Saudi cement sales fall 2% YoY to 5.14M tons in December

The aggregate sales of the 17 Saudi cement companies decreased by 2% year-on-year (YoY) to 5.14 million tons in December 2025, from 5.23 million, according to data issued by Yamama Cement Co.

Total Cement Sales in KSA (K tons)

‎‫Item 2024 (December) 2025 (December) Change‬
‎‫Local Sales ‎‫5,009.00 ‎‫5,022.00 ‎‫0.26 %
‎‫Export Sales ‎‫224.00 ‎‫119.00 ‎‫(46.88 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫5,233.00 ‎‫5,141.00 ‎‫(1.76 %)

Domestic sales of nine cement producers recorded growth, led by Umm Al-Qura Cement Co. (+26.7% YoY), followed by Hail Cement Co. (+23.8% YoY).

 

Meanwhile, local sales of eight companies declined, spearheaded by Northern Region Cement Co. (-48% YoY) and Al Jouf Cement Co. (-34% YoY).

Local Sales (Thousand Tons)

‎‫Company 2024 (December) 2025 (December) Change‬
‎‫YC ‎‫626.00 ‎‫624.00 ‎‫(0.32 %)
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫527.00 ‎‫569.00 ‎‫7.97 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫424.00 ‎‫408.00 ‎‫(3.77 %)
‎‫SPCC ‎‫388.00 ‎‫397.00 ‎‫2.32 %
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫330.00 ‎‫380.00 ‎‫15.15 %
‎‫YCC ‎‫410.00 ‎‫370.00 ‎‫(9.76 %)
‎‫ACC ‎‫383.00 ‎‫324.00 ‎‫(15.40 %)
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫246.00 ‎‫270.00 ‎‫9.76 %
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫238.00 ‎‫263.00 ‎‫10.50 %
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫302.00 ‎‫251.00 ‎‫(16.89 %)
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫237.00 ‎‫242.00 ‎‫2.11 %
‎‫United Cement ‎‫200.00 ‎‫238.00 ‎‫19.00 %
‎‫UACC ‎‫172.00 ‎‫218.00 ‎‫26.74 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫147.00 ‎‫182.00 ‎‫23.81 %
‎‫TCC ‎‫161.00 ‎‫149.00 ‎‫(7.45 %)
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫166.00 ‎‫110.00 ‎‫(33.73 %)
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫52.00 ‎‫27.00 ‎‫(48.08 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫5,009.00 ‎‫5,022.00 ‎‫0.26 %
‎‫Company 2024 (YTD) 2025 (YTD) Change‬
‎‫YC ‎‫6,062.00 ‎‫8,486.00 ‎‫39.99 %
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫4,790.00 ‎‫5,939.00 ‎‫23.99 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫4,570.00 ‎‫4,836.00 ‎‫5.82 %
‎‫SPCC ‎‫4,256.00 ‎‫4,108.00 ‎‫(3.48 %)
‎‫YCC ‎‫4,225.00 ‎‫4,089.00 ‎‫(3.22 %)
‎‫ACC ‎‫3,348.00 ‎‫3,775.00 ‎‫12.75 %
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫3,287.00 ‎‫3,496.00 ‎‫6.36 %
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫2,836.00 ‎‫2,924.00 ‎‫3.10 %
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫2,410.00 ‎‫2,676.00 ‎‫11.04 %
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫2,131.00 ‎‫2,654.00 ‎‫24.54 %
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫2,470.00 ‎‫2,441.00 ‎‫(1.17 %)
‎‫United Cement ‎‫1,856.00 ‎‫2,142.00 ‎‫15.41 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫1,681.00 ‎‫1,942.00 ‎‫15.53 %
‎‫UACC ‎‫1,592.00 ‎‫1,770.00 ‎‫11.18 %
‎‫TCC ‎‫1,712.00 ‎‫1,523.00 ‎‫(11.04 %)
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫1,484.00 ‎‫1,267.00 ‎‫(14.62 %)
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫455.00 ‎‫516.00 ‎‫13.41 %
‎‫Total ‎‫49,165.00 ‎‫54,584.00 ‎‫11.02 %

Five companies exported a combined 119,000 tons of cement during the same month, topped by Saudi Cement, which accounted for around 71,000 tons.


Monthly Exports Per Company (K tons)

Company December-2025 November-2025 October-2025 September-2025 August-2025
SAUDI CEMENT ‎71.00 ‎101.00 ‎151.00 ‎109.00 ‎89.00
NAJRAN CEMENT ‎20.00 ‎29.00 ‎24.00 ‎27.00 ‎22.00
YCC ‎14.00 - - - -
JOUF CEMENT ‎13.00 ‎13.00 ‎2.00 ‎1.00 ‎1.00
EPCCO ‎1.00 ‎2.00 ‎1.00 - -
Total ‎‫119.00 ‎‫145.00 ‎‫178.00 ‎‫137.00 ‎‫112.00

Monthly Cement Sales (K tons)

‎‫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 %
2025 - ‎‫October ‎‫5,236.00 ‎‫7.32 %
2025 - ‎‫November ‎‫5,212.00 ‎‫9.50 %
2025 - ‎‫December ‎‫5,141.00 ‎‫(1.76 %)

Monthly Sales Per Company (K tons)

Company December-2025 November-2025 October-2025 September-2025 August-2025
SAUDI CEMENT 640.00 698.00 794.00 637.00 606.00
YC 624.00 821.00 870.00 922.00 745.00
QACCO 408.00 418.00 410.00 397.00 377.00
SPCC 397.00 369.00 368.00 337.00 340.00
YCC 384.00 368.00 361.00 320.00 322.00
RIYADH CEMENT 380.00 327.00 299.00 273.00 276.00
ACC 324.00 321.00 322.00 282.00 287.00
EPCCO 271.00 262.00 256.00 250.00 205.00
Al Safwa Cement Co. 263.00 234.00 234.00 217.00 225.00
NAJRAN CEMENT 262.00 244.00 234.00 218.00 220.00
CITY CEMENT 251.00 272.00 251.00 196.00 231.00
United Cement 238.00 219.00 230.00 191.00 180.00
UACC 218.00 184.00 158.00 161.00 147.00
HCC 182.00 181.00 180.00 181.00 153.00
TCC 149.00 145.00 137.00 137.00 130.00
JOUF CEMENT 123.00 115.00 97.00 85.00 102.00
NORTHERN CEMENT 27.00 34.00 35.00 38.00 39.00
Total 5,141.00 5,212.00 5,236.00 4,842.00 4,585.00

Quarterly Sales Per Company (K tons)

‎‫Company 2024 (Q 4) 2025 (Q 4) Change‬
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫1,952.00 ‎‫2,132.00 ‎‫9.22 %
‎‫YC ‎‫1,832.00 ‎‫2,315.00 ‎‫26.36 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫1,220.00 ‎‫1,236.00 ‎‫1.31 %
‎‫SPCC ‎‫1,105.00 ‎‫1,134.00 ‎‫2.62 %
‎‫YCC ‎‫1,214.00 ‎‫1,113.00 ‎‫(8.32 %)
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫941.00 ‎‫1,006.00 ‎‫6.91 %
‎‫ACC ‎‫1,059.00 ‎‫967.00 ‎‫(8.69 %)
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫755.00 ‎‫789.00 ‎‫4.50 %
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫645.00 ‎‫731.00 ‎‫13.33 %
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫754.00 ‎‫740.00 ‎‫(1.86 %)
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫828.00 ‎‫774.00 ‎‫(6.52 %)
‎‫United Cement ‎‫613.00 ‎‫687.00 ‎‫12.07 %
‎‫UACC ‎‫481.00 ‎‫560.00 ‎‫16.42 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫411.00 ‎‫543.00 ‎‫32.12 %
‎‫TCC ‎‫473.00 ‎‫431.00 ‎‫(8.88 %)
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫468.00 ‎‫335.00 ‎‫(28.42 %)
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫121.00 ‎‫96.00 ‎‫(20.66 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫14,872.00 ‎‫15,589.00 ‎‫4.82 %

On the clinker front, production was down 8% to 4.64 million tons in December 2025, from 5.02 million in December 2024.

 

Clinker inventories reached 43.76 million tons in December, down 3.7% from 45.45 million tons recorded in the same month of 2024.

 

Clinker – Production & Inventory (K tons)

‎‫Company 2024 (December) 2025 (December)
  ‎‫PROD INV ‎‫PROD INV
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫812.00 ‎‫3,460.00 ‎‫740.00 ‎‫3,531.00
‎‫YC ‎‫616.00 ‎‫4,858.00 ‎‫700.00 ‎‫4,415.00
‎‫QACCO ‎‫404.00 ‎‫1,931.00 ‎‫359.00 ‎‫2,380.00
‎‫SPCC ‎‫471.00 ‎‫6,154.00 ‎‫331.00 ‎‫6,969.00
‎‫YCC ‎‫550.00 ‎‫6,464.00 ‎‫563.00 ‎‫5,174.00
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫241.00 ‎‫520.00 ‎‫345.00 ‎‫1,176.00
‎‫ACC ‎‫276.00 ‎‫3,629.00 ‎‫368.00 ‎‫4,271.00
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫348.00 ‎‫2,020.00 ‎‫350.00 ‎‫1,885.00
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫211.00 ‎‫217.00 ‎‫8.00 ‎‫329.00
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫178.00 ‎‫3,751.00 ‎‫169.00 ‎‫2,853.00
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫245.00 ‎‫697.00 ‎‫177.00 ‎‫326.00
‎‫United Cement ‎‫130.00 ‎‫1,677.00 ‎‫140.00 ‎‫1,438.00
‎‫UACC - ‎‫3,759.00 ‎‫26.00 ‎‫3,926.00
‎‫HCC ‎‫112.00 ‎‫3,175.00 ‎‫166.00 ‎‫2,803.00
‎‫TCC ‎‫134.00 ‎‫1,017.00 ‎‫151.00 ‎‫950.00
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫162.00 ‎‫1,651.00 ‎‫8.00 ‎‫905.00
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫133.00 ‎‫469.00 ‎‫37.00 ‎‫426.00
‎‫Total ‎‫5,023.00 ‎‫45,449.00 ‎‫4,638.00 ‎‫43,757.00

Additionally, six companies exported clinker last month, led by Saudi Cement with approximately 158,000 tons, followed by Yanbu Cement with 146,000 tons.



Monthly Clinker Exports (K tons)

Company December-2025 November-2025 October-2025 September-2025 August-2025
SAUDI CEMENT ‎158.00 ‎143.00 ‎90.00 ‎143.00 ‎138.00
YCC ‎146.00 ‎102.00 ‎183.00 ‎382.00 ‎286.00
NORTHERN CEMENT ‎71.00 ‎68.00 ‎43.00 ‎58.00 ‎45.00
SPCC ‎32.00 ‎71.00 ‎55.00 - ‎50.00
JOUF CEMENT ‎8.00 ‎9.00 ‎7.00 ‎22.00 ‎17.00
Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎5.00 ‎5.00 ‎4.00 ‎4.00 ‎5.00
Total 420.00 398.00 382.00 609.00 541.00

Sales of Cement Companies (K tons)

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