ISLAMABAD - The production of cement in the country has witnessed 25.14 per cent increase during the first three quarters of the financial year 2020-21 against the output of the same period of last fiscal year. As many as 37,620 tonnes of cement was manufactured during July-March (2020-21) as compared to the production of 30,063 tons manufactured during July-March (2019-20), showing growth of 25.14 per cent, according to official data revealed by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Meanwhile, on year-on-year basis, the production of cement also rose by 57.24 per cent, from 2,996 tons in March 2020 to 4,711 tons in March 2021, it added.