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Cement smoothing (Pixabay)Total international purchases of imported cement amounted to US$15.7 billion for 2025.
The overall cost of globally imported cement decreased by -5.4% for all importing countries from five years earlier in 2021 when international purchases of cement amounted to $16.6 billion.
Year over year, the value for cement imports rose by an average 1.6% compared to $15.5 billion starting from 2024.
An ingredient of concrete, cement is a binder substance often used in construction because it sets, hardens, adheres and binds other materials together.
The 5 biggest importers of cement by value in 2025 were the United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Italy then the Netherlands. Collectively, those major buyers generated over one-quarter (28.6%) of cement bought on international markets.
From a continental perspective, buyers in European countries spent the most on imported cement during 2025 with purchases costing $5.1 billion or 32.4% of the global total. In second place were importers located in Asia at 24.3% while another 17.9% of the world’s imported cement was delivered to Africa. The latter outpaces the 16% worth sent to customers in North America.
Smaller percentages went to clients in Latin America (7.7%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (1.7%) led by Australia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code prefix for cement is 2523.
Below are the 15 countries that bought the highest dollar value worth of cement during 2025.
- United States: US$2.3 billion (14.9% of total cement imports)
- United Kingdom: $569.3 million (3.6%)
- France: $535.5 million (3.4%)
- Italy: $531.7 million (3.4%)
- Netherlands: $517.2 million (3.3%)
- Philippines: $446.9 million (2.8%)
- Israel: $408.5 million (2.6%)
- Bangladesh: $397 million (2.5%)
- Ivory Coast: $316.6 million (2%)
- Poland: $257.8 million (1.6%)
- Singapore: $237.6 million (1.5%)
- Hungary: $228 million (1.5%)
- Mali: $219.4 million (1.4%)
- Taiwan: $215 million (1.4%)
- Australia: $206.7 million (1.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased approaching half (47.3%) of all cement imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for cement from 2024 to 2025 were: Ivory Coast (up 32.1%), Poland (up 28.2%), Italy (up 27.4%) and Israel (up 18.4%).
Those countries that posted year-over-year declines in their imported cement purchases were led by: Bangladesh (down -26.4%), Mali (down -25.7%), Hungary (down -21.4%) and the Philippines (down -13.9%).
Searchable List of Cement Importer Countries in 2025
By value, the top 100 importers of cement in the searchable database below bought 96% of all cement imported worldwide.
| 1 | United States | $2,337,312,000 | -3.8% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | $569,311,000 | +1.1% |
| 3 | France | $535,486,000 | +0.8% |
| 4 | Italy | $531,672,000 | +27.4% |
| 5 | Netherlands | $517,212,000 | +4.6% |
| 6 | Philippines | $446,916,000 | -13.9% |
| 7 | Israel | $408,498,000 | +18.4% |
| 8 | Bangladesh | $396,992,000 | -26.4% |
| 9 | Ivory Coast | $316,634,000 | +32.1% |
| 10 | Poland | $257,846,000 | +28.2% |
| 11 | Singapore | $237,644,000 | -0.4% |
| 12 | Hungary | $227,990,000 | -21.4% |
| 13 | Mali | $219,372,000 | -25.7% |
| 14 | Taiwan | $214,992,000 | +8.9% |
| 15 | Australia | $206,651,000 | -2.5% |
| 16 | Germany | $196,219,000 | +16.6% |
| 17 | Burkina Faso | $194,766,000 | +16.3% |
| 18 | Ghana | $194,697,000 | -48.7% |
| 19 | Uganda | $187,235,000 | +15.5% |
| 20 | Romania | $184,293,000 | +42.3% |
| 21 | Belgium | $180,887,000 | +8.1% |
| 22 | Syria | $179,547,000 | +100% |
| 23 | Spain | $169,844,000 | +61.2% |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | $169,568,000 | +6.8% |
| 25 | Austria | $166,536,000 | +9.2% |
| 26 | Guatemala | $158,792,000 | +56.3% |
| 27 | Libya | $158,436,000 | -27.1% |
| 28 | Canada | $149,443,000 | -8.1% |
| 29 | India | $147,996,000 | -3.1% |
| 30 | Hong Kong | $146,739,000 | -26.5% |
| 31 | Malaysia | $143,702,000 | +10.8% |
| 32 | Myanmar | $135,453,000 | +1289% |
| 33 | Haiti | $133,827,000 | +54.1% |
| 34 | Sweden | $127,512,000 | +70.5% |
| 35 | Guyana | $125,116,000 | +33.1% |
| 36 | Palestine | $121,089,000 | -30.8% |
| 37 | Czech Republic | $113,147,000 | +24.8% |
| 38 | Chile | $112,353,000 | +16.4% |
| 39 | Oman | $108,580,000 | -2.7% |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | $103,740,000 | +16.7% |
| 41 | Croatia | $103,509,000 | +27.2% |
| 42 | Peru | $98,260,000 | +10.9% |
| 43 | Switzerland | $97,801,000 | +15.6% |
| 44 | Madagascar | $94,708,000 | +14.1% |
| 45 | South Africa | $91,724,000 | +14.7% |
| 46 | Georgia | $90,986,000 | -7.3% |
| 47 | Nicaragua | $86,101,000 | +76.4% |
| 48 | Bulgaria | $85,262,000 | +42.4% |
| 49 | Rwanda | $82,473,000 | -10.1% |
| 50 | Serbia | $82,264,000 | -4.6% |
| 51 | Portugal | $79,726,000 | +22.2% |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | $79,169,000 | +31.8% |
| 53 | Colombia | $78,847,000 | +25.4% |
| 54 | Norway | $78,627,000 | +15.5% |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | $78,225,000 | +163.4% |
| 56 | Slovenia | $77,446,000 | +14.7% |
| 57 | Cameroon | $74,087,000 | -47.1% |
| 58 | Guinea | $73,045,000 | -25.8% |
| 59 | Mauritania | $72,459,000 | +12.8% |
| 60 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $71,243,000 | +14.1% |
| 61 | Thailand | $69,233,000 | +11.5% |
| 62 | Botswana | $68,986,000 | -3.9% |
| 63 | El Salvador | $67,780,000 | +53% |
| 64 | Togo | $67,647,000 | +54.4% |
| 65 | Afghanistan | $65,531,000 | -38.3% |
| 66 | Brazil | $65,270,000 | +0.9% |
| 67 | Greece | $62,343,000 | +27.9% |
| 68 | South Korea | $61,059,000 | +6.3% |
| 69 | Russia | $59,930,000 | +43.4% |
| 70 | Liberia | $58,470,000 | +70.2% |
| 71 | Mozambique | $52,204,000 | -11.8% |
| 72 | Lebanon | $51,620,000 | -9.2% |
| 73 | Denmark | $51,123,000 | -3.5% |
| 74 | Albania | $50,359,000 | +0.5% |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | $48,313,000 | -16.2% |
| 76 | Jordan | $46,573,000 | -30.7% |
| 77 | Mauritius | $46,158,000 | -18.9% |
| 78 | Ireland | $45,636,000 | +22.2% |
| 79 | Montenegro | $44,027,000 | -27.9% |
| 80 | Lithuania | $43,287,000 | +12.5% |
| 81 | Estonia | $41,547,000 | -2.2% |
| 82 | Gambia | $41,275,000 | -15.7% |
| 83 | South Sudan | $41,255,000 | -29.4% |
| 84 | Democratic Republic Congo | $40,499,000 | +28% |
| 85 | Yemen | $38,463,000 | +87.9% |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | $38,432,000 | +9% |
| 87 | Benin | $37,521,000 | +0.3% |
| 88 | Jamaica | $36,240,000 | +36.8% |
| 89 | Slovakia | $35,939,000 | -10.8% |
| 90 | Bahamas | $35,565,000 | +21.5% |
| 91 | Tanzania | $34,908,000 | +20.4% |
| 92 | Somalia | $34,706,000 | +251.3% |
| 93 | Malawi | $34,481,000 | -8.6% |
| 94 | Malta | $33,327,000 | -17.3% |
| 95 | Cabo Verde | $32,700,000 | +26% |
| 96 | Armenia | $31,970,000 | +37.5% |
| 97 | Gabon | $31,834,000 | +26.1% |
| 98 | Japan | $31,576,000 | +1.6% |
| 99 | Iceland | $31,566,000 | +17% |
| 100 | Maldives | $29,542,000 | -2% |
Expanding the scope to encompass the 100 most valuable importers of cement, the fastest-growing markets were Myanmar (up 1,289% from 2024), Somalia (up 251.3%), Kyrgyzstan (up 163.4%), Syria (up 100%), Yemen (up 87.9%) then Nicaragua (up 76.4%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns in the above table.
An entry of 0% in the right-most column means that no 2024 data was available.
Top Cement Suppliers to Importers in America
America’s global purchases of imported cement totaled US$2.34 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the U.S. imported the highest dollar value worth of cement during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Türkiye: US$680.1 million (up 14.1% from 2024)
- Canada: $525.4 million (down -8.9%)
- Vietnam: $373.7 million (up 11%)
- Mexico: $140.2 million (down -26.4%)
- Egypt: $100.3 million (up 32.6%)
- Greece: $98.2 million (down -29.7%)
- Colombia: $68.8 million (down -15.2%)
- Algeria: $66.3 million (down -23.2%)
- France: $52.4 million (up 36.6%)
- South Korea: $43.5 million (down -8.5%)
- Saudi Arabia: $43.3 million (up 29.1%)
- United Arab Emirates: $38.1 million (down -52.5%)
- Thailand: $30.1 million (down -3.8%)
- Spain: $16.2 million (down -66%)
- Poland: $15.8 million (up 10.9%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.1% of cement imported by the United States of America in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cement to the United States from 2024 to 2025 were: France (up 36.6%), Egypt (up 32.6%), Saudi Arabia (up 29.1%) and Türkiye (up 14.1%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their cement supplied to American importers included: Spain (down -66%), United Arab Emirates (down -52.5%), Greece (down -29.7%) and Mexico (down -26.4%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported cement went down by an average -3.8% from all supplying countries since 2024 when cement purchased cost $2.4 billion.
Cement Imports into the United Kingdom
The UK’s global purchases of imported cement totaled US$569.3 million in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Britain imported the highest dollar value worth of cement during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- France: US$27.7 million (up 8.8% from 2024)
- Ireland: $25.2 million (up 34%)
- Türkiye: $16.9 million (up 239.7%)
- Spain: $10.8 million (up 88.4%)
- Portugal: $4.7 million (down -7.1%)
- Croatia: $3.9 million (up 41.5%)
- Vietnam: $3.6 million (up 36110%)
- Italy: $3.3 million (down -14.2%)
- Brazil: $2.5 million (2024 data unavailable)
- Germany: $2.2 million (down -57%)
- Netherlands: $651,000 (up 57.2%)
- mainland China: $546,000 (down -51.6%)
- Egypt: $276,000 (up 62.4%)
- Japan: $157,000 (down -30.2%)
- Taiwan: $82,000 (2024 data unavailable)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.8% of cement imported by the UK in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cement to the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2025 were: Vietnam (up 36,110%), Türkiye (up 239.7%), Spain (up 88.4%) and Egypt (up 62.4%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their cement supplied to UK importers included: Germany (down -57%), mainland China (down -51.6%), Japan (down -30.2%) and Italy (down -14.2%).
Overall, the value of United Kingdom’s imported cement went up by an average 1.1% from all supplying countries since 2024 when cement purchased cost $563.3 million.
Top Cement Suppliers to Importers in France
France’s global purchases of imported cement totaled US$535.5 million in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which France imported the highest dollar value worth of cement during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Belgium: US$95.1 million (down -14.6% from 2024)
- Spain: $82.7 million (down -7.5%)
- Luxembourg: $48.3 million (up 22.8%)
- Algeria: $43.7 million (down -26.5%)
- Germany: $37.7 million (up 6.5%)
- Türkiye: $30.1 million (up 29.3%)
- Italy: $27 million (down -8.9%)
- Ireland: $24.5 million (up 11.6%)
- Netherlands: $19.4 million (up 42.7%)
- Greece: $16.3 million (up 8.5%)
- Denmark: $15.9 million (up 101%)
- Vietnam: $12.6 million (up 27.6%)
- United Kingdom: $12.5 million (up 29.4%)
- Colombia: $11.8 million (down -22.2%)
- Malaysia: $11.1 million (up 31.3%)
By value, the listed countries shipped 91.2% of cement imported by France in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cement to France from 2024 to 2025 were: Denmark (up 101%), Netherlands (up 42.7%), Malaysia (up 31.3%) and United Kingdom (up 29.4%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their cement supplied to French importers included: Algeria (down -26.5%), Colombia (down -22.2%), Belgium (down -14.6%) and Italy (down -8.9%).
Overall, the value of France’s imported cement grew by an average 0.8% from all supplying countries since 2024 when cement purchased cost $531.2 million.
Top Cement Suppliers to Importers in Italy
Italy’s global purchases of imported cement totaled US$531.7 million in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Italy imported the highest dollar value worth of cement during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- Türkiye: US$195.6 million (up 35.5% from 2024)
- France: $47 million (up 12.3%)
- Algeria: $45.6 million (up 60.7%)
- Greece: $38 million (up 61.7%)
- Tunisia: $35.1 million (up 32.4%)
- Slovenia: $32.6 million (up 2.9%)
- Croatia: $30.3 million (down -27.9%)
- Austria: $24.9 million (up 60.4%)
- Spain: $23.8 million (up 113.5%)
- Poland: $13.9 million (up 14.4%)
- Albania: $13.4 million (up 1.8%)
- Egypt: $9.6 million (down -5.6%)
- Japan: $4.8 million (down -12.8%)
- Netherlands: $4.6 million (up 38.4%)
- mainland China: $4.4 million (down -5.7%)
By value, the listed countries shipped 98.5% of cement imported by Italy in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of cement to Italy from 2024 to 2025 were: Spain (up 113.5%), Greece (up 61.7%), Algeria (up 60.7%) and Austria (up 60.4%).
Countries that experienced year-over-year declines in the value of their cement supplied to Italian importers were: Croatia (down -27.9%), Japan (down -12.8%), mainland China (down -5.7%) and Egypt (down -5.6%).
Overall, the value of Italy’s imported cement accelerated by an average 27.4% from all supplying countries since 2024 when cement purchased cost $417.4 million.
See also Cement Exports by Country, America’s Top Trading Partners, China’s Top Trading Partners and Philippines Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Imports – Commodities. Accessed on June 28, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 28, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 28, 2026
Wikipedia, Cement. Accessed on June 28, 2026
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