Cement deliveries, a coincident indicator of construction activity, rose by a yearly 10.7% in the first six months of2023 against the first six months of 2022, as released by the Central Bank of Lebanon.  Cement deliveries reached circa 1,032.6 thousand tons in the first six months 2023, up from 932.7 thousand tons  in the first six months of the year prior, reflecting an improvement in activity from the previous year’s figures.  It is worth noting that this increase follows an expansion of 13.8% year-on-year between the first six months of  2022 and the same period of 2021 with figures reaching 819.6 thousand tons in the latter. This shows a trend of  improvement within this component of construction activity in Lebanon. (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Bank Audi, Lebanon Weekly Monitor, 1 - 7 Jan 2024