Saudi cement sales up 2% YoY to 5.1M tons in January

The aggregate sales of the 17 Saudi cement companies increased by 2.3% to 5.1 million tons in January, compared to five million tons last year, according to data issued by Yamama Cement Co.

Total Cement Sales in KSA (K tons)

‎‫Item 2025 (January) 2026 (January) Change‬
‎‫Local Sales ‎‫4,894.00 ‎‫4,992.00 ‎‫2.00 %
‎‫Export Sales ‎‫107.00 ‎‫122.00 ‎‫14.02 %
‎‫Total ‎‫5,001.00 ‎‫5,114.00 ‎‫2.26 %

Domestic sales of nine cement producers recorded year-on-year (YoY) growth, led by Umm Al-Qura Cement Co. (+45% YoY), followed by Al Safwa Cement Co. (+16% YoY).

 

Meanwhile, local sales of seven companies declined on an annual basis for the month, led by Northern Region Cement Co. (-44% YoY) and Al Jouf Cement Co. (-26% YoY).

 

Yanbu Cement Co., on the other hand, maintained its sales unchanged YoY at 386,000 tons.

Local Sales (Thousand Tons)

‎‫Company 2025 (January) 2026 (January) Change‬
‎‫YC ‎‫632.00 ‎‫662.00 ‎‫4.75 %
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫470.00 ‎‫533.00 ‎‫13.40 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫454.00 ‎‫419.00 ‎‫(7.71 %)
‎‫YCC ‎‫386.00 ‎‫386.00 ‎‫0.00 %
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫342.00 ‎‫373.00 ‎‫9.06 %
‎‫SPCC ‎‫389.00 ‎‫361.00 ‎‫(7.20 %)
‎‫ACC ‎‫403.00 ‎‫339.00 ‎‫(15.88 %)
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫240.00 ‎‫278.00 ‎‫15.83 %
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫292.00 ‎‫271.00 ‎‫(7.19 %)
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫244.00 ‎‫251.00 ‎‫2.87 %
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫201.00 ‎‫234.00 ‎‫16.42 %
‎‫United Cement ‎‫195.00 ‎‫221.00 ‎‫13.33 %
‎‫UACC ‎‫146.00 ‎‫211.00 ‎‫44.52 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫165.00 ‎‫182.00 ‎‫10.30 %
‎‫TCC ‎‫147.00 ‎‫141.00 ‎‫(4.08 %)
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫133.00 ‎‫99.00 ‎‫(25.56 %)
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫55.00 ‎‫31.00 ‎‫(43.64 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫4,894.00 ‎‫4,992.00 ‎‫2.00 %
‎‫Company 2025 (YTD) 2026 (YTD) Change‬
‎‫YC ‎‫632.00 ‎‫662.00 ‎‫4.75 %
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫470.00 ‎‫533.00 ‎‫13.40 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫454.00 ‎‫419.00 ‎‫(7.71 %)
‎‫YCC ‎‫386.00 ‎‫386.00 ‎‫0.00 %
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫342.00 ‎‫373.00 ‎‫9.06 %
‎‫SPCC ‎‫389.00 ‎‫361.00 ‎‫(7.20 %)
‎‫ACC ‎‫403.00 ‎‫339.00 ‎‫(15.88 %)
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫240.00 ‎‫278.00 ‎‫15.83 %
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫292.00 ‎‫271.00 ‎‫(7.19 %)
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫244.00 ‎‫251.00 ‎‫2.87 %
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫201.00 ‎‫234.00 ‎‫16.42 %
‎‫United Cement ‎‫195.00 ‎‫221.00 ‎‫13.33 %
‎‫UACC ‎‫146.00 ‎‫211.00 ‎‫44.52 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫165.00 ‎‫182.00 ‎‫10.30 %
‎‫TCC ‎‫147.00 ‎‫141.00 ‎‫(4.08 %)
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫133.00 ‎‫99.00 ‎‫(25.56 %)
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫55.00 ‎‫31.00 ‎‫(43.64 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫4,894.00 ‎‫4,992.00 ‎‫2.00 %

 

Four companies exported a combined 122,000 tons of cement during the same month, topped by Saudi Cement Co., which accounted for around 87,000 tons of the total.


Monthly Exports Per Company (K tons)

Company January-2026 December-2025 November-2025 October-2025 September-2025
SAUDI CEMENT ‎87.00 ‎71.00 ‎101.00 ‎151.00 ‎109.00
NAJRAN CEMENT ‎27.00 ‎20.00 ‎29.00 ‎24.00 ‎27.00
JOUF CEMENT ‎6.00 ‎13.00 ‎13.00 ‎2.00 ‎1.00
EPCCO ‎2.00 ‎1.00 ‎2.00 ‎1.00 -
YCC - ‎14.00 - - -
Total ‎‫122.00 ‎‫119.00 ‎‫145.00 ‎‫178.00 ‎‫137.00

Monthly Cement Sales (K tons)

‎‫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 %

Monthly Sales Per Company (K tons)

Company January-2026 December-2025 November-2025 October-2025 September-2025
YC 662.00 624.00 821.00 870.00 922.00
SAUDI CEMENT 620.00 640.00 698.00 794.00 637.00
QACCO 419.00 408.00 418.00 410.00 397.00
YCC 386.00 384.00 368.00 361.00 320.00
RIYADH CEMENT 373.00 380.00 327.00 299.00 273.00
SPCC 361.00 397.00 369.00 368.00 337.00
ACC 339.00 324.00 321.00 322.00 282.00
EPCCO 280.00 271.00 262.00 256.00 250.00
NAJRAN CEMENT 278.00 262.00 244.00 234.00 218.00
CITY CEMENT 271.00 251.00 272.00 251.00 196.00
Al Safwa Cement Co. 234.00 263.00 234.00 234.00 217.00
United Cement 221.00 238.00 219.00 230.00 191.00
UACC 211.00 218.00 184.00 158.00 161.00
HCC 182.00 182.00 181.00 180.00 181.00
TCC 141.00 149.00 145.00 137.00 137.00
JOUF CEMENT 105.00 123.00 115.00 97.00 85.00
NORTHERN CEMENT 31.00 27.00 34.00 35.00 38.00
Total 5,114.00 5,141.00 5,212.00 5,236.00 4,842.00

On the clinker front, production was up 2.7% to 4.18 million tons last January, from 4.07 million in January 2025.

 

Clinker inventories reached 42.79 million tons in January, down 2.4% from 43.84 million tons in the same month of 2025.

Clinker – Production & Inventory (K tons)

‎‫Company 2025 (January) 2026 (January)
  ‎‫PROD INV ‎‫PROD INV
‎‫YC ‎‫369.00 ‎‫4,651.00 ‎‫708.00 ‎‫4,527.00
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫765.00 ‎‫3,562.00 ‎‫535.00 ‎‫3,434.00
‎‫QACCO ‎‫353.00 ‎‫1,878.00 ‎‫202.00 ‎‫2,214.00
‎‫YCC ‎‫312.00 ‎‫6,302.00 ‎‫359.00 ‎‫5,045.00
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫304.00 ‎‫517.00 ‎‫372.00 ‎‫1,212.00
‎‫SPCC ‎‫246.00 ‎‫5,939.00 ‎‫143.00 ‎‫6,657.00
‎‫ACC ‎‫210.00 ‎‫3,476.00 ‎‫194.00 ‎‫4,177.00
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫302.00 ‎‫1,925.00 ‎‫450.00 ‎‫1,890.00
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫168.00 ‎‫3,206.00 ‎‫175.00 ‎‫2,779.00
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫183.00 ‎‫625.00 ‎‫183.00 ‎‫265.00
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫168.00 ‎‫219.00 ‎‫176.00 ‎‫305.00
‎‫United Cement ‎‫124.00 ‎‫1,668.00 ‎‫170.00 ‎‫1,438.00
‎‫UACC ‎‫182.00 ‎‫3,805.00 - ‎‫3,741.00
‎‫HCC ‎‫95.00 ‎‫3,061.00 ‎‫186.00 ‎‫2,826.00
‎‫TCC ‎‫157.00 ‎‫991.00 ‎‫106.00 ‎‫876.00
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫80.00 ‎‫1,614.00 ‎‫146.00 ‎‫959.00
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫53.00 ‎‫401.00 ‎‫76.00 ‎‫448.00
‎‫Total ‎‫4,071.00 ‎‫43,840.00 ‎‫4,181.00 ‎‫42,793.00

Additionally, five companies exported clinker last month, led by Yanbu Cement with approximately 170,000 tons, followed by Southern Cement (98,000 tons).



Monthly Clinker Exports (K tons)

Company January-2026 December-2025 November-2025 October-2025 September-2025
YCC ‎170.00 ‎146.00 ‎102.00 ‎183.00 ‎382.00
SPCC ‎98.00 ‎32.00 ‎71.00 ‎55.00 -
SAUDI CEMENT ‎46.00 ‎158.00 ‎143.00 ‎90.00 ‎143.00
NORTHERN CEMENT ‎25.00 ‎71.00 ‎68.00 ‎43.00 ‎58.00
Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎5.00 ‎5.00 ‎5.00 ‎4.00 ‎4.00
JOUF CEMENT - ‎8.00 ‎9.00 ‎7.00 ‎22.00
Total 344.00 420.00 398.00 382.00 609.00

Sales of Cement Companies (K tons)

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