Machinery Sector Steel Purchasing Price Index Forecasts

Our independently formulated Industrial Sectors forecast indices bring you 12-month forecasts for the Industrial Sectors market in World. Unlike our MEPS Steel Price Forecasts, these forecasts provide you with the relative change instead of the actual price.

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Index based on prices in US dollars per tonne. January 2007 = 100

MonthWorldEuropeNorth AmericaAsia
Jul-2022180.9145.9234.0163.1
Aug-2022171.1135.5222.0157.1
Sep-2022167.5134.1219.7148.4
Oct-2022161.4129.7208.2146.8
Nov-2022152.9118.4201.3140.5
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Industrial Sector Steel Purchasing Price Index  

MEPS regional average indices are derived from a weighted average of prices for various steel products consumed in a specified industrial sector. Indices are calculated by comparing the current price with the corresponding value in January 2007. This base value has an index number of 100.

Machinery Sector (general engineering) - this is a general sector which was created by taking an average of the procurement of steel for the manufacture of industrial machinery for mining, automotive, machine tools and metal forming sectors.