Ahsa area, Dhahran, Dammam and Alkhobar in the Eastern Province, Riyadh and its nearby markets in the Central Province. SCC export operations are carried out through an export terminal recently built at King Abdul Aziz Seaport for loading bulk cement and clinker. Cement and clinker are transported from both factories to the terminal by railway. The loading capacity of the terminal - the world's first facility of its kind - is about 800 tons per hour for cement and 700 tons per hour for clinker. The company exports to the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council countries, particularly Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, and also to some European and African countries and the United States. It adopts a strategy of exporting excess production at competitive prices, after serving local demand.