Cambodia’s steel and cement imports were worth $469.88 million last year, eroded by 28.66 per cent from $658.71 million in 2019, as the Covid-19 crisis put a halt to many construction projects, slowing activity to a crawl.
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Cambodia’s five cement factories produced 7.9 million tonnes of finished product last year, marking a seven per cent gain from 2019. Hin Pisei
Cement plants churn out 7.9M tonnes
Tue, 9 February 2021
Cambodia s five cement factories produced 7.9 million tonnes of finished product last year, marking a seven per cent gain from 2019 even with myriad construction projects put on hold by Covid-19 throughout the year, according to Cambodian Cement Manufacturing Association secretary-general Puth Chandarith.
He told The Post on February 9 that growth in domestic cement production plays an increasingly important role in replacing imports, which are predominantly from Thailand, Vietnam and China.