Cost Pressures Rising, but Strategic Buyers Still Win
Only 89 industries qualify as obvious negotiation targets for buyers, but expanding to five-year benchmark opens negotiation door wider, ALERTdata reports
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All Is Not Lost
Commodity Targets
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| From ALERTdata June 2010 model solve |
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| Prices can FALL (*excl. ª) | |
| NAICS | Top 25 Buyers' Negotiation | Price | Mfg Cost | Year-ago | 5-yr-avg. |
| 321212 | Softwood plywood & veneer mfg. | 33.7 | 11.5 | 17.3% | 15.05% |
| 331111 | Iron & steel mills | 38.1 | 23.7 | 15.4% | 0.26% |
| *331312 | Primary aluminum production | 40.1 | 18.8 | 13.2% | ª 14.75% |
| 325110 | Petrochemical mfg. | 45.7 | 24.3 | 12.6% | 5.88% |
| *331112 | Electrometallurgical ferroalloy | 25.6 | 21.9 | 10.7% | ª 20.46% |
| 321113 | Sawmills | 27.1 | 14.0 | 10.1% | 0.38% |
| 325312 | Phosphatic fertilizer mfg. | 7.8 | -0.7 | 9.6% | 4.62% |
| 325212 | Synthetic rubber manufacturing | 26.3 | 17.4 | 9.1% | 20.02% |
| 321219 | Particleboard & related product | 26.9 | 13.8 | 9.0% | 9.59% |
| 324110 | Petroleum refineries | 45.6 | 32.8 | 8.8% | 9.49% |
| 325182 | Carbon black manufacturing | 16.0 | 8.6 | 6.9% | 5.62% |
| 327121 | Brick & structural clay tile mfg. | -0.2 | 4.3 | 6.6% | 4.54% |
| 314991 | Rope, cordage & twine mills | 9.9 | 5.1 | 5.9% | 11.01% |
| 326112 | Unsupp. plas. pack. film sheet | 11.3 | 6.6 | 5.6% | 1.27% |
| 331422 | Copper wire drawing (excl. mech.) | 29.5 | 22.2 | 5.3% | 1.39% |
| 327122 | Ceramic wall & floor tile mfg. | 1.6 | 3.9 | 5.2% | 2.33% |
| 327123 | Sewer pipe & other struct. clay | 0.3 | 3.9 | 5.2% | 2.92% |
| 325222 | Noncellulosic organic fibers mfg. | 8.7 | 5.9 | 4.7% | 1.19% |
| 322110 | Pulp mills | 19.3 | 13.5 | 4.5% | 10.01% |
| 316999 | Leather machinery belts & other | 5.2 | 1.6 | 4.2% | 1.93% |
| 334511 | Search, detect & navigate instr. | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.1% | 2.06% |
| 333298 | Chem. industry &other machinery | 1.6 | 6.6 | 3.4% | 2.31% |
| 333293 | Printing & bookbinding machinery | -1.6 | 3.8 | 3.3% | 2.02% |
| 334515 | Electricity & signal test instr. | 1.9 | 0.6 | 3.1% | 5.80% |
| 326111 | Unsupported plastics bag mfg. | 7.7 | 6.2 | 2.9% | 3.87% |
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* denotes 5-yr avg. target favors sellers. Green NAICS means industry appeared in last month's Top 25 ranking. Note: Food & beverage, textile & apparel, ordnance, and consumer product industries excluded in this table. | |||||
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