JAKARTA (yosefardi) – State cement maker PT Semen Indonesia Tbk (SMGR) sold 6.17 million tons of cement in first quarter of this year, grew by 3.3% from 5.97 million tons in the corresponding period of last year.
While national cement consumption increased 3.5% in the period.
SMGR’s domestic cement sales rose 3.5% to 6.16 million tons from 5.95 million tons in first quarter of 2012, below domestic cement sales growth of 3.7%.
Semen Gresik’s cement sales increased 6.6% to 3.29 million tons, Semen Tonasa’s cement sales rose 5.59% to 1.26 million tons. While Semen Padang’s cement sales declined 3.9% to 1.61 million tons.