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Saudi cement sales drop 8% to 4.4M tons in September

Saudi Arabia’s 17 cement companies sold a combined 4.4 million tons in September 2026, down 8% from 4.8 million tons in the same month last year, according to data from Yamama Cement Co.

Total Cement Sales in KSA (K tons)

‎‫Item	2025 (September)	2026 (September)	Change‬
‎‫Local Sales	‎‫4,705.00	‎‫4,350.00	‎‫(% 7.55 )
‎‫Export Sales	‎‫137.00	‎‫89.00	‎‫(% 35.04 )
‎‫Total	‎‫4,842.00	‎‫4,439.00	‎‫ (% 8.32 )

Domestic sales declined at 11 companies compared to September 2025, led by Hail Cement (-39%), Tabuk Cement (-37%) and Northern Cement (-29%).

Six companies posted a year-on-year (YoY) growth in sales during the month, led by Eastern Cement (+13%) and followed by Najran Cement (+8%).

Local Sales (Thousand Tons)

Monthly
YTD

‎‫Company	2025 (September)	2026 (September)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫922.00	‎‫832.00	‎‫(% 9.76 )
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫528.00	‎‫505.00	‎‫(% 4.36 )
‎‫SPCC	‎‫337.00	‎‫302.00	‎‫(% 10.39 )
‎‫QACCO	‎‫397.00	‎‫300.00	‎‫(% 24.43 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫282.00	‎‫290.00	‎‫% 2.84
‎‫YCC	‎‫320.00	‎‫285.00	‎‫(% 10.94 )
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫250.00	‎‫282.00	‎‫% 12.80
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫273.00	‎‫269.00	‎‫(% 1.47 )
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫217.00	‎‫226.00	‎‫% 4.15
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫191.00	‎‫207.00	‎‫% 8.38
‎‫United Cement	‎‫191.00	‎‫198.00	‎‫% 3.66
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫196.00	‎‫190.00	‎‫(% 3.06 )
‎‫UACC	‎‫161.00	‎‫171.00	‎‫% 6.21
‎‫HCC	‎‫181.00	‎‫110.00	‎‫(% 39.23 )
‎‫TCC	‎‫137.00	‎‫87.00	‎‫(% 36.50 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫84.00	‎‫69.00	‎‫(% 17.86 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫38.00	‎‫27.00	‎‫(% 28.95 )
‎‫Total	‎‫4,705.00	‎‫4,350.00	‎‫(% 7.55 )

‎‫Company	2025 (YTD)	2026 (YTD)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫6,171.00	‎‫6,349.00	‎‫% 2.88
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫4,130.00	‎‫4,463.00	‎‫% 8.06
‎‫QACCO	‎‫3,600.00	‎‫3,230.00	‎‫(% 10.28 )
‎‫YCC	‎‫2,990.00	‎‫2,896.00	‎‫(% 3.14 )
‎‫SPCC	‎‫2,974.00	‎‫2,666.00	‎‫(% 10.36 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫2,808.00	‎‫2,497.00	‎‫(% 11.08 )
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫2,490.00	‎‫2,482.00	‎‫(% 0.32 )
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫1,891.00	‎‫2,314.00	‎‫% 22.37
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫1,923.00	‎‫1,855.00	‎‫(% 3.54 )
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫1,774.00	‎‫1,799.00	‎‫% 1.41
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫2,150.00	‎‫1,759.00	‎‫(% 18.19 )
‎‫United Cement	‎‫1,455.00	‎‫1,589.00	‎‫% 9.21
‎‫UACC	‎‫1,210.00	‎‫1,471.00	‎‫% 21.57
‎‫HCC	‎‫1,399.00	‎‫1,321.00	‎‫(% 5.58 )
‎‫TCC	‎‫1,092.00	‎‫898.00	‎‫(% 17.77 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫960.00	‎‫544.00	‎‫(% 43.33 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫420.00	‎‫248.00	‎‫(% 40.95 )
‎‫Total	‎‫39,437.00	‎‫38,381.00	‎‫(% 2.68 )

Four companies exported a total of 89,000 tons of cement in September 2026, led by Saudi Cement that exported around 34,000 tons.

Monthly Exports Per Company (K tons)

Company	September-2026	August-2026	July-2026	June-2026	May-2026
SAUDI CEMENT	‎34.00	‎52.00	‎115.00	‎121.00	‎120.00
NAJRAN CEMENT	‎28.00	‎15.00	‎19.00	‎21.00	‎24.00
JOUF CEMENT	‎20.00	‎18.00	‎12.00	‎11.00	‎9.00
EPCCO	‎7.00	‎7.00	‎8.00	‎9.00	‎8.00
SPCC	-	-	‎8.00	-	-
Total	‎‫89.00	‎‫92.00	‎‫162.00	‎‫162.00	‎‫161.00

‎‫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 )
2026 - ‎‫April	‎‫4,587.00	‎‫% 6.45
2026 - ‎‫May	‎‫4,180.00	‎‫(% 12.75 )
2026 - ‎‫June	‎‫4,390.00	‎‫% 8.91
2026 - ‎‫July	‎‫4,631.00	‎‫(% 1.82 )
2026 - ‎‫August	‎‫4,584.00	‎‫(% 0.02 )
2026 - ‎‫September	‎‫4,439.00	‎‫(% 8.32 )

Companies Monthly sales and Market share

Company	September-2026	August-2026	July-2026	June-2026	May-2026
YC	832.00	835.00	811.00	699.00	641.00
SAUDI CEMENT	539.00	598.00	644.00	643.00	614.00
SPCC	302.00	314.00	312.00	297.00	276.00
QACCO	300.00	339.00	371.00	345.00	389.00
ACC	290.00	331.00	312.00	269.00	204.00
EPCCO	289.00	260.00	264.00	267.00	265.00
YCC	285.00	331.00	331.00	327.00	295.00
RIYADH CEMENT	269.00	284.00	285.00	273.00	258.00
NAJRAN CEMENT	235.00	240.00	215.00	226.00	206.00
Al Safwa Cement Co.	226.00	235.00	266.00	211.00	167.00
United Cement	198.00	149.00	157.00	160.00	158.00
CITY CEMENT	190.00	196.00	183.00	182.00	194.00
UACC	171.00	151.00	155.00	170.00	172.00
HCC	110.00	131.00	145.00	141.00	157.00
JOUF CEMENT	89.00	76.00	66.00	61.00	62.00
TCC	87.00	87.00	86.00	89.00	96.00
NORTHERN CEMENT	27.00	27.00	28.00	30.00	26.00
Total	4,439.00	4,584.00	4,631.00	4,390.00	4,180.00

Company	September-2026	August-2026	July-2026	June-2026	May-2026
YC	19.13 %	18.59 %	18.15 %	16.53 %	15.95 %
SAUDI CEMENT	11.61 %	12.15 %	11.84 %	12.35 %	12.29 %
SPCC	6.94 %	6.99 %	6.80 %	7.02 %	6.87 %
QACCO	6.90 %	7.55 %	8.30 %	8.16 %	9.68 %
ACC	6.67 %	7.37 %	6.98 %	6.36 %	5.08 %
EPCCO	6.48 %	5.63 %	5.73 %	6.10 %	6.39 %
YCC	6.55 %	7.37 %	7.41 %	7.73 %	7.34 %
RIYADH CEMENT	6.18 %	6.32 %	6.38 %	6.46 %	6.42 %
NAJRAN CEMENT	4.76 %	5.01 %	4.39 %	4.85 %	4.53 %
Al Safwa Cement Co.	5.20 %	5.23 %	5.95 %	4.99 %	4.16 %
United Cement	4.55 %	3.32 %	3.51 %	3.78 %	3.93 %
CITY CEMENT	4.37 %	4.36 %	4.09 %	4.30 %	4.83 %
UACC	3.93 %	3.36 %	3.47 %	4.02 %	4.28 %
HCC	2.53 %	2.92 %	3.24 %	3.33 %	3.91 %
JOUF CEMENT	1.59 %	1.29 %	1.21 %	1.18 %	1.32 %
TCC	2.00 %	1.94 %	1.92 %	2.11 %	2.39 %
NORTHERN CEMENT	0.62 %	0.60 %	0.63 %	0.71 %	0.65 %
Total	100.00 %	100.00 %	100.00 %	100.00 %	100.00 %

Quarterly Sales Per Company (K tons)

‎‫Company	2025 (Q 3)	2026 (Q 3)	Change‬
‎‫YC	‎‫2,564.00	‎‫2,478.00	‎‫(% 3.35 )
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫1,771.00	‎‫1,781.00	‎‫% 0.56
‎‫SPCC	‎‫1,045.00	‎‫928.00	‎‫(% 11.20 )
‎‫QACCO	‎‫1,207.00	‎‫1,010.00	‎‫(% 16.32 )
‎‫ACC	‎‫883.00	‎‫933.00	‎‫% 5.66
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫616.00	‎‫813.00	‎‫% 31.98
‎‫YCC	‎‫967.00	‎‫947.00	‎‫(% 2.07 )
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫795.00	‎‫838.00	‎‫% 5.41
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫649.00	‎‫690.00	‎‫% 6.32
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫670.00	‎‫727.00	‎‫% 8.51
‎‫United Cement	‎‫544.00	‎‫504.00	‎‫(% 7.35 )
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫642.00	‎‫569.00	‎‫(% 11.37 )
‎‫UACC	‎‫467.00	‎‫477.00	‎‫% 2.14
‎‫HCC	‎‫514.00	‎‫386.00	‎‫(% 24.90 )
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫281.00	‎‫231.00	‎‫(% 17.79 )
‎‫TCC	‎‫397.00	‎‫260.00	‎‫(% 34.51 )
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫132.00	‎‫82.00	‎‫(% 37.88 )
‎‫Total	‎‫14,144.00	‎‫13,654.00	‎‫(% 3.46 )

As for clinker production, the data showed that companies’ output fell 5% to 4.4 million tons in September 2026, compared with 4.7 million tons in September 2025.

Clinker inventories stood at 45.84 million tons at the end of September 2026, up 4% from 44.24 million tons a year earlier.

Clinker – Production & Inventory (K tons)

‎‫Company	2025 (September)		2026 (September)
	‎‫Production	Inventory	‎‫Production	Inventory
‎‫YC	‎‫575.00	‎‫4,698.00	‎‫718.00	‎‫5,351.00
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT	‎‫776.00	‎‫3,552.00	‎‫243.00	‎‫3,871.00
‎‫SPCC	‎‫282.00	‎‫7,202.00	‎‫469.00	‎‫6,123.00
‎‫QACCO	‎‫394.00	‎‫2,321.00	‎‫380.00	‎‫2,157.00
‎‫ACC	‎‫378.00	‎‫4,027.00	‎‫127.00	‎‫4,650.00
‎‫EPCCO	‎‫290.00	‎‫2,050.00	‎‫420.00	‎‫2,400.00
‎‫YCC	‎‫472.00	‎‫4,744.00	‎‫436.00	‎‫6,098.00
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT	‎‫262.00	‎‫1,035.00	‎‫326.00	‎‫1,670.00
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT	‎‫193.00	‎‫3,020.00	‎‫263.00	‎‫3,119.00
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co.	‎‫228.00	‎‫352.00	‎‫197.00	‎‫445.00
‎‫United Cement	‎‫148.00	‎‫1,534.00	‎‫146.00	‎‫1,422.00
‎‫CITY CEMENT	‎‫176.00	‎‫418.00	‎‫179.00	‎‫463.00
‎‫UACC	‎‫173.00	‎‫4,031.00	‎‫178.00	‎‫3,763.00
‎‫HCC	‎‫135.00	‎‫2,861.00	‎‫113.00	‎‫2,753.00
‎‫JOUF CEMENT	‎‫62.00	‎‫1,062.00	‎‫53.00	‎‫116.00
‎‫TCC	‎‫74.00	‎‫994.00	‎‫142.00	‎‫1,160.00
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT	‎‫39.00	‎‫339.00	‎‫52.00	‎‫279.00
‎‫Total	‎‫4,657.00	‎‫44,240.00	‎‫4,442.00	‎‫45,840.00

Four companies exported clinker in September, led by Southern Cement with around 250,000 tons, followed by Saudi Cement with 174,000 tons.

Monthly Clinker Exports (K tons)

Company	September-2026	August-2026	July-2026	June-2026	May-2026
SPCC	‎250.00	‎192.00	‎145.00	‎76.00	‎50.00
SAUDI CEMENT	‎174.00	‎41.00	‎41.00	‎84.00	‎84.00
NORTHERN CEMENT	‎118.00	‎124.00	‎112.00	‎100.00	‎70.00
JOUF CEMENT	‎7.00	‎5.00	‎8.00	‎17.00	‎20.00
YCC	-	‎74.00	‎133.00	‎41.00	‎203.00
Al Safwa Cement Co.	-	-	‎4.00	‎3.00	‎1.00
Total	549.00	436.00	443.00	321.00	428.00

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