The Index of Prices of Construction Materials -IPMC-, elaborated by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018=100.

INE figures show that the 6m long cold rolled angle registered a -2% monthly variation during September, and the 22 caliber losacero type sheet decreased by 3%.

In the case of the metal ducton tube of 1" x 10' long, reported a positive monthly variation, which for the month in question was 3% and plasterboard of 4'x8'x1/2" for interior, its variation was 2%.

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Construction Materials: Prices up to September 2019

October 2019

In the ninth month of the year, the polarized box outlet unit in Panama grew 12% from September 2018, and the stranded No. 12 power cable foot decreased 6%.

From the General Comptroller's Office report:

The average from January to September 2019, compared to the same period of 2018, showed increases in the Indexes of the unit of the current collector for polarized box in 11.6%, of the foot of the Carriola N°4 and of the Zinc N°26 corrugated galvanized, both in 3.1%.

Construction Material Prices up to August 2019

September 2019

During the first eight months of the year, in Guatemala the price of 3/8" diameter iron rod, corrugated and legitimate, varied by -9%, and the price of structural galvanized steel sheet, stamped, caliber 26, decreased by 4%.

The Index of Prices of Construction Materials -IPMC-, elaborated by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018=100.

Construction Materials: Prices up to June 2019

July 2019

During the first semester of the year, the price of the quintal of tie wire of steel caliber 16 grew 12%, and the price of the structural galvanized steel sheet, stamped, caliber 26, dropped 4% in Guatemala.

The Construction Materials Price Index (IPMC), elaborated by the National Statistics Institute (INE), measures the variations of the prices of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that integrate the representative basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using as base month December 2018 = 100.

Building Materials: Prices up to May 2019

June 2019

In Guatemala, during the first five months of the year, the price of 6 meter long square industrial tube increase 5%, and in the case of tubular brick, it dropped 4%.

The Construction Materials Price Index (IPMC), carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the price variations of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that make up the basket of inputs that are used in the construction activity, using December 2018 = 100.0 as base month.