KARACHI: Pakistan’s cement exports declined for a third consecutive month in November by a massive 26.53 percent to 590,183 tons on a year-on-year basis, the All-Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said on Tuesday.
Cement exports declined by around 23 percent in October 2025 and 15 percent in September 2025. The APTCMA logged Pakistan’s total cement exports in Nov. 2024 at 803,258 tons. Domestic cement dispatches in Nov. were 3.549 million tons, showing a marginal increase of 2.23 percent.
The country’s overall cement dispatches last month stood at 4.14 million tons as compared to 4.275 million tons dispatched during the same month of the last fiscal year, showing a decline of 3.17 percent, according to the APTCMA.
A spokesman for the All-Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association urged the government to frame industry friendly policies that can reduce the cost of business and make Pakistani cement competitive in regional and global markets.
“We can achieve growth provided the government gives concessions on duties and taxes that will ultimately benefit the end-consumer,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
In recent years, Pakistan’s government has withdrawn various subsidies and taxed incomes from agriculture, retail and real-estate sectors as one of the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under its 37-month, $7 billion loan program Islamabad secured in September last year.
The country’s official data for November indicated a substantial contraction in exports, rising import pressures and a widening cumulative trade deficit, posing serious challenges.
Pakistan’s overall exports in November dropped sharply to $2.398 billion, a 15.8 percent decline compared to October 2025, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) figures. Imports decreased by 13.7 percent month-on-month, reaching $5.253 billion.
But the reduction in imports was insufficient to offset the export slump and consequently, the monthly trade deficit stood at $2.855 billion, an 11.9 percent increase over October.
