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.
In the first nine months of the year in Guatemala, the price of 3/8" diameter iron rod, corrugated and legitimate, fell 8%, and the price of structural galvanized steel sheet, stamped, 26 gauge, fell 5%.
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.
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%.
Argos announced the closure of its processing plant located in San Lorenzo, department of Valle, arguing that the current conditions of the cement market in the country are not the best.
One of the factors taken into account by the company for this decision was that between 2018 and 2019, activity in the construction sector decreased by 10%.
In the ninth month of the year, the price indexes for buildings and social housing recorded year-on-year variations of 0.60% and -0.43%, respectively.
From the National Statistics and Census Institute statement:
The price indexes for 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 indices of prices of special inputs and services.
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.
During the first quarter of 2019, Central American companies imported hydraulic cement for $47 million, and purchases from companies in Vietnam increased 155% over the same period in 2018.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
In the eighth month of the year, the unit of the polarized box outlet in Panama grew 10% over August 2018, and the foot of stranded electric cable No. 12 increased 6%.
In the eighth month of the year, the price indexes for buildings and social housing recorded year-on-year variations of 0.56% and -0.45%, respectively.
From the National Institute of Statistics and Census statement:
The price indexes for 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 price indexes of special inputs and services.
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