Switzerland: Cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association, recorded full-year national cement deliveries of 4.15Mt/yr throughout 2022. The figure represents a 0.7% year-on-year decline from 4.18Mt/yr throughout 2021. During 2022, ready-mix concrete batching plants received 73% of deliveries, while building sites received 20%. 37% of cement travelled to its destination by rail.
Cemsuisse said that energy uncertainty and rising inflation impacted on deliveries during the fourth quarter of the year.