Cement sales via the Uzbek Commodity Exchange decreased by 24% year-on-year to 6.9Mt in 2022. However, according to Uzbekistan Newsline, monthly sales hit a high of 0.82Mt in June 2022. Qizilqumcement retained a 40% share of sales, but Akhangarancement’s share fell to 19% from 22% previously, and Almalyk MMC’s share dropped to 12% from 23%, Global Cement reports.
Reportedly, Tashkent and the Tashkent region held a 25% market share, the Surkhandarya region a 13% share, the Bukhara region a 12% share, the Navoi and Kashkadarya regions a 10% share, and the Samarkand and Jizzakh regions held an 8% share each.
'Data released by the National Agency of Statistics revealed that overall ordinary Portland cement (OPC) production fell by 3% to 11.4Mt in 2022 from 11.8Mt in 2021', the statement reads.
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