ISLAMABAD: The cement export increased by 23.21 percent during the first half of the current fiscal year in comparison to the corresponding period last year.
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data, the cement exports recorded at US $167.472 million from July-December (2024-25) against the exports of US $135.925 million from July-December (2023-24).
The cement export also rose by 33.82 percent in terms of quantity, reaching 4,691,376 metric tons from earlier 3,505,672 metric tons.
The data further revealed that cement exports witnessed an increase of 45.47 percent on a yearly basis during December 2024 as compared to the same month last year.
The exports of cement from the country during December 2024 were recorded at US $31.898 million against the exports of US $21.927 million in December 2023.
On a month-on-month basis, cement exports also rose by 3.04 percent during December 2024 when compared to the exports of US $30.957 million in November 2024, the PBS data revealed.
