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Tehran Cement Bag Premium Nearly Halves in Three Weeks; Gap to Commodity Exchange Price Falls From 47% to 25% (Tuesday, September 1, 2026)
The price of a 50kg bag of Tehran cement fell from 291,000 tomans on August 13 to 240,000 tomans on September 1, 2026; Abyk cement dropped 21.5% and Saveh cement 12.3% over the same span. The gap between Tehran's retail bag price and the Iran Mercantile Exchange's discovered price (about 192,500 tomans) narrowed from 47% to nearly 25% in the same period, meaning the retail "bag premium" has roughly halved.
Tehran Cement Bag Price Holds at 291,000 Tomans for a Week; Mordad's Surge Has Stopped (Thursday, August 13, 2026)
Tehran's 50kg cement bag price, which jumped from 218,000 to 291,000 tomans between August 2 and 7, 2026, has held at 291,000 through August 13. Iran's Statistics Center says Tehran's construction input price index grew 20.7 percent quarter-on-quarter in spring 1405, nearly half the prior quarter's 36 percent, even as annual growth reached 80 percent.
Tehran Cement Jumped 33.5% in Two Weeks, Passing Its Early-Summer Level; the Bag-to-Bulk Premium Nearly Doubled at Most Makers (Friday, August 7, 2026)
Tehran's 50 kilogram cement bag rose from about 218,000 tomans on July 24, 2026 to 291,000 tomans on August 7, a jump of about 33.5% in two weeks that puts it roughly 15% above its late-June level. Saveh cement rose just 4% and Abyek about 12% over the same span. At the same time the bag-to-bulk premium roughly doubled at most makers. This analysis is not a buy or sell recommendation.
Tehran Cement Fell About 14% in Three Weeks While Saveh and Abyek Held; the Bagged Premium Now Spans 9% to 41% (Friday, July 24, 2026)
A 50 kg bag of Tehran cement has slipped from about 253,000 tomans on June 30 to 218,000 tomans on July 24, 2026, roughly 14% lower, while Saveh and Abyek barely moved. A stranger anomaly sits in the same data: the bagged-over-bulk premium ranges from 9% to 41% across producers. This report reads both against the industrial-power file, which was just settled for the next two Iranian months. This analysis is not buy or sell advice.
Power Rationing and Gas Cuts to Iran's Cement Plants Tighten Supply (July 2, 2026)
Iran's grid operator Tavanir has rationed electricity to cement and steel plants province by province from June through August 2026, and gas has been cut entirely to cement plants in several provinces. Meanwhile, wholesale cement bag prices in Tehran and Saveh reached about 253,000 toman by June 30, 2026, and Sufian cement about 281,000 toman.
