Construction Materials: Prices Rise up to February 2019

In the second month of the year, the price of the polarized socket in Panama increased 15% compared to February 2018, and in the case of the stranded electric cable foot increased 6%.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The average accumulated behavior from January to February 2019, compared to the same period of 2018, showed increases in the Price Indexes (IP) of the electric current collector unit for polarized socket in 12.7%, the foot of the Carriola N°4 in 8.5% and the foot of Zinc N°26 galvanized corrugated in 4.6%, informed the General Comptroller of the Republic.

The document reviews that "... In contrast, the IP foot of Stranded Electric Cable decreased by 6.3%, the 10-foot stretch of PVC Plastic Pipe by 5.1%, the Cement Block N°4 by 4.3% and the 94-pound bag of Gray Cement by 1.8%. Likewise, the IP of the yard of Rock No. 4 was reduced by 0.3%, the cubic meter of ready-mixed concrete by 0.2% and the 30-foot section of the steel rod of ½" by 0.1%. The IP of the foot of the unbrushed Espave wood, the yard of Sand and the one hundreds of Block of Clay N°4, did not show variation with respect to the previous year."

In February 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, the IP that showed increases were: the unit of the current collector for polarized socket in 14.7%, the foot of the Carriola N°4 in 8.5% and the foot of Zinc N° 26 galvanized corrugated in 4.6%. In contrast, the IPs of the foot of Stranded Electric Cable and the 10-foot stretch of PVC Plastic Pipe both decreased by 6.3%, the one hundreds of Cement Block No. 4 by 4.3%, the 94-pound bag of Gray Cement by 1.8%; In similar condition, the 30-foot stretch of ½" Steel Rod decreased by 0.6%, the Rock Yard No. 4 by 0.3% and the cubic meter of Ready-mixed Concrete by 0.2%. The IP of the feet of the Espave wood without brushing, the yard of Sand and the one hundred of Block o
f clay N°4 maintained the same level of prices that the similar month of the previous year."

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