Central America: Hydraulic Cement Trade Down 14%Monday, April 24, 2017 Between January and September 2016, the value of trade in hydraulic cement between countries of the region amounted to $48 million, 14% less than the same period in 2015. Figures from the information system on the the Hydraulic Cement Market in Central America , compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Clic para interactuar con la gráfica"] Central American Cement Trade Down 18%Monday, September 11, 2017 In 2016 intraregional trade in hydraulic cement totaled $59 million, 18% less than in 2015, and the main exporter is still Costa Rica. Figures from the information system on the the Hydraulic Cement Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData : [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"] Cement Plant Announced in HondurasMonday, June 15, 2015 The Honduran government has announced that it has signed an agreement with the italian Goldlake Group, to build a cement plant, with an estimated value of $200 million. From a statement issued by the Presidency of Honduras: Large Cement Factory in GuatemalaFriday, July 19, 2013 Cementos Progreso has announced an investment of $720 million in the construction of the San Gabriel plant with capacity of 2.3 million tons per year. "Adding this to the capacity of the San Miguel plant, located in Sanarate, El Progreso, the company will be able to offer the market five million tons of product every year", reported Prensalibre.com. Cement: Regional Purchases Up 9%Monday, September 17, 2018 In the first three months of 2018, countries in Central America imported $36 million worth of hydraulic cement, 9% more than was purchased in the same period in 2017. Figures from the Information System on the Hydraulic Cement Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
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Vietnamese Cement in Central AmericaFriday, September 20, 2019 During the first quarter of 2019, Central American companies imported hydraulic cement for $47 million, and purchases from companies in Vietnam increased 155% over the same period in 2018. Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption="Click to interact with graphic"] Costa Rica: New 5% Cement TaxTuesday, March 10, 2020 The Legislative Assembly approved in second debate a bill that aims to tax in the country the sale and self-consumption of imported or locally produced cement. The initiative, which was approved in the first debate in the Assembly in mid-February and is still pending approval by the Executive Branch, establishes that the tax will be on imported cement produced nationally, in bags or in bulk, for sale or self-consumption, of any kind, whose destination is the consumption and marketing of the product nationally.
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Cement: How do Markets Behave?Tuesday, January 5, 2021 El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua were the Central American markets that increased their hydraulic cement imports in the first half of 2020 in year-on-year terms. Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graphic"]
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Central America: Vietnamese Cement Gaining GroundMonday, April 5, 2021 In recent years, cement from Vietnam has gained importance in terms of the amount purchased, as from January to September 2018 they represented 10% of total regional imports and for the same period in 2020 the proportion rose to 30%. Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"] Central America Buys More Hydraulic CementFriday, March 9, 2018 In the first nine months of 2017, countries in the region imported $110 million worth of hydraulic cement, 38% more than was purchased in the same period in 2016. Figures from the information system on the Hydraulic Cement Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData : [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"] More Chinese Cement in Central AmericaFriday, January 4, 2019 During the first six months of 2018, Central American companies imported hydraulic cement for $77 million, and purchases from China increased 42% over the same period in 2017. Figures from the information system on the the Hydraulic Cement Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"] More Cemex Investments Near Grand CanalThursday, December 18, 2014 The cement company has announced it will be investing $35 million over three years to increase the production capacity by 25% at the plant it operates in Costa Rica, near the border with Nicaragua. From a statement issued by CEMEX: Cement: More Business between Central America and MexicoWednesday, March 20, 2019 During the first nine months of 2018, Central American companies imported hydraulic cement for $110 million, and purchases from Mexico doubled compared to the same period in 2017. Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
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Cement: Imports up 6% in 2018Wednesday, July 10, 2019 During 2018, Central American companies imported $151 million worth of hydraulic cement, 6% more than in 2017. Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
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Cement: Regional Purchases up 21%Tuesday, January 7, 2020 During the first half of 2019, Central American companies imported $93 million in hydraulic cement, 21% more than in the same period in 2018. Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphics"] |
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