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.