Saudi cement sales up 7.3% to 5M tons in January

The aggregate sales volumes of 17 Saudi cement producers jumped 7.3% to 5 million tons in January, from 4.7 million tons a year earlier, according to recent data released by Yamama Cement Co.

Total Cement Sales in KSA (K tons)

‎‫Item 2024 (January) 2025 (January) Change‬
‎‫Local Sales ‎‫4,486.00 ‎‫4,894.00 ‎‫9.09 %
‎‫Export Sales ‎‫177.00 ‎‫107.00 ‎‫(39.55 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫4,663.00 ‎‫5,001.00 ‎‫7.25 %

A total of 12 companies reported higher domestic sales, led by Yamama Cement with a 32% year-on-year (YoY) increase, followed by United Cement Industrial Co., which saw a 30% rise.

 

On the other hand, four cement producers witnessed a fall in sales volumes. Tabuk Cement Co. came first with a 23% YoY drop. Yanbu Cement Co. followed with a 14% YoY decline.

 

Saudi Cement Co. maintained sales at last year’s level of 470,000 tons.

Local Sales (Thousand Tons)

‎‫Company 2024 (January) 2025 (January) Change‬
‎‫YC ‎‫479.00 ‎‫632.00 ‎‫31.94 %
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫470.00 ‎‫470.00 ‎‫0.00 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫371.00 ‎‫454.00 ‎‫22.37 %
‎‫ACC ‎‫357.00 ‎‫403.00 ‎‫12.89 %
‎‫SPCC ‎‫414.00 ‎‫389.00 ‎‫(6.04 %)
‎‫YCC ‎‫448.00 ‎‫386.00 ‎‫(13.84 %)
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫293.00 ‎‫342.00 ‎‫16.72 %
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫234.00 ‎‫292.00 ‎‫24.79 %
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫265.00 ‎‫244.00 ‎‫(7.92 %)
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫202.00 ‎‫240.00 ‎‫18.81 %
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫168.00 ‎‫201.00 ‎‫19.64 %
‎‫United Cement ‎‫150.00 ‎‫195.00 ‎‫30.00 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫155.00 ‎‫165.00 ‎‫6.45 %
‎‫TCC ‎‫192.00 ‎‫147.00 ‎‫(23.44 %)
‎‫UACC ‎‫125.00 ‎‫146.00 ‎‫16.80 %
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫120.00 ‎‫133.00 ‎‫10.83 %
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫43.00 ‎‫55.00 ‎‫27.91 %
‎‫Total ‎‫4,486.00 ‎‫4,894.00 ‎‫9.09 %
‎‫Company 2024 (YTD) 2025 (YTD) Change‬
‎‫YC ‎‫479.00 ‎‫632.00 ‎‫31.94 %
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫470.00 ‎‫470.00 ‎‫0.00 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫371.00 ‎‫454.00 ‎‫22.37 %
‎‫ACC ‎‫357.00 ‎‫403.00 ‎‫12.89 %
‎‫SPCC ‎‫414.00 ‎‫389.00 ‎‫(6.04 %)
‎‫YCC ‎‫448.00 ‎‫386.00 ‎‫(13.84 %)
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫293.00 ‎‫342.00 ‎‫16.72 %
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫234.00 ‎‫292.00 ‎‫24.79 %
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫265.00 ‎‫244.00 ‎‫(7.92 %)
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫202.00 ‎‫240.00 ‎‫18.81 %
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫168.00 ‎‫201.00 ‎‫19.64 %
‎‫United Cement ‎‫150.00 ‎‫195.00 ‎‫30.00 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫155.00 ‎‫165.00 ‎‫6.45 %
‎‫TCC ‎‫192.00 ‎‫147.00 ‎‫(23.44 %)
‎‫UACC ‎‫125.00 ‎‫146.00 ‎‫16.80 %
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫120.00 ‎‫133.00 ‎‫10.83 %
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫43.00 ‎‫55.00 ‎‫27.91 %
‎‫Total ‎‫4,486.00 ‎‫4,894.00 ‎‫9.09 %

Three companies exported a total of 107,000 tons of cement in January, with Saudi Cement leading at around 82,000 tons.


Monthly Exports Per Company (K tons)

Company January-2025 December-2024 November-2024 October-2024 September-2024
SAUDI CEMENT ‎82.00 ‎185.00 ‎122.00 ‎180.00 ‎60.00
NAJRAN CEMENT ‎21.00 ‎31.00 ‎31.00 ‎27.00 ‎19.00
EPCCO ‎4.00 ‎8.00 ‎12.00 ‎12.00 ‎14.00
Total ‎‫107.00 ‎‫224.00 ‎‫165.00 ‎‫219.00 ‎‫93.00

Monthly Cement Sales (K tons)

‎‫Month Sales Change‬
2023 - ‎‫January ‎‫4,501.00 ‎‫(8.20 %)
2023 - ‎‫February ‎‫4,389.00 ‎‫2.69 %
2023 - ‎‫March ‎‫4,315.00 ‎‫(14.49 %)
2023 - ‎‫April ‎‫2,742.00 ‎‫(11.09 %)
2023 - ‎‫May ‎‫4,186.00 ‎‫17.03 %
2023 - ‎‫June ‎‫3,727.00 ‎‫(15.24 %)
2023 - ‎‫July ‎‫4,033.00 ‎‫4.54 %
2023 - ‎‫August ‎‫4,113.00 ‎‫(11.17 %)
2023 - ‎‫September ‎‫4,092.00 ‎‫(8.50 %)
2023 - ‎‫October ‎‫4,419.00 ‎‫(10.80 %)
2023 - ‎‫November ‎‫4,426.00 ‎‫(7.35 %)
2023 - ‎‫December ‎‫4,394.00 ‎‫(5.02 %)
2024 - ‎‫January ‎‫4,663.00 ‎‫3.60 %
2024 - ‎‫February ‎‫4,229.00 ‎‫(3.65 %)
2024 - ‎‫March ‎‫3,698.00 ‎‫(14.30 %)
2024 - ‎‫April ‎‫3,102.00 ‎‫13.13 %
2024 - ‎‫May ‎‫4,188.00 ‎‫0.05 %
2024 - ‎‫June ‎‫3,556.00 ‎‫(4.59 %)
2024 - ‎‫July ‎‫4,350.00 ‎‫7.86 %
2024 - ‎‫August ‎‫4,225.00 ‎‫2.72 %
2024 - ‎‫September ‎‫4,266.00 ‎‫4.25 %
2024 - ‎‫October ‎‫4,879.00 ‎‫10.41 %
2024 - ‎‫November ‎‫4,760.00 ‎‫7.55 %
2024 - ‎‫December ‎‫5,233.00 ‎‫19.09 %
2025 - ‎‫January ‎‫5,001.00 ‎‫7.25 %

Monthly Sales Per Company (K tons)

Company January-2025 December-2024 November-2024 October-2024 September-2024
YC 632.00 626.00 597.00 609.00 492.00
SAUDI CEMENT 552.00 712.00 593.00 647.00 453.00
QACCO 454.00 424.00 400.00 396.00 388.00
ACC 403.00 383.00 322.00 354.00 311.00
SPCC 389.00 388.00 352.00 365.00 350.00
YCC 386.00 410.00 397.00 407.00 354.00
RIYADH CEMENT 342.00 330.00 307.00 304.00 292.00
CITY CEMENT 292.00 302.00 258.00 268.00 244.00
NAJRAN CEMENT 265.00 268.00 244.00 242.00 218.00
EPCCO 244.00 254.00 254.00 247.00 219.00
Al Safwa Cement Co. 201.00 238.00 200.00 207.00 187.00
United Cement 195.00 200.00 195.00 218.00 195.00
HCC 165.00 147.00 131.00 133.00 126.00
TCC 147.00 161.00 158.00 154.00 143.00
UACC 146.00 172.00 159.00 150.00 130.00
JOUF CEMENT 133.00 166.00 157.00 145.00 129.00
NORTHERN CEMENT 55.00 52.00 36.00 33.00 35.00
Total 5,001.00 5,233.00 4,760.00 4,879.00 4,266.00

Meanwhile, clinker production decreased by 28.6% to 4.07 million tons from 5.24 million tons a year earlier.

 

The clinker inventory reached 43.84 million tons in the same month, up 7.8% from 40.67 million tons in Jan. 2024.

Clinker – Production & Inventory (K tons)

‎‫Company 2024 (January) 2025 (January)
  ‎‫PROD INV ‎‫PROD INV
‎‫YC ‎‫645.00 ‎‫3,377.00 ‎‫369.00 ‎‫4,651.00
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫772.00 ‎‫3,182.00 ‎‫765.00 ‎‫3,562.00
‎‫QACCO ‎‫314.00 ‎‫2,137.00 ‎‫353.00 ‎‫1,878.00
‎‫ACC ‎‫330.00 ‎‫2,745.00 ‎‫210.00 ‎‫3,476.00
‎‫SPCC ‎‫541.00 ‎‫4,286.00 ‎‫246.00 ‎‫5,939.00
‎‫YCC ‎‫494.00 ‎‫5,749.00 ‎‫312.00 ‎‫6,302.00
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫333.00 ‎‫909.00 ‎‫304.00 ‎‫517.00
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫181.00 ‎‫682.00 ‎‫183.00 ‎‫625.00
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫361.00 ‎‫3,280.00 ‎‫168.00 ‎‫3,206.00
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫250.00 ‎‫2,848.00 ‎‫302.00 ‎‫1,925.00
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫204.00 ‎‫358.00 ‎‫168.00 ‎‫219.00
‎‫United Cement ‎‫155.00 ‎‫1,605.00 ‎‫124.00 ‎‫1,668.00
‎‫HCC ‎‫114.00 ‎‫2,953.00 ‎‫95.00 ‎‫3,061.00
‎‫TCC ‎‫138.00 ‎‫1,279.00 ‎‫157.00 ‎‫991.00
‎‫UACC ‎‫189.00 ‎‫3,434.00 ‎‫182.00 ‎‫3,805.00
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫181.00 ‎‫1,449.00 ‎‫80.00 ‎‫1,614.00
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫34.00 ‎‫400.00 ‎‫53.00 ‎‫401.00
‎‫Total ‎‫5,236.00 ‎‫40,673.00 ‎‫4,071.00 ‎‫43,840.00

Five companies exported clinker, led by Saudi Cement with roughly 126,000 tons. Yanbu Cement ranked second with 160,000 tons.



Monthly Clinker Exports (K tons)

Company January-2025 December-2024 November-2024 October-2024 September-2024
YCC ‎160.00 ‎81.00 ‎106.00 - ‎149.00
SAUDI CEMENT ‎126.00 ‎179.00 ‎138.00 ‎245.00 ‎138.00
SPCC ‎91.00 ‎41.00 ‎46.00 - -
NORTHERN CEMENT ‎67.00 ‎62.00 ‎84.00 ‎86.00 ‎62.00
Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎1.00 ‎1.00 ‎1.00 ‎2.00 ‎2.00
JOUF CEMENT - ‎47.00 ‎16.00 ‎18.00 ‎3.00
Total 445.00 411.00 391.00 351.00 354.00

Sales of Cement Companies (K tons)

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