ACC has reported that despatches for the month of August 2011 registered an increase of 19.74 per cent compared with August 2010. The dispatch figures for August 2011 stood at 1.88 million tonne, while for August 2010 the dispatch was 1.57 million tonne. The production increased by 20.51 per cent in August 2011. The production for August 2011 stood at 1.88 million tonne, as against 1.56 million tonne in the previous year. The cumulative cement production for the month of January-August 2011 stood at 16.09 million tonne an increase of 14.51 per cent compared to the period January-August 2010. In January-August 2010 the production was 14.05 million tonne. During the period January-August 2011, the dispatch stood at 16.06 million tonne, an increase of 14.71 per cent compared to the same period last year. The period January-August 2010 registered despatch of 14 million tonne.