Thursday, October 27, 2011

PERU: Cement imports increase in Peru

Higher cement sales in Peru has the led the country to import more of the material from neighboring countries, a report from Gestion said.

Shipments of cement during the third quarter increased by 13.7% over the second quarter and by 3.6% compared to the same period last year. Cemento Andino participation in the national cement consumption was 17.9%, while that of Cementos Lima was 34.71%.

The report also reveals that in the period from January to September, Cemex's participation in the domestic market has increased significantly to 4.9% this year.

A report reveals that Andean Cement most of the import was directed to the country's central coast, where the firm Cemex representative of the imports registered 103.831 tons in the third quarter, which represents an increase of 12.4 % over the same period of 2010.The gray cement imports increased 9.9% in the third quarter versus the second quarter and by 14.9% compared with the third quarter of 2010, the report said.

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