Russian cement industry in 2022

In 2022 Russia produced 60.8 Mt of cement. It was produced by 10 corporations, 51 cement plants, 6 grinding and mixing plants. About 60% of the products were produced using energy saving technologies, which is 2.2 times more than 10 years ago. The 5 top cement producers account for more than 62% of production. The 10 major companies control 89% of the cement market. Cement production in Russia in 2022 increased by 1.2%, to 60.8 Mt; cement shipments - by 0.4%, to 60.4 Mt. In 2022, 0.9 Mt of cement was shipped outside Russia, while 2.2 Mt was imported into the country. The cement output as a whole in 2022 increased by 1.2 %, while in the Q4 2022 it decreased by 11.1 %. In 2022 the share of additive-free Portland cement production increased in the total cement output from 63.0% to 64.0%, while the share of blended Portland cement decreased from 32.5% to 30.6%. Only the production of blended Portland cement decreased (by 961 kt, or 4.9%, to 18,571 kt). Additive-free Portland cement production increased the most in absolute terms (by 1,062 kt, or 2.8%, to 38,918 kt). The maximum growth in cement production in 2022 was achieved in the Far Eastern Federal District (by 347 kt, or 10.8 %, - to 13,461 kt) and the North Caucasus Federal District (by 326 kt, or 14.2 %, - to 2,611 kt) (Table 3). The biggest decline in production was observed in the Siberian (by 152 kt or 2.3 % - to 6,422 kt) and the Volga (by 110 kt or 0.8 % - to 13,351 kt) federal districts.
The import of cement in Russia in 2022 increased by 12,5 % up to 2202 kt. The main cement-supplying countries to Russia were Belarus - 1,521 kt (17.3% more than in 2021), Iran - 310 kt (twice as much) and Kazakhstan - 205 kt (16.2% less). Imports of cement by water transport rose to 383 kt in 2022, or 39.5%, and accounted for 17.4% of all imports. Suppliers of cement by water transport during this period were Iran - 310 kt (81.0%), Turkey - 44 kt (11.4%) and Egypt - 29 kt (7.5%). In 2022 the Russian Federation imported 1,394 kt of cement by rail (15.7% more than in 2021), or 63.3% of total imports. Cement was delivered in Russia by rail from Belarus - 1096 kt or 78.7%, Kazakhstan - 205 kt or 14.7%, and the DNR - 92 kt, or 6.6%. In 2022, import of cement by road decreased by 11.0% (to 425 kt) and accounted for 19.3% of all imports. The volume of exports of cement from the Russian Federation in 2022 increased by 25.7%, to 941 kt. The main consumer countries of Russian cement in 2022 were Kazakhstan - 649 kt (24.6% less than in 2021), Belarus - 190 kt (40.0% less), Georgia - 73 kt (3 times more) and Azerbaijan - 14 kt (19.0% more). The amount of cement exported from Russia by rail in 2022 decreased by 27.1% to 784 kt, accounting for 83.4% of total exports. 158 kt of cement was exported from the country by road (2.6% more than in 2021) - 12.8% of all exports. In 2022, cement consumption in Russia increased by 1.3% (mainly due to the high performance achieved in Q1) to 61.7 Mt.

Author: V.A. Guz, E.V. Vysotsky

Section: Review

Keywords: capacity, production, import, export, consumption, cement market, cement weighted average price