May 21, 2019: The cement exports from the country were recorded at $243.118 million during July-April (2018-19) against the exports of $ 185.741 million during July-April (2017-18), showing positive growth of 30.89 percent, according to the latest data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

In terms of quantity, the exports of cement witnessed an increase of 52.72 percent by going up from 3742,963 metric tons to 5716,154 metric tons, according to the data.

Meanwhile, on-year-on-year basis, the cement exports witnessed an increase of 14.19 percent during the month of April 2019 when compared to the same month of last year. The cement exports in April 2019 were recorded at $21.861 million against the exports of $19.144 million in April 2018.

On month-on-month basis, the export of cement also increased by 42.03 percent during April 2019, when compared to the export of $15.392 million during March 2018, according to the data.

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