JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Domestic cement sales reached 60 million tons in 2014 period, grew by 3.3% from 58 million tons in 2013.
Total national cement consumption was 62 million tons, including 2 million tons of imported cement. Cement consumption in Sumatera grew by 2.5% to 12.5 million tons.
Cement consumption in Java rose 3.1% to 33.7 million tons, Kalimantan 4.55 million tons (+3.6%), Sulawesi 4.53 million tons (+5.9%), Bali and Nusa Tenggara 3.34 million tons (+2.3%), Papua and Maluku 1.27 million tons (+5.6%).
For this year, both cement sales and demand are expected to grow by 5.6%.