2014 Argaam

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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