Domestic cement sales fell 4.6 per cent to 38.18 million tonnes in outgoing FY24, from 40.01m tonnes in FY23, due to a slowdown in construction activities. However, export despatches increased massively by 56pc to 7.11m tonnes in FY24 from 4.56m tonnes in FY23. As a result, overall cement despatches witnessed a meagre rise of 1.60pc to 45.291m tonnes compared to 44.58m in the preceding fisca