Construction in Guatemala: Prices up to February 2019

In the second month of the year, the price of 16-gauge steel wire rose 3% with respect to January 2018, and in the case of 22-gauge sheet steel, it fell 4%.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The Index of Prices of Construction Materials -IPMC-, elaborated by the National Statistics Institute (INE), measures the monthly variation 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 December 2018 = 100.0 as base month.

According to INE figures, the plastic flexi tube of 1'' corrugated of -1, registered during February -2% monthly variation, the price of PVC pipe (or ADS) of 18'' diameter x 20' long increased by 2% and the cost of pressed concrete tube of 1-meter-long by 6'' diameter grew by 1.5%.

For 14x19x39 centimeter concrete block, a monthly variation of -0.62% was reported and the prices of acrylic waterproofing paint were 0.5%.

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