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Buzzi Unicem ● • Cement sales up 3.0 % and ready - mix concrete volumes stable ( + 0.8 % ) Good progress in Italy , thanks also to an easy comparison with the previous year , in the United States , despite freezing temperatures in February , and in Russia , which confirms the soundness of the demand already visible at the end of 2020 Consolidated figures Cement sales Ready - mix sales Net sales PRESS RELEASE Trading update at 31 March Less favorable trend in the other Eastern European countries , above all in Poland , and in Germany , influenced by the unfavorable weather Consolidated net sales in the first quarter of € 682.6 million ( 2020 : € 688.5 million ) Net debt t / 000 m³ / 000 € / m € / m Jan - Mar 2021 6,185 2,542 682.6 Mar 2021 230.7 Jan - Mar 2020 6,003 2,521 688.5 Dec 2020 241.6 % 21/20 3.0 % 0.8 % -0.8 % Change ( 10.9 ) The Board of Directors of Buzzi Unicem SpA met today to briefly examine the economic performance during the first three months of 2021 as well as the net financial position at the end of the quarter . In the first three months of the current year , sales volumes achieved by the group were higher than the level reached in 2020. The trading conditions were positive in Italy , thanks to the strengthening of domestic demand and to the favorable comparison with the same period of the previous year , which was characterized by the lockdown of production activities starting from the second half of March . In Russia and the United States of America the deliveries of the quarter clearly exceeded the level of last year . On the other hand , in Germany and Eastern Europe , above all in Poland , also due to a particularly cold month of February , cement volumes sold slowed down compared to the previous period . Thanks to the strong support of monetary and fiscal policies , as well as to the continuation of the vaccination campaigns , albeit with different progress from country to country , global economic activity confirmed the expansionary trend also in the first quarter of 2021. The medium - term