Spain: Cement consumption grew by 18.5% year-on-year in October 2025 to reach 1.70Mt, 0.27Mt more than in October 2025, according to the latest data from Oficemen. "The sector has not reached a similar level of consumption since August 2011, an encouraging figure that allows us to anticipate a year-end total that exceeds 16Mt,” said Aniceto Zaragoza, CEO of Oficemen. “Even so, it would be necessary to maintain a stable consumption rate in the coming months to consolidate this trend and adequately meet the housing and infrastructure needs of our country.”
Cumulative consumption in the first 10 months of 2025 saw growth of 10.9% to reach 13.7Mt, 1.3Mt more than in the first 10 months of 2024. Cement exports in 2025 grew by 6.3% year-on-year to 403,782t. Over the first 10 months of 2025, exports fell by 7.4% year-on-year to 3.79Mt. Imports, however, grew by 28.6% over the same time interval, with an additional 0.4Mt imported so far in 2025 than in 2024. In light of rising imports and falling exports, Zaragoza insisted that "it is necessary to establish mechanisms to protect European countries from imports from third countries that have laxer environmental regulations that harm the competitiveness of our industry."
