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Saudi cement sales fall 7% to 3.4M tons in March

Saudi Arabia’s 17 cement companies sold a combined 3.37 million tons of cement in March 2026, down 7% from 3.61 million tons in the same month last year, according to data from Yamama Cement Co.

The year-on-year (YoY) decline came as March 2025 included 29 days of Ramadan, while March 2026 included 19 days of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr.

Total Cement Sales in KSA (K tons)

‎‫Item	2025 (March)	2026 (March)	Change‬
‎‫Local Sales	‎‫3,453.00	‎‫3,258.00	‎‫(% 5.65 )
‎‫Export Sales	‎‫158.00	‎‫110.00	‎‫(% 30.38 )
‎‫Total	‎‫3,611.00	‎‫3,368.00	‎‫ (% 6.73 )

Domestic sales for 11 producers fell, led by Al Jouf Cement Co. (-55% YoY) and Arabian Cement Co. (-28%). Five companies posted higher domestic sales, led by Umm Al-Qura Cement Co. (+55%) and United Cement Co. (+40%). Hail Cement’s domestic sales remained steady at 133,000 tons.

Local Sales (Thousand Tons)

Monthly
YTD

‎‫Company	2025 (March)	2026 (March)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫459.00	‎‫499.00	‎‫% 8.71
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫409.00	‎‫371.00	‎‫(% 9.29 )
‎‫QACCO	‎‫334.00	‎‫317.00	‎‫(% 5.09 )
‎‫YCC	‎‫255.00	‎‫276.00	‎‫% 8.24
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫185.00	‎‫215.00	‎‫% 16.22
‎‫SPCC	‎‫228.00	‎‫205.00	‎‫(% 10.09 )
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫256.00	‎‫201.00	‎‫(% 21.48 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫271.00	‎‫194.00	‎‫(% 28.41 )
‎‫United Cement	‎‫114.00	‎‫160.00	‎‫% 40.35
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫175.00	‎‫145.00	‎‫(% 17.14 )
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫151.00	‎‫137.00	‎‫(% 9.27 )
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫188.00	‎‫136.00	‎‫(% 27.66 )
‎‫HCC	‎‫133.00	‎‫133.00	‎‫% 0.00
‎‫UACC	‎‫80.00	‎‫124.00	‎‫% 55.00
‎‫TCC	‎‫86.00	‎‫79.00	‎‫(% 8.14 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫102.00	‎‫46.00	‎‫(% 54.90 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫27.00	‎‫20.00	‎‫(% 25.93 )
‎‫Total	‎‫3,453.00	‎‫3,258.00	‎‫(% 5.65 )

‎‫Company	2025 (YTD)	2026 (YTD)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫1,675.00	‎‫1,813.00	‎‫% 8.24
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫1,328.00	‎‫1,357.00	‎‫% 2.18
‎‫QACCO	‎‫1,245.00	‎‫1,082.00	‎‫(% 13.09 )
‎‫YCC	‎‫1,021.00	‎‫997.00	‎‫(% 2.35 )
‎‫SPCC	‎‫989.00	‎‫867.00	‎‫(% 12.34 )
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫904.00	‎‫836.00	‎‫(% 7.52 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫1,091.00	‎‫831.00	‎‫(% 23.83 )
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫643.00	‎‫748.00	‎‫% 16.33
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫741.00	‎‫607.00	‎‫(% 18.08 )
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫616.00	‎‫582.00	‎‫(% 5.52 )
‎‫United Cement	‎‫484.00	‎‫561.00	‎‫% 15.91
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫582.00	‎‫552.00	‎‫(% 5.15 )
‎‫UACC	‎‫363.00	‎‫493.00	‎‫% 35.81
‎‫HCC	‎‫452.00	‎‫465.00	‎‫% 2.88
‎‫TCC	‎‫359.00	‎‫331.00	‎‫(% 7.80 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫369.00	‎‫205.00	‎‫(% 44.44 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫123.00	‎‫83.00	‎‫(% 32.52 )
‎‫Total	‎‫12,985.00	‎‫12,410.00	‎‫(% 4.43 )

Exports by four domestic producers totaled 110,000 tons, with Saudi Cement Co. contributing around 85,000 tons.

Monthly Exports Per Company (K tons)

Company	March-2026	February-2026	January-2026	December-2025	November-2025
SAUDI CEMENT	‎85.00	‎100.00	‎87.00	‎71.00	‎101.00
NAJRAN CEMENT	‎17.00	‎12.00	‎27.00	‎20.00	‎29.00
JOUF CEMENT	‎7.00	‎3.00	‎6.00	‎13.00	‎13.00
EPCCO	‎1.00	‎3.00	‎2.00	‎1.00	‎2.00
YCC	-	-	-	‎14.00	-
Total	‎‫110.00	‎‫118.00	‎‫122.00	‎‫119.00	‎‫145.00

‎‫Month	Sales	Change‬
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 )
2026 - ‎‫January	‎‫5,114.00	‎‫% 2.26
2026 - ‎‫February	‎‫4,278.00	‎‫(% 10.52 )
2026 - ‎‫March	‎‫3,368.00	‎‫(% 6.73 )

Monthly Sales Per Company (K tons)

Company	March-2026	February-2026	January-2026	December-2025	November-2025
YC	499.00	652.00	662.00	624.00	821.00
SAUDI CEMENT	456.00	553.00	620.00	640.00	698.00
QACCO	317.00	346.00	419.00	408.00	418.00
YCC	276.00	335.00	386.00	384.00	368.00
EPCCO	216.00	258.00	280.00	271.00	262.00
SPCC	205.00	301.00	361.00	397.00	369.00
RIYADH CEMENT	201.00	262.00	373.00	380.00	327.00
ACC	194.00	298.00	339.00	324.00	321.00
United Cement	160.00	180.00	221.00	238.00	219.00
NAJRAN CEMENT	154.00	206.00	278.00	262.00	244.00
Al Safwa Cement Co.	145.00	173.00	234.00	263.00	234.00
CITY CEMENT	136.00	200.00	271.00	251.00	272.00
HCC	133.00	150.00	182.00	182.00	181.00
UACC	124.00	158.00	211.00	218.00	184.00
TCC	79.00	111.00	141.00	149.00	145.00
JOUF CEMENT	53.00	63.00	105.00	123.00	115.00
NORTHERN CEMENT	20.00	32.00	31.00	27.00	34.00
Total	3,368.00	4,278.00	5,114.00	5,141.00	5,212.00

Quarterly Sales Per Company (K tons)

‎‫Company	2025 (Q 1)	2026 (Q 1)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫1,675.00	‎‫1,813.00	‎‫% 8.24
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫1,678.00	‎‫1,629.00	‎‫(% 2.92 )
‎‫QACCO	‎‫1,245.00	‎‫1,082.00	‎‫(% 13.09 )
‎‫YCC	‎‫1,021.00	‎‫997.00	‎‫(% 2.35 )
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫652.00	‎‫754.00	‎‫% 15.64
‎‫SPCC	‎‫989.00	‎‫867.00	‎‫(% 12.34 )
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫904.00	‎‫836.00	‎‫(% 7.52 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫1,091.00	‎‫831.00	‎‫(% 23.83 )
‎‫United Cement	‎‫484.00	‎‫561.00	‎‫% 15.91
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫665.00	‎‫638.00	‎‫(% 4.06 )
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫582.00	‎‫552.00	‎‫(% 5.15 )
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫741.00	‎‫607.00	‎‫(% 18.08 )
‎‫HCC	‎‫452.00	‎‫465.00	‎‫% 2.88
‎‫UACC	‎‫363.00	‎‫493.00	‎‫% 35.81
‎‫TCC	‎‫359.00	‎‫331.00	‎‫(% 7.80 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫369.00	‎‫221.00	‎‫(% 40.11 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫123.00	‎‫83.00	‎‫(% 32.52 )
‎‫Total	‎‫13,393.00	‎‫12,760.00	‎‫(% 4.73 )

Clinker production edged up to 5.1 million tons in March 2026 from 5 million tons a year earlier, while clinker inventories slightly declined to 43.55 million tons from 44.17 million tons.

Clinker – Production & Inventory (K tons)

‎‫Company	2025 (March)		2026 (March)
	‎‫Production	Inventory	‎‫Production	Inventory
‎‫YC	‎‫667.00	‎‫4,756.00	‎‫879.00	‎‫5,027.00
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫681.00	‎‫3,282.00	‎‫685.00	‎‫3,618.00
‎‫QACCO	‎‫399.00	‎‫1,969.00	‎‫234.00	‎‫2,034.00
‎‫YCC	‎‫636.00	‎‫6,238.00	‎‫600.00	‎‫5,120.00
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫370.00	‎‫1,962.00	‎‫382.00	‎‫2,010.00
‎‫SPCC	‎‫445.00	‎‫6,216.00	‎‫310.00	‎‫5,865.00
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫357.00	‎‫679.00	‎‫323.00	‎‫1,456.00
‎‫ACC	‎‫379.00	‎‫3,579.00	‎‫396.00	‎‫4,445.00
‎‫United Cement	‎‫132.00	‎‫1,620.00	‎‫168.00	‎‫1,466.00
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫184.00	‎‫3,136.00	‎‫274.00	‎‫2,894.00
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫167.00	‎‫267.00	‎‫232.00	‎‫411.00
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫176.00	‎‫582.00	‎‫183.00	‎‫341.00
‎‫HCC	‎‫104.00	‎‫3,018.00	‎‫65.00	‎‫2,773.00
‎‫UACC	‎‫179.00	‎‫3,961.00	‎‫186.00	‎‫3,692.00
‎‫TCC	‎‫154.00	‎‫1,044.00	‎‫147.00	‎‫962.00
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫48.00	‎‫1,486.00	‎‫35.00	‎‫995.00
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	-	‎‫370.00	-	‎‫443.00
‎‫Total	‎‫5,078.00	‎‫44,165.00	‎‫5,099.00	‎‫43,552.00

Six companies exported clinker last month, led by Yanbu Cement with 179,000 tons, followed by Saudi Cement at 82,000 tons and Northern Cement at 47,000 tons.

Monthly Clinker Exports (K tons)

Company	March-2026	February-2026	January-2026	December-2025	November-2025
YCC	‎179.00	‎96.00	‎170.00	‎146.00	‎102.00
SAUDI CEMENT	‎82.00	‎87.00	‎46.00	‎158.00	‎143.00
NORTHERN CEMENT	‎47.00	‎64.00	‎25.00	‎71.00	‎68.00
JOUF CEMENT	‎30.00	-	-	‎8.00	‎9.00
SPCC	‎22.00	‎70.00	‎98.00	‎32.00	‎71.00
Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎1.00	‎2.00	‎5.00	‎5.00	‎5.00
Total	361.00	319.00	344.00	420.00	398.00

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