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Cement demand likely to witness 7% growth in FY20: ICRA

28 Jun 2019 Evaluate

The rating agency ICRA in its latest report stated that the demand for cement has been tepid in the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1FY20) due to slowing of the project execution on account of general elections. However, it expects the demand to pick up from the third quarter of the fiscal, post-monsoon season and expects it to increase by nearly 7 per cent during for FY20.

It also said the growth is likely to be driven by housing, primarily rural housing and affordable housing, and improved focus on infrastructure segments, mainly road, railway and irrigation projects. Talking about profitability, it noted that in Q1FY20, the higher cement prices and lower costs power and fuel and freight expenses are likely to result in margin recovery.

It further said that in Q2FY20, the consumption is expected to be on lower side owing to the monsoon season. In April this year, cement production stood at 28.7 million MT, which was lower by 13.3 per cent as compared to March 2019.

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