Saudi February cement sales drop 3 percent

10/03/2014 Argaam

Cement sales of 14 Saudi producers declined 3 percent to 4.59 million tons compared to 4.74 million tons in February 2013, as shown in the following table:

Saudi Cement sales in (million tons)

change

February 2013

February 2014

period

( 3%)

4.71

4.55

Domestic sales

( 33% )

0.03

0.04

Exports

( 3% )

4.74

4.59

Total*

 

* excluding undisclosed sales of City Cement

10 Cement Companies registered a decline in sales this month led by AlJouf and Najran Cement with declined sales percentages of  26% and 24% respectively.

Arabian Cement, Al Safwa Cement and Southern Province Cement grow their Sales in February compared to the same month last year as illustrated in the table below:

Saudi cement companies sales during February 2013/2014 ( tons)*

Change

February 2014

February 2013

The company

( 18% )

484

589

Yamama Cement

( 10% )

693

772

Saudi Cement

( 9% )

260

287

Eastern Cement

( 3% )

345

354

Qassim Cement

( 3% )

545

564

Yanbu Cement

+41%

466

331

Arabian Cement

+5%

648

620

Southern Cement

( 9% )

133

146

Tabuk Cement

( 15% )

272

319

Riyadh Cement

( 24% )

215

284

Najran Cement

--

NA

126

City Cement **

( 18% )

152

185

Northern Cement

( 26% )

97

131

Al Jouf Cement

+6%

165

155

Al Safwa Cement

--

122

0.0

Hail Cement

( 5% )

4597

4863

Total

 

* Includes export sales

** The company did not report its sales during the period.

Cement sales 2014/2013 (thousand tons)*

2014

Change compared to the same peiod in 2013

Total

2014

February

January

The company

( 25%)

970

484

486

Yamama Cement

(16% )

1355

693

662

Saudi Cement

( 15% )

522

260

262

Eastern Cement

( 8% )

694

345

349

Qassim Cement

( 3% )

1157

545

612

Yanbu Cement

+29%

894

466

428

Arabian Cement

( 1% )

1318

648

670

Southern Cement

( 6% )

277

133

144

Tabuk Cement

( 12% )

556

272

284

Riyadh Cement

( 29% )

422

215

207

Najran Cement

( 12% )

290

152

138

Northern Cement

( 26% )

207

97

110

Al Jouf Cement

+14%

361

165

196

Al Safwa Cement

--

243

122

121

Hail Cement

( 9% )

9266

4597

4669

Total

 

* includes exports

 

Clinker stockpile rose to 15 million tons in February from 5.74 million tons in the same month last year. 

 

Production and stocks of clinker cement companies to Saudi Arabia as of February 28, 2014 (tons)

     Inventory

Production

 

February 2014

February 2013

February 2014

February 2013

The company

1265

438

321

520

Yamama Cement

2343

590

635

723

Saudi Cement

587

292

238

224

Eastern Cement

487

376

292

264

Qassim Cement

1809

619

569

445

Yanbu Cement

1086

430

307

259

Arabian Cement

1673

577

424

447

Southern Cement

333

273

70

104

Tabuk Cement

1195

174

177

302

Riyadh Cement

2211

250

436

123

Najran Cement

Na

577

Na

160

City Cement **

941

769

232

108

Northern Cement

324

339

95

68

Al Jouf Cement

151

37

135

131

Al Safwa Cement

596

0

143

0

Hail Cement

15001

5741

4074

3878

Total

             
 

**The company did not disclose its sales during the period.

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