www.shcri.com -- In April 2009, the cement yields in China reached 147 million tons, up by 12.9% YOY. From January to April, the accumulative yields of the cements in China reached 428.907 million tons, increased by 13.0%. In April, the cement clinkers yields were increased by 10.74% to 83.8496 million tons year on year. From January to April, the accumulative yields of the cement clinkers were 289 million tons, increased by 11.14% year on year. The fast growth of the cement yields in March and April has already proven that the cement demands show the rising momentum.
In the first quarter of 2009, the yields, sales and price were dropped in the east regions, but the yields and sales were increased and the price was cut down in the central regions, and the yields, sales and price were all increased in the west regions. The cement price was the lowest in the east regions but the highest in the west regions. In March, the average ex-factory price of the cements was 29 Yuan (4.2 USD) lower per ton in the east regions than that in the central regions and 72Yuan (10.5 USD) lower than that in the west regions. The purchasing price of the coal was the highest in the east regions and the lowest in the west regions. In March, the average purchasing price of the coal in the east regions was 66 Yuan higher per ton than that in the central regions and 186 Yuan higher than that in the west regions.
In the first quarter of 2009, China totally exported 3.546 million tons of the cements and cement clinkers, decreased by 54.5% compared with the same period of 2008; the export values were down by 48.2%YOY to 150 million USD; the average export price was 43 USD per ton, up by 13.9% YOY. The exports were mainly characterized as follows:
A. the export volumes were increased at link relative ratio in March. In March, the cement exports still continued the rising tendency in February. The export volumes were 1.483 million tons, down by 45.3% YOY but up by 36% at link relative ratio. The average export price was turned down compared with February, which was about 41.1 USD per ton, up by 5.4% YOY but down by 8.5% at link relative ratio.
B. most were exported by means of general trade. In the first quarter, China exported 3.332 million tons of cements by means of general trade, decreased by 55.5%, accounting for 93.7% of the total export volumes of the same period. At the same time, China exported 168 thousand tons of cements by means of oversea contracting projects, increased by 71%.
C. Africa, United Arab Emirates and Taiwan were the major export destinations, and the exports to Europe and America were cut down sharply. In the first quarter, China's respective exports to Africa, United Arab Emirates and Taiwan were 1.161 million tons, 658 thousand tons and 431 thousand tons, down by 21.8%, 28.8% and 9.9% respectively. The total export volumes to above mentioned three countries accounted for 63.5% of the total cement export volumes of the same period. At the same time, China exported 183 thousand tons and 164 thousand tons of cements to America and Europe respectively, sharply decreased by 76.1% and 90.9%.
D. silicate cements and cement clinkers were two major export varieties. In the first period of 2009, the export volumes of the silicate cements in China were 1.785 million tons, down by 41.8%; the average export price was 35 USD per ton, increased by 5.8%. At the same time, the export volumes of the cement clinkers were declined by 61.1% to 1.697 million tons; the average export price of the cement clinkers was 48.9 USD per ton, increased by 12.8%. The export volumes of the silicate cements and cement clinkers accounted for 98.2% of the total export volumes of the cements of the same period in China.
E. the export volumes in Shanghai accounted for 40% and the export volumes were sharply doubled in Zhejiang. In the first quarter, the cement export volumes of Shanghai's manufacturers were 1.603 million tons, down by 58.1%, accounting for 45.2% of the total cement export volumes in China; at the same time, Shandong exported 720 thousand tons of cements, dropped by 64%; Jiangsu's exports reached 332 thousand tons, down by 54.5%. Besides, Zhejaing's exports were 335 thousand tons at the sharp growth of 2.4 folds.
Source: China Research and Intelligence
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