Posted at 2:50 p.m., Friday, November 16, 2007
Hawaii Portland cement shipments fall 12% in Sept.
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i's Portland cement shipments fell 12 percent in September to 33,301 metric tons from the same month a year earlier, according to data from Bloomberg News Service.Cement is the basic ingredient in concrete, mortar and stucco, and shipments are an indicator of construction activity in each state.
The decline in shipments here compared with a 9.5 percent drop nationally.
