Colombia\u2019s cement market expanded by 0.7 per cent YoY to 1.082Mt in August 2025 from 1.074Mt in August 2024, according to national statistics agency, DANE.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bulk cement sales declined by 7.6 per cent YoY, but bagged cement saw a 4.9 per cent improvement in off-take. This is also reflected in the sales trends per market segment. Construction companies and contractors reduced their purchases by 11.3 per cent YoY and sales to ready-mix concrete companies were down by 9.6 per cent YoY. Sales to the retail\/wholesale segment advanced by 8.2 per cent YoY.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Output from the country\u2019s cement plants saw a 4.1 per cent uptick YoY to 1.238Mt in August 2025 from 1.189Mt.<\/p>\n
January-August 2025
In the first eight months of 2025, dispatches returned to growth when compared with the equivalent period of the last two years. January-August 2025 deliveries increased by 2.5 per cent to 8.214Mt from 8.014.4Mt in January-August 2024, when dispatches saw 5.2 per cent YoY drop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bulk sales in the 8M25 slipped by 3.3 per cent as deliveries to ready-mix concrete companies fell 6.4 per cent while construction companies and contractors reduced their off-take by 4.6 per cent. Sales to the retail\/wholesale sector were up 8.8 per cent, supporting a 5.4 per cent uptick in bagged cement deliveries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Production volumes were up 1.5 per cent YoY to 9.997Mt in the 8M25 from 8.866Mt in the 8M24, when it fell 4.5 per cent YoY.<\/p>\n
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