Cement deliveries, a coincident indicator of construction activity, rose by a yearly 60.6% in the first month of  2023 against the same month of 2022, as released by the Central Bank of Lebanon.  Cement deliveries reached circa 174,220 tons in January 2023, up from 108,488 tons in the same month of the  year prior, reflecting an improvement in activity from the previous year’s figures.   It is worth noting that this increase follows a surge of 156.8% year-on-year between January 2022 and January  2021 with figures reaching 42,252 tons in the latter. This shows a trend of improvement in this component of  construction activity within Lebanon. (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Bank Audi, Lebanon Weekly Monitor, 7 - 13 August 2023