Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan s cement imports totalled US$105.6m over the six months to 30 June 2019, up by 32.3% from 2018. Chinese investment in Uzbek domestic cement production saw two cement plants of 1.2Mt/yr and 2.4Mt/yr capacity enter development in 2018. Huaxin Cement s Zafarabad plant is expected to become operational in December 2019, with Gansu Hengya Cement s Kattakurgan plant also due to enter operation in the coming months. /globalcement