Cement exports increases 17.73% to $270.584 mln in 9 months

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Apr, 2026) The exports of cement witnessed an increase of 17.73 percent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2025-26 as against the exports of the corresponding months of last year.

The cement exports from the country were recorded at US $270.854 million during July-March (2025-26) against the exports of US $230.067 million during July-March (2024-25), according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

In terms of quantity, the cement export witnessed an increase of 7.21 percent from 6,488,824 metric tons to 6,956,849 metric tons, the data revealed.

Meanwhile, year-on-year basis, the cement exports witnessed an increase of 90.51 percent during the month of March 2026 as compared to the same month of last year.

The exports of cement from the country during March 2026 were recorded at US $41.919 million against the exports of US $22.004 million in March 2025.

On a month-on-month basis, cement exports decreased by 88.76 percent during March 2026 when compared to the exports of US $22.208 million in February 2026, the PBS data revealed.