– Shreyas Bhutevare, Proprietor, Anand Sales Corporation
We have been in the cement dealership business since 1985, catering to the markets of Pune. We stock and supply various cement brands like Birla White, JK Cement, Priya Cement, CCI, etc. All cements are good, there is no issue on quality, but only rate is the problem as price varies from brand to brand. We have customers from retail market as well as institutional market.
The current market trend is very slow. Also there is a huge variation in cement prices. Government is taking cement from companies at reduced prices of Rs 140, while the market price is Rs 350 on an average. Since there is no clarity on cement prices, customers are happy and they don?t have any trust in cement companies. All customers, including dealers, contractors and end-users, are struggling due to this volatility in price.
In the next one year, there is not much growth expected in the cement market and the market will be stable.