February sees 14% pick-up in Brazilian cement sales 10 March 2021
Cement sales in Brazil increased 14 per cent YoY to 4.7Mt in February 2021, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. Key drivers of the market expansion were the maintenance of real estate works and self-construction as well as favourable weather. Cement sales per working day increased 5.4 per cent MoM and 16.4 per cent YoY to 234,100t. Exports were up from 11,000t in February 2020 to 29,000t in February 2021.
As a result, the domestic cement market expanded by 11.8 per cent YoY to 9.74Mt in the first two months of 2021. In the 2M20 cement sales in Brazil reached 8.714Mt. Cement producers also shipped 58,000t of exports in 2M21, up from 25,000t in the 2M20.
Cement sales in Brazil advance 17% in December 14 January 2021
Cement sales in Brazil totalled 4.7Mt, up 16.6 per cent YoY, according to the National Union of the Cement Industry (SNIC). However, per working day, sales declined 13.2 per cent to 208,400t when compared with the previous month. SNIC attributes the fall to uncertainties in the economy and civil construction in 2021.
The domestic market saw a 16.6 per cent rise to 4.689Mt while exports advanced 55.6 per cent to 28,000t in December 2020 when compared with December 2019.
Full-year 2020 demand
In 2020 the Brazilian market saw sales of 60.786Mt of cement, up 10.9 per cent YoY and a return to the level of sales noted in June 2016. The key drivers were emergency aid, self-construction and the real estate sector, which supported 80 per cent of cement sales.
Brazilâs cement market expands 12% in November 11 December 2020
Brazilian cement sales in November totalled 5.315Mt, representing an increase of 11.7 per cent when compared with November 2019, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC.
Sales in November advanced 8.6 per cent YoY to 2.397Mt in the key southeast region while in the northeast, the country’s second-largest market, they were up 10.4 per cent YoY to 1.125Mt. In the south offtake increased 19 per cent YoY to 0.916Mt. In the central-eastern market a 18.8 per cent rise to 0.613Mt was reported while in the north the market expanded by 5.9 per cent to 0.233Mt.
However, per working day sales declined 5.2 per cent to 240,200t, indicating the peak of growth this year has passed.