Ready Mixed Concrete Production Q2 2021

Statistics NZ has been collecting ready mixed concrete production data as an indicator of construction activity, and in turn economic prosperity, since the early 1990s.

Concrete NZ is summarising the quarterly data in a regular series, with the most recent being Quarter 2 2021. Points of interest from Quarter 2 2021 include: 

• The customary increase in production from the March quarter to the June quarter was again evident in in 2021, although slightly more accentuated as overall national production reached an all-time high at around 1.2 million cubic metres.


• It is also worth noting that the June 2021 quarter was the fourth in a row to top the one million cubic metre mark.


• Across the regions and metro areas, the impact of, and recovery from, the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown of April 2020 was clearly apparent when comparing production between the June 2020 quarter and the June 2021 quarter, as it was between the annual total to the June 2020 quarter compared to the annual total to the June 2021 quarter.

Be sure to keep an eye out for the Concrete NZ Q3 2021 leaflet in mid-November. No doubt the impact of the recent COVID-19 Level 4 lockdown will be evident, but to what extent?