(MENAFN) The Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association (TCMB) stated on Tuesday that the country's cement exports rose 6.9 percent to reach around 8 million tons, year-on-year, in 2017, Anadolu Agency reported.
"9.9 percent of all produced cement was exported during the January-December period," TCMB said in a press release.
Turkey manufactured 81 million tons of cement and clinker -stony residue from burnt cement- in the year, growing 6.8% compared with the previous year, it added.
The association outlined that most cement and clinker exports were made to the U.S. during the year, while the country with the highest increase in Turkey's cement exports was Haiti.
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