INDUSTRY
		FACT SHEET
NATIONAL READY MIXED CONCRETE ASSOCIATION
900 Spring Street       Silver Spring, Maryland  20910      (301) 587-1400       www.nrmca.org						Return					2004	2005
																																					1994			1993				1992			1991
										January	23,505,625	24,982,838																									70.00%			70.00%				70.00%			69.40%			72.40%			0.735
										February	46,758,215	52,422,538
										March	81,941,459	87,387,977
										April	120,904,242	126,583,953
										May	159,151,768	169,247,582
										June	200,446,968	214,288,708
										July	242,019,484	253,896,014
										August	284,924,060	300,591,541
										September	325,876,872	343,401,686
										October	365,969,169	386,180,680
										November	400,963,095	425,188,415
										December	431,498,011	455,875,648
Month	2005 Monthly Production (cu.yd.)	Percent Change from 2004	2005 YTD Production (cu.yd.)	Percent Change from 2004	Predicted Annual Production*
January	24,983,000	6.28%	24,983,000	6.28%
February	27,440,000	18.01%	52,423,000	12.11%
March	34,965,000	-0.62%	87,388,000	6.65%	455,306,000
April	39,196,000	0.60%	126,584,000	4.70%
May	42,664,000	11.55%	169,248,000	6.34%
June	45,041,000	9.07%	214,289,000	6.91%	460,502,000
July	39,607,000	-4.73%	253,896,000	4.91%
August	46,696,000	8.84%	300,592,000	5.50%
September	42,810,000	4.54%	343,402,000	5.38%	456,265,000
October	42,779,000	6.70%	386,181,000	5.52%
November	39,008,000	11.47%	425,188,000	6.04%
December	30,687,000	0.50%	455,876,000	5.65%
Estimated ready mixed concrete production for 2004					431,498,000
Percentage of cement shipped to ready mixed concrete industry					75%
*Annual prediction based on quarterly trends from 1985 - 2004
Based on information from the U.S. Geological Survey