# August 2026

Released on August 5, 2026.

July 2026 data are now available. Available forecasts through January 2027.

## Intratec Primary Commodity Prices

[!badge variant="warning" text="FIX"] **Import price assessments for India were revised.** Values for Urea, import contract price, cfr, India (`15542-1-5`), Diammonium Phosphate, import spot price, cfr, India (`51204-1-5`), Sulfur, import spot price, cfr, India (`181391-1-5`), Phosphoric Acid (fertilizer), import contract price, cfr, India, price per mt P2O5 (`881210-1-5`) and Ethylene Glycol, import contract price, cfr, India (`5524104-1-13`) were revised for recent months, following an update to their calculation inputs.

## Intratec Energy Prices & Markets

[!badge variant="primary" text="MINOR IMPROVEMENT"] **Australia's wholesale natural gas spot price now uses an updated statistical forecast model.** Forecast values for Natural Gas, wholesale spot price, exw, Victoria (`782712-8-4`) were revised accordingly.

## Intratec Industry Economics & Competitiveness

[!badge variant="primary" text="MINOR IMPROVEMENT"] **Polymer industry scores were revised for European countries.** The polystyrene price reference behind Europe's polymer feedstock-to-product margin components was updated, and those components — together with the industry and country scores that draw on them — were revised across their histories.

[!badge variant="warning" text="FIX"] **Historical values were revised across country and industry components.** Feedstock-to-product margin components for alcohols and organic acids and for inorganic chemicals, together with logistics, industrial-production and capital-formation components, were revised back to 2015 following updates to their calculation inputs. Country and country-industry scores were revised accordingly.

[!badge variant="warning" text="FIX"] **South Korean chemical-plant labor compensation was revised.** Values for Labor Compensation: Chemical Plant Operators, South Korea (`232430-9-5`) and Labor Compensation: Chemical Plant Supervisors, South Korea (`814196-9-5`) now follow a seasonally adjusted path for recent months, removing an overstated year-on-year movement.

[!badge variant="warning" text="FIX"] **A calculation gap was resolved for two import-duty assessments.** Import Duty, United Kingdom, machinery, from Rest of World (`1947336-9-2`) and Import Duty, Thailand, machinery, from Rest of World (`8247328-9-4`) now report a value for every month in their respective histories.

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