Japan Plant Cost Index
Indexes to Estimate Plant Costs in Japan
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Intratec Plant Cost Index in Japan (Japanese Yen)
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About these Indexes. The IC Index stands for Intratec Plant Construction Cost Index, an indicator, published monthly by Intratec, which enables users to scale capital costs from one time period to another. The index reconciles prices trends of fundamental components of a chemical plant construction such as labor, material and energy, providing meaningful historical and forecast data for users. Covering historical figures and near term forecasts of up to nine months, the IC Index is a handy tool for a series of purposes, like cost estimation, feasibility studies and investment analysis.
While there are delays in the release of official statistics used by Intratec for computing IC Index, the latest and upcoming values (forecasts) of the IC Index are calculated based on available preliminary data and/or estimates derived from relevant prices trends observed (e.g. labor, material and energy). In this context, three types of data are available for the IC Index:
- Consolidated (C): calculations are carried with official statistics
- Preliminary (P): an estimate of IC Index using available preliminary data and prices data from Intratec's database
- Forecast (F): obtained from verified price trends
How to Use this Index. Using IC Index is quick and easy! See an example below:
Suppose you know that the construction cost of a given industrial plant in Japan, back in April 2008, was JPY 21.5 billion. However, you need to know how much the cost would be in February 2010.
To update a plant construction cost from April 2008 to February 2010, you just have to multiply the construction cost in Apr 2008 (JPY 21.5 billion) by the ratio of IC index at Feb 2010 (87.3) over the IC index in Apr 2008 (106.7), as expressed in the equation below:
Construction Cost in Feb 2010 = Construction Cost in Apr 2008 * (IC Index at Feb 2010) / (IC Index at Apr 2008)
By applying this equation, you would quickly learn that the construction costs in February 2010 would be approximately JPY 17.6 billion.
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Intratec Plant Cost Location Factor (Japan x USA)
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About this Factor. Intratec Location (IL) Factors are used to convert investment estimates from the US to another country of interest. They are useful tools for cost estimation in a range of assignments, involving: investment analysis, multi-regional economic assessments, global relocation studies, international cost models and cost escalation.
How to Use this Factor. Using IL Factors is Quick and Easy! See an Example Below:
Suppose you know that the investment for a given industrial plant in the US, in February 2008, was USD 190 million. However, you need to know how much the investment would be in Japan.
To convert investment estimates from USA to Japan, you just have to multiply the investment at February 2008 in USA (USD 190 million) by the IL Factor Japan at February 2008 (1.11), as expressed in the equation below:
Investment Japan at February 2008 = Investment USA at February 2008 * IL Factor Japan at February 2008
By applying this equation, you would quickly learn that construction costs in Japan at February 2008 would be approximately USD 210.9 million.
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