Cement sales in Saudi Arabia down 4% in October

The sales of the 15 cement companies operating in Saudi Arabia declined by 4 percent in October to 4.07 million tonnes versus 4.23 million tonnes in the same month last year.

Saudi Cement sales in October 2013/2014(million tons)
change	2014	2013	period
(4%)	4.02	4.20	Local sales
+25%	0.05	0.04	Export sales
( 4% )	4.07	4.23	Total

9 Cement Companies registered a decline in sales this month led by Tabouk and Yanbu Cement with declined sales percentages of 23% and 18% respectively.

5 other companies grew their Sales in October compared to the same month last year as illustrated in the table below:

Saudi cement companies sales during October 2013/2014 ( thousand tons)*
Change	2014	2013	The company
( 12% )	380	431	Yamama Cement
( 16% )	580	690	Saudi Cement
( 12% )	227	258	Eastern Cement
( 10% )	277	309	Qassim Cement
( 18% )	400	486	Yanbu Cement
+4%	382	366	Arabian Cement
(2%)	555	564	Southern Cement
( 23% )	101	132	Tabuk Cement
+8%	248	230	Riyadh Cement
+49%	273	183	Najran Cement
(5%)	145	153	City Cement
(1%)	133	134	Northern Cement
+22%	109	89	Al Jouf Cement
+1%	129	128	Al Safwa Cement
+61%	127	79	Hail Cement
(4%)	4066	4232	Total

*includes export sales

		Cement sales on a monthly basis in 2014
Oct	Sept	August	July*	June	May	April	March	Feb	Jan
380	454	461	264	484	512	505	534	484	486	Yamama Cement
580	617	573	453	667	721	735	773	693	662	Saudi Cement
227	235	205	159	257	278	278	280	260	262	Eastern Cement
277	305	269	181	337	363	372	381	345	349	Qassim Cement
400	490	425	273	559	619	603	600	545	612	Yanbu Cement
382	521	468	285	527	509	517	545	466	428	Arabian Cement
555	648	557	356	687	732	729	735	648	670	Southern Cement
101	109	87	54	125	137	140	146	133	144	Tabuk
248	291	264	166	303	310	310	308	272	284	Riyadh Cement
273	307	240	169	330	332	297	274	215	207	Najran
127	146	132	84	158	154	143	140	122	121	Hail Cement
133	141	145	92	172	184	177	177	152	138	Northern Cement
109	117	97	63	119	126	123	123	97	110	Al Jouf
129	157	134	87	174	200	219	201	165	196	Al Safwa

* Ramadan and Fitr Feast season

Clinker stockpile rose to 21.2 million tons in October from 11.1 million tons in the same month last year.

Clinker output and stocks –October 2014 (Thousand tonnes)
	Inventory		Production
2014	2013	2014		2013
2495	905	592		493	Yamama Cement
3235	1604	769		655	Saudi Cement
942	670	331		246	Eastern Cement
884	443	309		320	Qassim
2843	1077	526		494	Yanbu
544	689	455		359	Arabian Cement
1965	1118	681		601	Southern Cement
516	410	102		132	Tabuk
1642	759	308		286	Riyadh Cement
2907	1071	259		414	Najran Cement
687	481	165		119	City Cement
1249	950	275		232	Northern Cement
588	385	132		124	Al Jouf
102	69	76		141	Al Safwa Cement
588	454	150		124	Hail Cement
21187	11085	5130		4740	Total

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