Thursday, May 12, 2011

SOUTH AFRICA: Domestic cement sales up 1%



Cement sales in SA moved 1.1% higher year on year (y/y) in April to 816,338 tons from 807,820 tons at the same time in 2010, data from the Cement and Concrete Institute showed on Tuesday.

Domestic sales on a year-to-date basis declined 1.9% to 3.287 million tons, from 3.351 million tons for the same period in 2010.

The moving annual total in SA was down 5.2% y/y in April to 10.806 million tons from 11.397 million tons in April 2010.

The group noted that April had one less sales day than in 2010. If this was taken into account, sales were 6.7% higher than April 2010, it said. - I-Net Bridge

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