According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in May 2026 were an estimated 8.94 million metric tons (Mt), a 0.3% increase from shipments in May 2025. Shipments for the year through May totaled an estimated 39.5 Mt, a 4.0% increase from those for the…
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in April 2026 were an estimated 9.27 million metric tons (Mt), a 2% increase from shipments in April 2025. Shipments for the year through April totaled an estimated 30.5 Mt, a 5.1% increase from those for the…
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in February 2026 were an estimated 6.80 million metric tons (Mt), an 11.3% increase from shipments in February 2025. Shipments for the year through February totaled an estimated 12.8 Mt, a 7.5% increase from those for the…
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According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in January 2026 were an estimated 5.97 million metric tons (Mt), a 3.5% increase from revised shipments in January 2025. Of total blended tonnage reported year-to-date in 2026, 3.45 Mt (96%) was estimated to be portland-limestone cement…
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Shipments of portland and blended cement were estimated to have increased by 7% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter of 2025, according to Jason Willett, commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This information was obtained from the USGS monthly survey of U.S. cement producers. On the aggregates side, the estimated U.S. output of…
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Total shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in December 2025 were an estimated 6.82 million metric tons (Mt), a slight increase from 6.79 Mt in December 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through December totaled an estimated 101 Mt, a 1.7% decrease from those…
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Shipments of portland and blended cement decreased by 1% in the fourth quarter of 2025 compared with those in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the latest update from Jason Christopher Willett, commodity specialist, National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Read MoreTotal shipments of portland and blended cement, including imports, in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2025 were an estimated 7.86 million metric tons (Mt) compared with 7.84 Mt in November 2024, according to the most recent USGS Mineral Industry Survey. Shipments for the year through November totaled an estimated 94.6 Mt, a 1.9% decrease from those for…
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