Pakistan ranked 5th cement exporter in World
Monday, 17 August 2009
Pakistan cement factories continue to make significant progress in cement exports. Now Pakistan is ranked 5th in the world’s cement exports after a huge increase of 47 percent in exports during last fiscal year.
According to the Global cement report, China maintained first position with 26 million tonnes in exports, while Japan got second position by exporting 12.6 million tonnes of cement. Third largest cement exporter in world is Thailand with around 12 million tonnes, followed by Turkey which exported 11.6 million tonnes of cement. Pakistan now at 5th position has left Germany behind by exporting 11 million tonnes of cement during last fiscal year. Germany now stands at 6th position with 9 million tonnes exports.
