Building a Better Future
Mexico: Successful pricing strategy driving 5% top-line
growth
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1Q22 net sales increased 5% driven by a successful pricing strategy
January cement price announcement saw record traction with cement
prices up 9% sequentially
Cement volumes declined 8% reflecting the rebalancing of demand between
informal and formal construction while ready-mix volumes grew 9%
Formal sector activity driven by industrial and commercial and formal
residential supported by the buildout of manufacturing facilities, nearshoring
opportunities, reactivation of tourism and low level of housing inventories
We expect our pricing strategy and cost containment initiatives to
compensate for inflation challenges. Announced a second price increase in
bagged cement effective April 1st
Sequential EBITDA margin increased 3.5pp on the back of strong pricing.
■CEMEX
Building a better future
Cement industry demand'
Infrastructure
I&C
30%
Informal
residential
37%
9%
24%
Formal residential
EBITDA
US$ M
-4%
299
286
1Q21
1Q22
We expect 2022 cement volumes to be flat or decline low-single-digit while
ready mix and aggregates increase low-to-mid-single digits
EBITDA
36.4%
32.5%
margin
19
1) CEMEX estimatesView entire presentation