The committee said that Uzbekistan produced about 5.274 million tonnes of cement in nine months of 2010.
As earlier reported, Uzbekistan is planning to produce about 7 million tonnes of cement in 2010.
Uzbekistan increased cement output by 3.1% year-on-year in 2009 to 6.8 million tones.
Currently, largest cement producers in Uzbekistan are Kyzylkumcement OJSC (capacity – 3.1 million tonnes), Ahangarancement OJSC (1.74 million tonnes) and Quvasaycement OJSC (920,000 tonnes). Share of cement industry in total produced goods in construction materials sector is 72%.