Sept cement despatches up 7.35pc YoY

Business Recorder reported that domestic cement despatches rose 7.35 percent in September 2026, reaching 3.788 million tons from 3.529 million tons a year earlier. Including exports, total despatches climbed 5.95 percent to 4.621 million tons, while exports were nearly unchanged at 832,173 tons.

Northern mills saw their total despatches fall 2.43 percent to 3.164 million tons, whereas southern mills shipped 1.46 million tons, a rise of 30.23 percent. Southern producers also lifted domestic despatches by 22.98 percent to 624,833 tons, and northern mills recorded no exports against 221,252 tons a year earlier.

For the first quarter of the fiscal year, total despatches reached 13.141 million tons, 3.88 percent higher, with domestic volumes up 7.79 percent to 10.845 million tons. Exports fell 11.32 percent to 2.296 million tons, and the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association expressed concern about lower exports and ongoing volatility in energy prices.