# March 2025

February 2025 data are now available. Available forecasts through until August 2025. Subscribers to the Advanced plan are already able to access data using an Excel Add-in or API!

Advanced subscribers shall use the Intratec Data API or the Intratec Excel Add-In to access the data needed directly from Excel (see instructions).

Find below the main improvements and updates made during this release.

## Intratec Primary Commodity Prices

### Improved Prices Calculation Model

Several commodities have had their final data calculation models improved — **historical data has been reviewed according to the new model to ensure historical analysis consistency**. These include:

* **Cold Drawn Bar:** United States
* **Hot Rolled Stainless Steel Coil:** Europe
* **Hydrogen Peroxide:** Europe
* **MDI Polyurethane:** United States
* **Nitrocellulose:** Europe, Middle East
* **Paraffin Wax:** United States
* **Petroleum Jelly:** Northeast Asia
* **Polylactic Acid:** China
* **Potassium Nitrate:** Southeast Asia
* **Potassium Sulfate:** United States
* **Propionic Acid:** Europe
* **PTFE:** United States
* **SBR Latex:** China
* **Silicon Carbide:** United States
* **Sodium Cyanide:** Middle East
* **Sulfur:** United States
* **Sulfuric Acid:** Southeast Asia

### Discontinued Price Coverages

* **Acetone:** Middle East
* **Benzene:** South America
* **Butanol:** Middle East
* **Diethanolamine:** China
* **Sodium Nitrate:** Europe
* **Trimethylolpropane:** South America

### Price Assessments Revision

Data points have been reviewed in the following assessments.

* Titanium Dioxide: Northeast Asia (Nov/2024)

## Intratec Energy Price References

### Newly Added Price Assessments

* **South Korea**: Wholesale Butane, Heavy Fuel Oil, Regular Gasoline (Retail), and LPG (Wholesale)
* **Taiwan**: Diesel, Fuel Oil, and Gasoline (Regular, Mid-grade, Premium) for Retail
* **Netherlands**: LPG (Retail) and Household Natural Gas
* **Sweden**: Light Fuel Oil (Retail)
* **India**: LPG (Household)
* **Russia**: Diesel and Gasoline (Regular, Mid-grade, Premium) for Retail
* **Spain**: Light Fuel Oil (Retail), LPG (Retail), and Household Natural Gas
* **Thailand**: Industrial Fuel Oil, Natural Gas (Retail), Mid-grade and Regular Gasoline (Retail), LPG (Retail & Wholesale)
* **Turkey**: Diesel, Heavy Fuel Oil (High & Low Sulfur), Premium Gasoline, Kerosene, and LPG (Wholesale)
* **Canada**: Household Light Fuel Oil, Industrial Light Fuel Oil, Regular & Mid-grade Gasoline (Retail), LPG (Retail), Household & Industrial Natural Gas
* **Brazil**: Hydrous Ethanol (Retail), Import Spot Kerosene, LPG (Retail)
* **South Africa**: Diesel, Light Fuel Oil, Gasoline, LPG (Domestic)
* **Japan**: Household Light Fuel Oil, Regular Gasoline (Retail), LPG (Retail), Household & Industrial Natural Gas
* **Saudi Arabia**: Diesel, Gasoline, Kerosene, LPG (Retail)
* **Australia**: Diesel, Gasoline (Regular & Premium), LPG (Retail)

### Improved Price Calculation Models

The final data calculation models have been improved for various energy price assessments — **historical data has been reviewed according to the new model to ensure historical analysis consistency**. These include:

* **Australia**: Coal, Crude Oil, Fuel Oil, Naphtha
* **Brazil**: Coal, Crude Oil, Fuel Oil, Naphtha
* **Canada** : Coal, Crude Oil, Fuel Oil, Naphtha
* **Chile**: Crude Oil
* **China** : Naphtha
* **Colombia** : Coal, Crude Oil, Fuel Oil, Naphtha
* **France**: Fuel Oil
* **Hungary**: Diesel
* **Indonesia**: Fuel Oil
* **Japan**: Fuel Oil
* **South Africa**: Natural Gas
* **Spain** : Fuel Oil, Naphtha
* **Taiwan**: Diesel & Kerosene
* **Turkey**: Coal, Gasoline, Kerosene
* **UK**: Fuel Oil & Propane
* **US**: Coal, Crude Oil, Fuel Oil, Naphtha

## Intratec Industry Economics Worldwide

### Plant Location Factors

* New data were released. No changes were made to the calculation models.

### Plant Construction Cost Indexes

* New data were released. No changes were made to the calculation models.

### Industrial Utilities Prices and Costs

* New data were released. No changes were made to the calculation models.