Puerto Rico: Cement production and sales are on the rise in Puerto Rico, due to public investment with federal reconstruction funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Data from the Puerto Rico Planning Board’s economic summary reveals that cement production increased by 2% in June 2026, totalling 739,000 bags of cement, and sales increased by 1%, reaching 1.3 million bags sold. FEMA approved more than US$35m in post-disaster funding in July 2026. Nearly US$9.8m will be sent to the Puerto Rico Port Authority to restore Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Aguadilla following damage from Hurricane Maria in 2017.
President of the Puerto Rican chapter of the General Contractors Association of America Ismael González said that unemployment would decrease due to more construction jobs available.