Morocco cement deliveries fall 5.3% on year in Jan-May; May drops 20.6%

Cement deliveries from members of Morocco's Professional Association of Cement Manufacturers fell 5.30% year over year during the January-May period, reaching 5.73 million mt at the end of May compared with 6.05 million mt in the same period of 2025.

The year-to-date decline was milder than the sharp drop recorded in May alone, when deliveries fell 20.64% year over year to 1.21 million mt from 1.53 million mt, according to APC data published on June 3.

May weakness was broad-based across segments, led by distribution, where deliveries fell 27.58% year over year, and prefabricated concrete, or PREFA, where deliveries dropped 27.01%. Building deliveries were down 23.68% in May, while mortars declined 19.32%.

Despite the weak monthly performance, the cumulative data showed a more mixed market. Deliveries to the ready-mix concrete segment, or BPE, rose 4.57% year over year in January-May, while infrastructure deliveries increased 1.91% and mortars rose 2.54%.

The main drag on year-to-date volumes came from distribution, where deliveries fell 9.59% to 2.99 million mt, and PREFA, where deliveries declined 12.74% to 548,755 mt. Building demand was broadly stable, slipping 0.08% year over year to 179,058 mt.

Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, last assessed CEMDEX Turkey at $55/mt FOB on May 28.