ETHIOPIA: cement output surpasses local demand

Ethiopia’s annual cement output has reached 12.12 million tons, more than double the current local demand the Ministry of Industry (MoI) said.

Ministry Public Relations Head, Melaku Taye, told WIC that cement-output increased significantly after several new factories began production during the past couple of years. 

According to Melaku, there are 18 cement factories engaged in cement production across the country. Ethiopia’s cement demand shows from 20 to 25 per cent increase annually. 

Activities are underway to export surplus cement product. National Cement Factory has already begun export to neighboring countries, namely Somaliland and Djibouti, he said. 

Ethiopia plans to increase cement production to 27 million tons and the per capita cement consumption from the current 35Kg per person to 300Kg per person by the end of the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) period.