Cement sales down 17pc in nine months: The News

KARACHI: Local cement sales in the first nine months (July to March) of the fiscal year 2008-09 have dropped by 17 per cent to 13.9 million tons.

However, exports have continued to grow, rising by 52 per cent to 7.9 million tons despite the fact that the pace of growth in exports has slowed down in the recent months.

JS Research reported on Tuesday that according to the latest provisional numbers overall cement sales were down 0.4 per cent to 21.8 million tons.

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