In Costa Rica, the price indexes of buildings and social interest housing registered in December of last year, year-on-year variations of -1.03% and -0.53%, respectively.
From the National Institute of Statistics and Census statement:
Construction activity in the country continues to decline, since between January and November last year, $1072 million were reported in new construction, additions and repairs, 13% less than the same period in 2018.
The last report of the General Comptroller of the Republic, explains that in November this year the cost of new construction, additions and repairs totaled $56 million, which is 47% less than that reported in the same month of 2018.
In Guatemala, between January and November of last year, the price of 3/8" diameter, corrugated, legitimate iron rod fell 9%, and that of structural galvanized steel sheet, die-cut, 26 gauge, fell 5%.
The Price Index of Construction Materials -IPMC-, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), measures the price variations of the eighty-nine (89) materials and services that make up the representative basket of inputs used in the construction activity, using December 2018=100 as the base month.
In the eleventh month of the year, the unit of the polarized box outlet in the country grew 5% compared to November 2018, and the foot of stranded electric cable No. 12 did not register variation.
The average from January to November 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, showed increases in the Indexes of the current collector unit for polarized box in 10.6%, the foot of Zinc N°26 galvanized corrugated in 2.2%, the yard of Stone N°4 in 2.1%, and the yard of Sand in 1.8%, informed the General Comptroller of the Republic.
In Costa Rica, the price indexes of buildings and social interest housing registered in the tenth month of the year -0.58% and -0.63%, respectively.
From the National Institute of Statistics and Census statement:
The price indexes of construction base February 2012 are a set of twenty statistical indicators, which measure the variation in the prices of materials used in the construction of different types of works. They are composed of the building price index, the housing price index of social interest, and a group of eighteen indexes of prices of special inputs and services.
Construction activity in Panama continues to decline, as in the first ten months of the year were reported $1,016 million in new construction, additions and repairs, 9% less than in the same period in 2018.
The most recent report of the General Comptroller of the Republic, explains that in October of this year the cost of new constructions, additions and repairs totaled $131 million, which is identical to the amount reported in the same month of 2018.
The Honduran construction union asked the government to eliminate the safeguards on imports of steel-based products, because they assure that these measures promote monopolistic practices.
Directors of the Honduran Chamber of Construction Industry (Chico), indicated that the safeguard applied to steel sheets and rods are detrimental to the construction industry and this translates into an increase in prices.
In the first ten months of the year, the price of 3/8" diameter iron rod, corrugated and legitimate, fell 9% in Guatemala, and that of structural galvanized steel sheet, die-cut, 26 gauge, fell 5%.
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.
In the tenth month of the year, the unit of the polarized box outlet in Panama grew 8% over October 2018, and the foot of stranded electric cable No. 12 decreased 6%.
From the report of the General Comptroller of the Republic:
In Costa Rica, in the tenth month of the year, the price indexes for buildings and social housing registered year on year variations of 1.62% and 1.07%, respectively.
From the National Institute of Statistics and Census statement:
In Guatemala, the hardware industry is expecting its sales to grow 20% this year, mainly explained by the good performance it has reported so far in 2019.
According to projections of the Banco de Guatemala (Banguat), updated to September 2019, it is forecast that at the close of this year the construction sector will grow by 5.8%, a rise that would be explained by more flexible procedures in the processing of permits.
Construction activity in Panama continues to fall, with $819 million in new construction, additions and repairs reported from January to August 2019, 11% less than in the same period in 2018.
According to the latest report of the General Comptroller of the Republic, in August of this year the cost of new constructions, additions and repairs totaled $136 million, 10% more than the data recorded in the same month of 2018.
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