In the first two quarters of this year, the Spanish Port of Barcelona exported 684,255 tonnes of cement and clinker, equivalent to a 435% increase over the same period in 2011. Shipments are mostly sent to Africa and South America, with Puerto Rico, Algeria, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, United Kingdom, Uruguay,Togo, Brazil and Guinea being
the main importers.
Producers in Spain have adopted a policy of export-led growth, given the decrease in local demand, which has dropped to the level of the 1970s throughout Spain. The port authority predicts that end of year growth in these two sectors will be in the region of 400%.
BC.