Togo faces a chronic shortage of cement. A situation which mainly affects individuals often unable to complete the construction or renovation of their homes.
Blamed the CIMTOGO company held Saturday to explain the reasons for the imbalance between supply and demand.
Jean Adoléhoumé, the Administrative Director of cement, the conjunction of three factors leads to the shortage since last December. There was first the dry season, traditional
construction period during which the request is supported. Then, carriers abandoning routing during harvest cement to favor cotton and remunerative inputs; Finally, there were social movements WACEM and failure of the mill in Fortia.
The overall market is tight because of the important requirements for the renovation of the road network that weigh on production.
But John Adoléhoumé denies claims that a large part of the cement produced in Togo would be exported. Barely 20,000 tons of cimentsle société.de of 2,000 tonnes to northern Togo. cement product to be exported Togo. the transpo% is destined for countries in the region.
CIMTOGO brought an early solution to the shortage by routing these days almost 2000 tonnes to the north of Togo.
'We have mobilized 50 trucks to flood the North to ensure the availability of cement. We prefer the domestic market indicated by the official of the company.
CIMTOGO produced 16,000 tons of cement per week.
Togo faces a chronic shortage of cement. A situation which mainly affects individuals often unable to complete the construction or renovation of their homes.
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