# April 2026

Released on April 6, 2026.

March 2026 data are now available. Available forecasts through September 2026.

## Intratec Primary Commodity Prices

[!badge variant="success" text="MAJOR FEATURE"] **Cement is now published as standalone commodity-price coverage.** Roughly 40 country-level cement price assessments, previously available only as an Industry Economics cost input, are now published as their own Commodity Prices assessments.

[!badge variant="primary" text="MINOR IMPROVEMENT"] **Methodology refreshes** were applied to butyl acrylate (Africa export, China export, Southeast Asia import), 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (South America import), toluene (Northeast Asia export), acrylonitrile (Northeast Asia export), and polystyrene scrap (Europe export).

[!badge variant="warning" text="FIX"] **Cement and carbon steel corrections.** Outlier corrections were applied to cement prices for Malaysia, Sweden, and Taiwan. Canada's cement price now uses a freight-based netback referencing US prices. Carbon steel prices for Mexico and Russia were also corrected.

[!badge variant="warning" text="FIX"] Ethylene, export spot price, fob Choctaw (`3524110-1-11`), was revised for recent months, and prices for a broad range of commodity assessments were revised for 2024–2026.

## Intratec Energy Prices & Markets

[!badge variant="primary" text="MINOR IMPROVEMENT"] **Methodology refreshes** were applied to Spain electricity (heating/households), Greece natural gas (industrial), and South Africa LNG-import natural gas.

[!badge variant="warning" text="FIX"] Prices for a broad range of energy assessments were revised for 2024–2026.

## Intratec Industry Economics Worldwide

[!badge variant="warning" text="FIX"] A broad revision was applied to previously published Industry Economics assessments across their published history, including **Construction Worker Overtime, Bonuses & Allowances, Japan** (`913860-9-5`) and **China** (`153859-9-5`); **Intratec Plant Location Factor, Czech Republic**, referenced from Saudi Arabia (`9726769-6-3`) and South Korea (`1526760-6-3`); **Intratec Plant Location Factor, Spain**, referenced from Saudi Arabia (`1526841-6-3`); and **Manufacturing Worker Overtime, Bonuses & Allowances, South Africa** (`3139888-9-6`).

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