Saudi cement sales down 11% YoY to 4.3M tons in February

The aggregate sales volumes of the 17 Saudi cement companies decreased by 11% to 4.28 million tons in February, compared to 4.78 million tons in the same month last year, according to data issued by Yamama Cement Co.

Total Cement Sales in KSA (K tons)

‎‫Item 2025 (February) 2026 (February) Change‬
‎‫Local Sales ‎‫4,638.00 ‎‫4,160.00 ‎‫(10.31 %)
‎‫Export Sales ‎‫143.00 ‎‫118.00 ‎‫(17.48 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫4,781.00 ‎‫4,278.00 ‎‫(10.52 %)

Domestic sales volumes of 12 cement producers recorded a year-on-year (YoY) decline in February, led by Al Jouf Cement Co. (-55% YoY), followed by Arabian Cement Co. (-29% YoY).

 

Meanwhile, sales volumes of five others increased on an annual basis for the same month, led by Eastern Province Cement Co. (+17% YoY) and Umm Al-Qura Cement Co. (+15% YoY).

Local Sales (Thousand Tons)

‎‫Company 2025 (February) 2026 (February) Change‬
‎‫YC ‎‫584.00 ‎‫652.00 ‎‫11.64 %
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫449.00 ‎‫453.00 ‎‫0.89 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫457.00 ‎‫346.00 ‎‫(24.29 %)
‎‫YCC ‎‫380.00 ‎‫335.00 ‎‫(11.84 %)
‎‫SPCC ‎‫372.00 ‎‫301.00 ‎‫(19.09 %)
‎‫ACC ‎‫417.00 ‎‫298.00 ‎‫(28.54 %)
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫306.00 ‎‫262.00 ‎‫(14.38 %)
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫218.00 ‎‫255.00 ‎‫16.97 %
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫261.00 ‎‫200.00 ‎‫(23.37 %)
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫221.00 ‎‫194.00 ‎‫(12.22 %)
‎‫United Cement ‎‫175.00 ‎‫180.00 ‎‫2.86 %
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫206.00 ‎‫173.00 ‎‫(16.02 %)
‎‫UACC ‎‫137.00 ‎‫158.00 ‎‫15.33 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫154.00 ‎‫150.00 ‎‫(2.60 %)
‎‫TCC ‎‫126.00 ‎‫111.00 ‎‫(11.90 %)
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫134.00 ‎‫60.00 ‎‫(55.22 %)
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫41.00 ‎‫32.00 ‎‫(21.95 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫4,638.00 ‎‫4,160.00 ‎‫(10.31 %)
‎‫Company 2025 (YTD) 2026 (YTD) Change‬
‎‫YC ‎‫1,216.00 ‎‫1,314.00 ‎‫8.06 %
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫919.00 ‎‫986.00 ‎‫7.29 %
‎‫QACCO ‎‫911.00 ‎‫765.00 ‎‫(16.03 %)
‎‫YCC ‎‫766.00 ‎‫721.00 ‎‫(5.87 %)
‎‫SPCC ‎‫761.00 ‎‫662.00 ‎‫(13.01 %)
‎‫ACC ‎‫820.00 ‎‫637.00 ‎‫(22.32 %)
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫648.00 ‎‫635.00 ‎‫(2.01 %)
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫458.00 ‎‫533.00 ‎‫16.38 %
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫553.00 ‎‫471.00 ‎‫(14.83 %)
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫465.00 ‎‫445.00 ‎‫(4.30 %)
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫407.00 ‎‫407.00 ‎‫0.00 %
‎‫United Cement ‎‫370.00 ‎‫401.00 ‎‫8.38 %
‎‫UACC ‎‫283.00 ‎‫369.00 ‎‫30.39 %
‎‫HCC ‎‫319.00 ‎‫332.00 ‎‫4.08 %
‎‫TCC ‎‫273.00 ‎‫252.00 ‎‫(7.69 %)
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫267.00 ‎‫159.00 ‎‫(40.45 %)
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫96.00 ‎‫63.00 ‎‫(34.38 %)
‎‫Total ‎‫9,532.00 ‎‫9,152.00 ‎‫(3.99 %)

Four local companies exported a combined 118,000 tons of cement during the same month, topped by Saudi Cement Co., which accounted for around 100,000 tons of the total.


Monthly Exports Per Company (K tons)

Company February-2026 January-2026 December-2025 November-2025 October-2025
SAUDI CEMENT ‎100.00 ‎87.00 ‎71.00 ‎101.00 ‎151.00
NAJRAN CEMENT ‎12.00 ‎27.00 ‎20.00 ‎29.00 ‎24.00
EPCCO ‎3.00 ‎2.00 ‎1.00 ‎2.00 ‎1.00
JOUF CEMENT ‎3.00 ‎6.00 ‎13.00 ‎13.00 ‎2.00
YCC - - ‎14.00 - -
Total ‎‫118.00 ‎‫122.00 ‎‫119.00 ‎‫145.00 ‎‫178.00

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 %
2026 - ‎‫February ‎‫4,278.00 ‎‫(10.52 %)

Monthly Sales Per Company (K tons)

Company February-2026 January-2026 December-2025 November-2025 October-2025
YC 652.00 662.00 624.00 821.00 870.00
SAUDI CEMENT 553.00 620.00 640.00 698.00 794.00
QACCO 346.00 419.00 408.00 418.00 410.00
YCC 335.00 386.00 384.00 368.00 361.00
SPCC 301.00 361.00 397.00 369.00 368.00
ACC 298.00 339.00 324.00 321.00 322.00
RIYADH CEMENT 262.00 373.00 380.00 327.00 299.00
EPCCO 258.00 280.00 271.00 262.00 256.00
NAJRAN CEMENT 206.00 278.00 262.00 244.00 234.00
CITY CEMENT 200.00 271.00 251.00 272.00 251.00
United Cement 180.00 221.00 238.00 219.00 230.00
Al Safwa Cement Co. 173.00 234.00 263.00 234.00 234.00
UACC 158.00 211.00 218.00 184.00 158.00
HCC 150.00 182.00 182.00 181.00 180.00
TCC 111.00 141.00 149.00 145.00 137.00
JOUF CEMENT 63.00 105.00 123.00 115.00 97.00
NORTHERN CEMENT 32.00 31.00 27.00 34.00 35.00
Total 4,278.00 5,114.00 5,141.00 5,212.00 5,236.00

Additionally, five Saudi companies exported clinker last month, led by Yanbu Cement with approximately 96,000 tons, followed by Saudi Cement (87,000 tons).

Clinker – Production & Inventory (K tons)

‎‫Company 2025 (February) 2026 (February)
  ‎‫PROD INV ‎‫PROD INV
‎‫YC ‎‫403.00 ‎‫4,518.00 ‎‫636.00 ‎‫4,597.00
‎‫SAUDI CEMENT ‎‫356.00 ‎‫3,255.00 ‎‫600.00 ‎‫3,405.00
‎‫QACCO ‎‫433.00 ‎‫1,891.00 ‎‫168.00 ‎‫2,055.00
‎‫YCC ‎‫515.00 ‎‫6,269.00 ‎‫274.00 ‎‫4,954.00
‎‫SPCC ‎‫391.00 ‎‫5,997.00 ‎‫274.00 ‎‫6,531.00
‎‫ACC ‎‫321.00 ‎‫3,436.00 ‎‫270.00 ‎‫4,201.00
‎‫RIYADH CEMENT ‎‫308.00 ‎‫551.00 ‎‫317.00 ‎‫1,301.00
‎‫EPCCO ‎‫268.00 ‎‫1,930.00 ‎‫370.00 ‎‫1,980.00
‎‫NAJRAN CEMENT ‎‫130.00 ‎‫3,102.00 ‎‫178.00 ‎‫2,775.00
‎‫CITY CEMENT ‎‫165.00 ‎‫567.00 ‎‫166.00 ‎‫268.00
‎‫United Cement ‎‫64.00 ‎‫1,596.00 ‎‫153.00 ‎‫1,425.00
‎‫Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎‫201.00 ‎‫247.00 ‎‫141.00 ‎‫300.00
‎‫UACC ‎‫158.00 ‎‫3,847.00 ‎‫2.00 ‎‫3,603.00
‎‫HCC ‎‫115.00 ‎‫3,039.00 ‎‫130.00 ‎‫2,819.00
‎‫TCC ‎‫89.00 ‎‫969.00 ‎‫108.00 ‎‫890.00
‎‫JOUF CEMENT ‎‫45.00 ‎‫1,537.00 ‎‫137.00 ‎‫1,040.00
‎‫NORTHERN CEMENT ‎‫148.00 ‎‫456.00 ‎‫156.00 ‎‫510.00
‎‫Total ‎‫4,110.00 ‎‫43,207.00 ‎‫4,080.00 ‎‫42,654.00

On the clinker front, production inched down to 4.08 million tons last February, from 4.11 million in February 2025.

 

Clinker inventories reached 42.65 million tons in February, down 1.2% from 43.21 million tons in the same month of 2025.



Monthly Clinker Exports (K tons)

Company February-2026 January-2026 December-2025 November-2025 October-2025
YCC ‎96.00 ‎170.00 ‎146.00 ‎102.00 ‎183.00
SAUDI CEMENT ‎87.00 ‎46.00 ‎158.00 ‎143.00 ‎90.00
SPCC ‎70.00 ‎98.00 ‎32.00 ‎71.00 ‎55.00
NORTHERN CEMENT ‎64.00 ‎25.00 ‎71.00 ‎68.00 ‎43.00
Al Safwa Cement Co. ‎2.00 ‎5.00 ‎5.00 ‎5.00 ‎4.00
JOUF CEMENT - - ‎8.00 ‎9.00 ‎7.00
Total 319.00 344.00 420.00 398.00 382.00

Sales of Cement Companies (K tons)

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