Ambuja Cements’ production for April 2011 stood at 18.13 lakh tonne against 19.07 lakh tonne registered same month last year, a drop of 4.92 per cent. For the month of April 2011, the dispatch was 18.64 lakh tonne against 19.10 tonne in April 2010. For the period of January-April 2011, the cement production registered a growth of 3.68 per cent from 72.44 lakh tonne in January-April 2010 to 74.03 lakh tonne in January-April 2011. The dispatch also went up from 72.82 lakh tonne in January-April 2010 to 75.50 lakh tonne in January-April 2011. The company’s April 2011 shipments fell by 2.4 per cent from a year ago to 1.86 million tonne.