The growth of construction and the acceleration of construction projects are two reasons for the increase in cement demand.

Referring to the latest developments in the cement market, Hamid Farmani, in an interview with Fars news agency’s economic reporter, said: The price of cement varies greatly due to various reasons, including the demand in different sectors, as well as transportation costs in different parts of the country, and this is the factor that makes the index It invalidates the average price.

Referring to the price of cement in the early days of the hot season, the chairman of the board of directors of the cement industry employers’ association said: 22 cement factories offered their goods at the base price set by the commodity exchange, and this means that there will be no price increase in this period. We have not witnessed this part of the market.

He added: In 1402, the demand in the cement market has increased, which is due to the speeding up of construction projects and also the increase in construction, and now we are meeting the needs of the market by supplying according to the need.

Farmani emphasized: The supply of cement is now being carried out according to the needs of the market, and for the continuation of this supply, it has been decided to hold a meeting with the presence of the members of the Cement Industrial Employers’ Association and the officials of the Ministry of Energy on July 14, 1402, so that we can supply as much as possible in Let’s have a warm season of cement production.

* Government supervision of cement brokers is a solution to organize the market

Criticizing the government’s lack of intervention in the cement retail market, the chairman of the board of directors of the cement industry employers’ association said: “All the government’s monitoring tools are focused on the cement factory, but even if we have the most production, it is because of the existence of middlemen and dealers between the purchased products.” From the commodity exchange and the final consumer, there is still the possibility of creating chaos in the market.

He continued: The institutions in charge of the market, including the Ministry of Security, do not have the means to organize the intermediaries of the cement market, and this issue can affect and render ineffective the efforts of other institutions, including the electricity supply sector and cement factories, to organize the market.

Farmani said: As much as the production of the cement factory is important, monitoring the product reaching the end consumer is also very important.

* Iran is self-sufficient in the cement industry

Last year, under the shadow of stable electricity supply and also the positive cooperation of the government, including the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Energy, with the private sector, we witnessed the organization of the cement market and the prevention of price increases in the summer season; This issue is expected to be put on the agenda this year with the cooperation of relevant bodies and the ground for organizing the cement market will be provided.

Cement is one of the strategic products that Iran has complete self-sufficiency in this field, and the export of Iranian cement to other countries of the world is continuously on the agenda.

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