The first 17,500 tonnes of cement being shipped from Pakistan to Oman will arrive in early June, according to Oman's Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The shipment is aimed at meeting the growing demand for cement in the local market, said a report in Oman Times.

Oman Cement Company, in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, will distribute the shipment among dealers across the Sultanate, it said.

Sayyid Qahtan bin Yaroub Al Busaidi, chairman of Oman Cement Company, said the OCC and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry had agreed on a mechanism for distribution of the cement.