Cement output falls 18 percent in April

The cement output fell by 18 percent to 1.5 million tonnes in April from the March level, but output for the 10 months through April was 11 percent higher than a year ago, spokesman of the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) Shahzad Ahmed said here on Tuesday.
Cement production during the first 10 months of the current fiscal 2005-06 (July/June) was recorded at 14.85 million tonnes. The demand up from 13.38 million tonnes in the corresponding year-ago period, Shahzad said.
Out of the total production, 1.44 million tonnes were sold domestically, while 51,393 tonnes were exported, he said.