Senegal Cement Production Rebounds 9.3% in June 2026 as Exports Jump 38.6%
Senegalese cement output rose 9.3% month on month in June 2026, with exports up 38.6% and domestic sales up 12.8%, according to the national statistics agency ANSD. Year-on-year growth was steeper still, at 27.7% for production and 48.8% for exports. ANSD attributes the gap between output and sales to inventory movements and has revised its series to include producer Cimaf.
Senegal's cement industry recorded a broad recovery in June 2026, with production rising 9.3% from the previous month, according to data from the Agence nationale de la statistique et de la démographie (ANSD). The rebound was accompanied by higher sales both on the domestic market and for export.
Exports led the monthly rebound
All three headline indicators tracked by the statistics agency moved higher in June, but at very different speeds. Export shipments posted the sharpest monthly gain, while domestic sales grew faster than output itself.
- Cement production: up 9.3% month on month
- Cement exports: up 38.6% month on month
- Domestic sales: up 12.8% month on month
The gap between a 9.3% increase in output and double-digit growth in both sales channels means deliveries ran ahead of production during the month. ANSD states explicitly that differences between production levels and local and external sales can be explained by inventory movements — in other words, part of June's shipments came out of existing stock rather than from the month's own output.
Annual growth steeper than the monthly move
Measured against June 2025, the acceleration is more pronounced. Production was 27.7% higher than a year earlier, exports rose 48.8% and domestic sales gained 32.4%. The June rebound therefore builds on a base already well above year-ago levels, rather than merely recovering ground lost in a single weak month. ANSD describes the period as an acceleration of activity in the cement sector on both the production and the sales side.
The ordering of the annual figures matters for anyone tracking West African building-materials flows: exports grew faster than domestic sales, and both grew faster than production. On a twelve-month view, Senegalese cement capacity is being pulled by demand from inside and outside the country at the same time, with the external channel expanding at the quicker pace.
A revised series now includes Cimaf
ANSD also disclosed that the data series has been updated to take into account production by Ciments de l'Afrique (Cimaf), which the agency says allows for a more complete measure of activity in the sector. That revision is material for analysts and investors who maintain their own models of Senegalese cement supply: the growth rates published for June 2026 are calculated on the broader basis, so absolute levels drawn from earlier ANSD releases are not directly comparable with the current series.
Including an additional producer in the official statistics also changes what the headline numbers represent. Coverage now reflects a larger share of the country's installed production capacity, which affects both the reported level of output and the weighting of each channel within total sales.
What the release does not show
The published figures are expressed in percentage change only. The ANSD data as reported do not give absolute tonnages for production, local sales or exports in June 2026, nor do they break exports down by destination market or output down by individual producer. Those omissions limit what can be concluded about pricing, margins or the destination mix behind the 38.6% monthly export rebound.
For producers, processors and traders in the region, the operative facts are the direction and the magnitude of the move: a double-digit annual expansion in Senegalese cement output, export growth running ahead of domestic sales growth on both the monthly and the annual comparison, and an acknowledged role for inventory drawdown in bridging the difference between what was made and what was sold.