Purchasing transaction price survey results
Staff -- Purchasing, 4/4/2002
| Transaction price* | Previous month** | Buyers' forecast | |
| FERROUS METALS (truckload quantities, FOB producing mills) | |||
| Hot-rolled steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton) | 240 | 230 | Price up |
| Cold-rolled steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton) | 340 | 320 | Price up |
| HD galvanized steel sheet (Midwest, $/ton) | 360 | 330 | Price up |
| Coiled steel plate (Midwest, $/ton) | 240 | 240 | Price up |
| CF steel bar (grade 1018 carbon, $/ton) | 430 | 410 | Price up |
| Structural beams (A36 W8 wide-flange, $/ton) | 355 | 355 | Price up |
| Low-carbon wire rod (Midwest, $/ton) | 290 | 275 | Price up |
| Stainless steel sheet (Type 304, $/cwt) | 62.05 | 62.05 | Price up |
| Steel scrap (#1 heavy melt, Chicago, $/ton) | 76 | 73 | Price up |
| NONFERROUS METALS (mill/dealer minimum lots delivered) | |||
| Aluminum (primary ingot unalloyed 99.7%, ¢/lb) | 64 | 64 | Price up |
| Aluminum (secondary ingot 380 3% zinc, ¢/lb) | 63 | 63 | Price up |
| Aluminum (common alloy sheet 3003, ¢/lb) | 88 | 89 | Price up |
| Copper (primary cathode, merchant, ¢/lb) | 77 | 76 | Price up |
| Copper (wirebar, NYC merchant, ¢/lb) | 81 | 80 | Price up |
| Lead (common pig, ¢/lb) | 28 | 26 | Price up |
| Nickel (melting cathode, ¢/lb) | 289 | 275 | Price up |
| Tin (alloyers' grade, ¢/lb) | 284 | 283 | Price up |
| Zinc (special high grade, ¢/lb) | 42 | 38 | Price up |
| Gold (NYC bullion, $/tr oz) | 293 | 296 | Price up |
| Silver (NYC bullion, $/tr oz) | 4.52 | 4.45 | Price up |
| PULP, PAPER, & PAPERBOARD (railcar/truckload quantities delivered) | |||
| Pulp (bleached softwood, South/North, $/metric ton) | 435/465 | 445/480 | Price same |
| Pulp (bleached hardwood, North, $/metric ton) | 435 | 440 | Price same |
| Pulp fluff, $/metric ton) | 580 | 580 | Price same |
| Paper (uncoated bond, white, 83 bright, $/short ton) | 730 | 730 | Price same |
| Paper (uncoated , 34-lb supercalendered, $/short ton) | 690 | 690 | Price same |
| Paper (forms bond, 20-lb, $/short ton) | 740 | 740 | Price same |
| Linerboard (fourdrinier 42-lb, East-Midwest/West, $/ton) | 350/395 | 360/405 | Price same |
| Corrugating medium (semichem 26-lb, East-Midwest, $/ton) | 310 | 320 | Price same |
| Boxboard (clay coated recycled 20-pt rolls, $/ton) | 560 | 560 | Price same |
| ENERGY (national averages) | |||
| No. 6 fuel oil (42-gal barrels, $/bbl) | 19 | 20 | Price down |
| No. 2 fuel oil (delivered, ¢/gal) | 102 | 104 | Price down |
| Natural gas (industrial, delivered, ¢/mcf) | 319 | 321 | Price down |
| WOOD (railcar/truckload quantities) | |||
| Plywood (1/2 4-ply CDX fir, $/1000 sq ft) | 336 | 295 | Price up |
| Plywood (7/16 24/16 OSB waferboard, N.E., $/1000 sq ft) | 196 | 173 | Price up |
| Lumber (2x4 Douglas fir green, Pacific NW, $/1000 bd ft) | 310 | 316 | Price up |
| Lumber (2x4 hemlock/fir, Pacific NW, $/1000 bd ft) | 358 | 326 | Price up |
| CHEMICALS (spot, tankload quantities, national average) | |||
| Benzene (spot, ¢/gal) | 85 | 78 | Price down |
| Caustic soda (spot, liquid, $/ton) | 212 | 226 | Price same |
| Chlorine (spot, $/ton) | 95 | 65 | Price down |
| Ethanol (spot, synthetic 200 proof, ¢/gal) | 200 | 208 | Price same |
| Ethylene (spot, cryogenic liquid, ¢/lb) | 19 | 19 | Price same |
| Formaldehyde (spot, ¢/lb) | 20 | 15 | Price down |
| Methanol (spot, synthetic, ¢/gal) | 33 | 30 | Price same |
| Sulfuric acid (spot, 100% virgin, $/ton) | 52 | 58 | Price same |
| PLASTICS (railcar quantities FOB resins producer) | |||
| ABS (medium impact injection-molding grade, ¢/lb) | 67 | 65 | Price same |
| LDPE (liner grade, ¢/lb) | 44 | 42 | Price up |
| HDPE (blow-molding HIC grade, ¢/lb) | 39 | 39 | Price up |
| Polypropylene (homopolymer, ¢/lb) | 33 | 33 | Price up |
| Polystyrene (high-impact, ¢/lb) | 43 | 43R | Price same |
| PVC (general purpose, ¢/lb) | 31 | 31 | Price up |
| * Mid-March ** final with revisions | |||
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