Argentina: Producers sold 649,000t of cement in May 2020, down by 33% year-on-year from 965,000t in May 2019. Data from the Asociación de Fabricantes de Cemento Portland (AFCP) shows that the sharpest decline, of 80%, was in Buenos Aires. Total sales nonetheless grew by 61% month-on-month from 404,000t in April 2020. Five-month sales to 31 May 2020 fell by 35% year-on-year.
Argentine cement sales fall by a third in May 2020
Written by Global Cement staff
