Cement in Peru: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

7 tracked facilities, ≈5,583,338 t CO2/yr combined — here are the largest, what that CO2 is worth at current prices, and the sector's reduction pathway. Full sector pathway: decarbonizing cement.

The numbers

Cement in Peru at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	7	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	5,583,338 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	797,620 t/yr
Gross value (full price)	€421M/yr	all tracked CO2 × €75.36/t CBAM ref — before free allocation / EU-bound share

📦 Cement is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from Peru pay the border price on the 2026→2034 phase-in — how CBAM works.

No carbon-pricing instrument is tracked for this country on this hub — exporters of CBAM goods to the EU still pay the border price with no domestic deduction.

Largest emitters

Top 7 cement CO2 emitters in Peru

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	Atocongo Cement Plant	Unacem Perú SA	1,823,284	€137.4M
2	Yura Cement Plant	Yura SA	1,163,130	€87.7M
3	Pacasamayo Cement Plant	Cementos Pacasmayo SAA	1,079,719	€81.4M
4	Condorocha Cement Plant	Unacem Perú SA	746,867	€56.3M
5	Piura Cement Plant	Cementos Pacasmayo SAA	527,792	€39.8M
6	Rioja Cement Plant	Cementos Pacasmayo SAA	143,940	€10.8M
7	Cajamarquilla Cement Plant	Caliza Cementos Inca SA	98,606	€7.4M

Climate TRACE satellite estimates via IndustryAtlas — modelled, not verified; some entries aggregate clusters. Corrections welcome.

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FAQ

Questions

How many cement facilities does Peru have with tracked emissions?

7 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈5,583,338 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest cement emitter in Peru?

Atocongo Cement Plant — ≈1,823,284 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.

What would this CO2 cost at the CBAM price?

The gross full-price value is ≈€421M/yr (all tracked CO2 × €75.36/t CBAM ref). Actual CBAM liability is far smaller: it falls only on emissions embedded in EU-bound exports, and only on the phased-in share — 2.5% in 2026 rising to 100% by 2034 (Reg (EU) 2023/956).

How this page is built: heat-loss figures follow ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 (the method behind our public calculators); facility emissions from Climate TRACE & EU ETS verified data across 30,000+ industrial sites; the 2026–2034 schedule is Regulation (EU) 2023/956, not a forecast. Published by Inzonex Research. Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.