The Cement Industry in Bolivia refers to the production, sale and consumption of cement in the country since according to the latest official data from the National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia, the country had a production of around 3.8 million metric tons of cement during the year 2022. In Bolivia there are five large Bolivian companies that produce cement, which are: SOBOCE, FANCESA, COBOCE, ITACAMBA, and ECEBOL.
History The first cement factory in Bolivia was the Bolivian Cement Society S.A. (SOBOCE) located in the Department of La Paz which was founded on September 24, 1925, and after three years began producing cement in 1928, being the oldest in the country.
On January 21, 1959, the National Cement Factory (FANCESA) was founded in the city of Sucre, which would also enter the Bolivian market. In 1966, the Bolivian Cement Cooperative (COBOCE) was created with headquarters in the city of Cochabamba that would begin to produce cement from the year 1972.
In 1997 another private Bolivian company called "Itacamba Cementos" was born, which would begin to produce cement from that same year. Some time later, the Bolivian government would also intervene in the production of cement in the country, managing to create the Bolivian Cement Productive Public Company (ECEBOL) with its two cement plants, the first located in the municipality of Caracollo in the Department of Oruro and the second plant located in the city of Potosí in the Department of Potosi.
Production
During the last 32 years, Bolivian cement production has increased considerably reaching a growth of more than 660%, from producing only 500,000 tons in 1990 to 3,888,000 tons in 2022.
Latin American and Caribbean countries according to its annual cement production Latin American and Caribbean countries according to its annual cement production per capita N. Country Cement Production in metric tons (2021) N. Country Cement Production per capita (2021) 1st 60,772,000 tons 1st768 kilograms 2nd51,745,000 tons 2nd590 kilograms 3rd13,797,000 tons 3rd473 kilograms 4th12,855,000 tons 4th408 kilograms 5th12,117,000 tons 5th381 kilograms 6th6,562,000 tons 6th346 kilograms 7th5,422,000 tons 7th304 kilograms 8th4,750,000 tons 8th300 kilograms 9th4,137,000 tons 9th 283 kilograms 10th3,607,000 tons 10th270 kilograms 11th2,560,000 tons 11th264 kilograms 12th1,650,000 tons 12th260 kilograms 13th1,520,000 tons 13th243 kilograms 14th1,320,000 tons 14th241 kilograms 15th1,100,000 tons 15th240 kilograms 16th979,000 tons 16th188 kilograms 17th975,000 tons 17th188 kilograms 18th893,000 tons 18th163 kilograms 19th840,000 tons 19th149 kilograms 20th821,000 tons 20th117 kilograms 21st723,000 tons 21st98 kilograms 22nd512,000 tons 22nd90 kilograms 23rd320,000 tons 23rd81 kilograms 24th216,000 tons 24th74 kilograms 25th50,000 tons 25th73 kilogramsSource: Inter-American Cement Federation
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