Figure 1 shows the amount of cement delivered to domestic consumers by German cement producers since 1996. It shows a significant fall in the early 2000s. In the past 18 years domestic German cement deliveries have dropped by around 25.1% from 35.8Mt in 2000 to 26.6Mt in 2017. Changes to deliveries since 2002 have been relatively minimal, mainly fluctuating at around 24-25Mt. The lowest figure was in 2010, with 23.0Mt delivered. The main reasons for the drop in consumption since 2002 are a lower backlog of demand from the former East German states than in the 1990s, unfavourable demographic and tax frameworks for residential construction work and restricted government infrastructure spending so far in the 21st Century. However, an increased emphasis on infrastructure has since seen deliveries increase.
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