HÀ NỘI — Exports of cement and clinker products reached 14 million tonnes in the first six months of this year, a year-on-year decline of 15 per cent. Lương Đức Long, Vice Chairman and General Secretary of the Việt Nam National Cement Association said that cement production and consumption decreased last year compared to 2021. However, the country's cement export market was also not positive in the first six months of the year. Việt Nam's second-largest cement export market is the Philippines, but recently this country has officially announced the imposition of a temporary anti-dumping tax on cement products from Việt Nam, causing difficulties for cement exports to the market. The increase in export tax and the price of export clinker not rising has made the difficulties even worse.

Source: Viet Nam News July 20, 2023 01:41 UTC