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Saudi cement sales rise 14% YoY to 4.8M tons in September

The aggregate sales of the 17 Saudi cement companies increased by 14% year-on-year (YoY) in September 2025, reaching 4.8 million tons, compared to 4.3 million tons, according to data issued by Yamama Cement Co.

Total Cement Sales in KSA (K tons)

‎‫Item	2024 (September)	2025 (September)	Change‬
‎‫Local Sales	‎‫4,173.00	‎‫4,705.00	‎‫% 12.75
‎‫Export Sales	‎‫93.00	‎‫137.00	‎‫% 47.31
‎‫Total	‎‫4,266.00	‎‫4,842.00	‎‫ % 13.50

Domestic sales rose at 8 producers, led by Yamama Cement (+87% YoY), followed by Hail Cement Co. (+44% YoY) and Saudi Cement Co. (+34% YoY).

Meanwhile, domestic sales of the other nine companies declined YoY, dragged down by Al Jouf Cement Co. (-35%) and City Cement Co. (-20%).

Local Sales (Thousand Tons)

Monthly
YTD

‎‫Company	2024 (September)	2025 (September)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫492.00	‎‫922.00	‎‫% 87.40
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫393.00	‎‫528.00	‎‫% 34.35
‎‫QACCO	‎‫388.00	‎‫397.00	‎‫% 2.32
‎‫SPCC	‎‫350.00	‎‫337.00	‎‫(% 3.71 )
‎‫YCC	‎‫354.00	‎‫320.00	‎‫(% 9.60 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫311.00	‎‫282.00	‎‫(% 9.32 )
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫292.00	‎‫273.00	‎‫(% 6.51 )
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫205.00	‎‫250.00	‎‫% 21.95
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫187.00	‎‫217.00	‎‫% 16.04
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫244.00	‎‫196.00	‎‫(% 19.67 )
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫199.00	‎‫191.00	‎‫(% 4.02 )
‎‫United Cement	‎‫195.00	‎‫191.00	‎‫(% 2.05 )
‎‫HCC	‎‫126.00	‎‫181.00	‎‫% 43.65
‎‫UACC	‎‫130.00	‎‫161.00	‎‫% 23.85
‎‫TCC	‎‫143.00	‎‫137.00	‎‫(% 4.20 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫129.00	‎‫84.00	‎‫(% 34.88 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫35.00	‎‫38.00	‎‫% 8.57
‎‫Total	‎‫4,173.00	‎‫4,705.00	‎‫% 12.75

‎‫Company	2024 (YTD)	2025 (YTD)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫4,230.00	‎‫6,171.00	‎‫% 45.89
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫3,325.00	‎‫4,130.00	‎‫% 24.21
‎‫QACCO	‎‫3,350.00	‎‫3,600.00	‎‫% 7.46
‎‫YCC	‎‫3,011.00	‎‫2,990.00	‎‫(% 0.70 )
‎‫SPCC	‎‫3,151.00	‎‫2,974.00	‎‫(% 5.62 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫2,289.00	‎‫2,808.00	‎‫% 22.67
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫2,346.00	‎‫2,490.00	‎‫% 6.14
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫2,008.00	‎‫2,150.00	‎‫% 7.07
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫1,486.00	‎‫1,923.00	‎‫% 29.41
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫1,687.00	‎‫1,891.00	‎‫% 12.09
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫1,805.00	‎‫1,774.00	‎‫(% 1.72 )
‎‫United Cement	‎‫1,243.00	‎‫1,455.00	‎‫% 17.06
‎‫HCC	‎‫1,270.00	‎‫1,399.00	‎‫% 10.16
‎‫UACC	‎‫1,111.00	‎‫1,210.00	‎‫% 8.91
‎‫TCC	‎‫1,239.00	‎‫1,092.00	‎‫(% 11.86 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫1,016.00	‎‫960.00	‎‫(% 5.51 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫334.00	‎‫420.00	‎‫% 25.75
‎‫Total	‎‫34,901.00	‎‫39,437.00	‎‫% 13.00

Three companies exported a total of 137,000 tons of cement in September 2025, spearheaded by Saudi Cement Co., which accounted for around 109,000 tons, the data showed.

Monthly Exports Per Company (K tons)

Company	September-2025	August-2025	July-2025	June-2025	May-2025
SAUDI CEMENT	‎109.00	‎89.00	‎127.00	‎180.00	‎91.00
NAJRAN CEMENT	‎27.00	‎22.00	‎14.00	‎12.00	‎12.00
JOUF CEMENT	‎1.00	‎1.00	‎1.00	-	-
EPCCO	-	-	‎1.00	‎1.00	‎2.00
Total	‎‫137.00	‎‫112.00	‎‫143.00	‎‫193.00	‎‫105.00

‎‫Month	Sales	Change‬
2023 - ‎‫January	‎‫4,501.00	‎‫(% 8.20 )
2023 - ‎‫February	‎‫4,389.00	‎‫% 2.69
2023 - ‎‫March	‎‫4,315.00	‎‫(% 14.49 )
2023 - ‎‫April	‎‫2,742.00	‎‫(% 11.09 )
2023 - ‎‫May	‎‫4,186.00	‎‫% 17.03
2023 - ‎‫June	‎‫3,727.00	‎‫(% 15.24 )
2023 - ‎‫July	‎‫4,033.00	‎‫% 4.54
2023 - ‎‫August	‎‫4,113.00	‎‫(% 11.17 )
2023 - ‎‫September	‎‫4,092.00	‎‫(% 8.50 )
2023 - ‎‫October	‎‫4,419.00	‎‫(% 10.80 )
2023 - ‎‫November	‎‫4,426.00	‎‫(% 7.35 )
2023 - ‎‫December	‎‫4,394.00	‎‫(% 5.02 )
2024 - ‎‫January	‎‫4,663.00	‎‫% 3.60
2024 - ‎‫February	‎‫4,229.00	‎‫(% 3.65 )
2024 - ‎‫March	‎‫3,698.00	‎‫(% 14.30 )
2024 - ‎‫April	‎‫3,102.00	‎‫% 13.13
2024 - ‎‫May	‎‫4,188.00	‎‫% 0.05
2024 - ‎‫June	‎‫3,556.00	‎‫(% 4.59 )
2024 - ‎‫July	‎‫4,350.00	‎‫% 7.86
2024 - ‎‫August	‎‫4,225.00	‎‫% 2.72
2024 - ‎‫September	‎‫4,266.00	‎‫% 4.25
2024 - ‎‫October	‎‫4,879.00	‎‫% 10.41
2024 - ‎‫November	‎‫4,760.00	‎‫% 7.55
2024 - ‎‫December	‎‫5,233.00	‎‫% 19.09
2025 - ‎‫January	‎‫5,001.00	‎‫% 7.25
2025 - ‎‫February	‎‫4,781.00	‎‫% 13.05
2025 - ‎‫March	‎‫3,611.00	‎‫(% 2.35 )
2025 - ‎‫April	‎‫4,309.00	‎‫% 38.91
2025 - ‎‫May	‎‫4,791.00	‎‫% 14.40
2025 - ‎‫June	‎‫4,031.00	‎‫% 13.36
2025 - ‎‫July	‎‫4,717.00	‎‫% 8.44
2025 - ‎‫August	‎‫4,585.00	‎‫% 8.52
2025 - ‎‫September	‎‫4,842.00	‎‫% 13.50

Monthly Sales Per Company (K tons)

Company	September-2025	August-2025	July-2025	June-2025	May-2025
YC	922.00	745.00	897.00	584.00	729.00
SAUDI CEMENT	637.00	606.00	528.00	577.00	602.00
QACCO	397.00	377.00	433.00	366.00	393.00
SPCC	337.00	340.00	368.00	316.00	343.00
YCC	320.00	322.00	325.00	288.00	388.00
ACC	282.00	287.00	314.00	229.00	300.00
RIYADH CEMENT	273.00	276.00	246.00	231.00	293.00
EPCCO	250.00	205.00	161.00	214.00	217.00
NAJRAN CEMENT	218.00	220.00	211.00	188.00	219.00
Al Safwa Cement Co.	217.00	225.00	228.00	195.00	256.00
CITY CEMENT	196.00	231.00	215.00	224.00	290.00
United Cement	191.00	180.00	173.00	127.00	155.00
HCC	181.00	153.00	180.00	135.00	152.00
UACC	161.00	147.00	159.00	108.00	147.00
TCC	137.00	130.00	130.00	104.00	128.00
JOUF CEMENT	85.00	102.00	94.00	86.00	117.00
NORTHERN CEMENT	38.00	39.00	55.00	59.00	62.00
Total	4,842.00	4,585.00	4,717.00	4,031.00	4,791.00

Quarterly Sales Per Company (K tons)

‎‫Company	2024 (Q 3)	2025 (Q 3)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫1,540.00	‎‫2,564.00	‎‫% 66.49
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫1,501.00	‎‫1,771.00	‎‫% 17.99
‎‫QACCO	‎‫1,242.00	‎‫1,207.00	‎‫(% 2.82 )
‎‫SPCC	‎‫1,049.00	‎‫1,045.00	‎‫(% 0.38 )
‎‫YCC	‎‫1,010.00	‎‫967.00	‎‫(% 4.26 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫872.00	‎‫883.00	‎‫% 1.26
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫852.00	‎‫795.00	‎‫(% 6.69 )
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫612.00	‎‫616.00	‎‫% 0.65
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫688.00	‎‫649.00	‎‫(% 5.67 )
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫533.00	‎‫670.00	‎‫% 25.70
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫739.00	‎‫642.00	‎‫(% 13.13 )
‎‫United Cement	‎‫493.00	‎‫544.00	‎‫% 10.34
‎‫HCC	‎‫409.00	‎‫514.00	‎‫% 25.67
‎‫UACC	‎‫372.00	‎‫467.00	‎‫% 25.54
‎‫TCC	‎‫429.00	‎‫397.00	‎‫(% 7.46 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫390.00	‎‫281.00	‎‫(% 27.95 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫110.00	‎‫132.00	‎‫% 20.00
‎‫Total	‎‫12,841.00	‎‫14,144.00	‎‫% 10.15

On the clinker front, production fell 3% YoY to 4.7 million tons, from 4.8 million.

Clinker inventories stood at 44.24 million tons by the end of September 2025, down 2% YoY from 45.19 million.

Clinker – Production & Inventory (K tons)

‎‫Company	2024 (September)		2025 (September)
	‎‫Production	Inventory	‎‫Production	Inventory
‎‫YC	‎‫623.00	‎‫4,575.00	‎‫575.00	‎‫4,698.00
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫769.00	‎‫3,697.00	‎‫776.00	‎‫3,552.00
‎‫QACCO	‎‫376.00	‎‫1,942.00	‎‫394.00	‎‫2,321.00
‎‫SPCC	‎‫522.00	‎‫5,703.00	‎‫282.00	‎‫7,202.00
‎‫YCC	‎‫254.00	‎‫6,152.00	‎‫472.00	‎‫4,744.00
‎‫ACC	‎‫362.00	‎‫3,558.00	‎‫378.00	‎‫4,027.00
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫95.00	‎‫756.00	‎‫262.00	‎‫1,035.00
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫310.00	‎‫2,421.00	‎‫290.00	‎‫2,050.00
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫274.00	‎‫3,389.00	‎‫193.00	‎‫3,020.00
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫155.00	‎‫195.00	‎‫228.00	‎‫352.00
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫176.00	‎‫818.00	‎‫176.00	‎‫418.00
‎‫United Cement	‎‫133.00	‎‫1,763.00	‎‫148.00	‎‫1,534.00
‎‫HCC	‎‫156.00	‎‫3,262.00	‎‫135.00	‎‫2,861.00
‎‫UACC	‎‫176.00	‎‫3,886.00	‎‫173.00	‎‫4,031.00
‎‫TCC	‎‫95.00	‎‫1,064.00	‎‫74.00	‎‫994.00
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫133.00	‎‫1,481.00	‎‫62.00	‎‫1,062.00
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫176.00	‎‫529.00	‎‫39.00	‎‫339.00
‎‫Total	‎‫4,785.00	‎‫45,191.00	‎‫4,657.00	‎‫44,240.00

Additionally, five companies exported clinker during September 2025, led by Yanbu Cement Co. with approximately 382,000 tons, followed by Saudi Cement with 143,000 tons.

Monthly Clinker Exports (K tons)

Company	September-2025	August-2025	July-2025	June-2025	May-2025
YCC	‎382.00	‎286.00	‎367.00	‎254.00	‎273.00
SAUDI CEMENT	‎143.00	‎138.00	‎100.00	‎191.00	‎189.00
NORTHERN CEMENT	‎58.00	‎45.00	‎17.00	‎26.00	‎44.00
JOUF CEMENT	‎22.00	‎17.00	‎23.00	‎42.00	‎44.00
Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎4.00	‎5.00	‎1.00	‎1.00	‎1.00
SPCC	-	‎50.00	‎40.00	-	-
Total	609.00	541.00	548.00	514.00	551.00

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