by ASK SOURCE | Apr 22, 2021 | Cost Drivers Report
Tracking The Trends Which Drive Costs In Asian Manufacturing Executive Summary The commodity price trends in the first quarter were increased in Asia. Most of grades were increased in Plastic, Rubber, Steel, Alum, Metals, Paper, and Freight. Only Fuel was down in...
by ASK SOURCE | Jan 22, 2021 | Cost Drivers Report
The commodity price trends in the fourth quarter were increased in Asia. Most of grades were increased in Plastic, Rubber, Steel, Alum, Metals, Paper, Fuel and Freight. Only Currency was down in price in this quarter, US Dollar was down 3.27% of the CNY then last...
by ASK SOURCE | Oct 22, 2020 | Cost Drivers Report
The commodity price trends in the third quarter were increased in Asia. Most of grades were increased in Rubber, Steel, Alum, Other metal, Paper, Ceramics, Fuel, Freight. Only Plastics was down in price in this quarter. Wood, Textiles were mostly flat in price, and...
by ASK SOURCE | Jul 17, 2020 | Cost Drivers Report
The commodity price trends in the second quarter are mixed in Asia. Some grades of Plastics and Rubber were down in price while some grades were up or maintained the price. Steel, Alum, Metals and Freight were mostly up in prices. Paper and Fuel were mostly down in...
by ASK SOURCE | Apr 20, 2020 | Cost Drivers Report, Manufacturing
Tracking The Trends Which Drive Manufacturing Costs In Asia In the first quarter of 2020, as a result of the impact of covid-19 virus, most commodities and manufacturing costs in the Asia region moved lower. Manufacturing cost drivers for the entire quarter are...
by ASK SOURCE | Jan 22, 2020 | Cost Drivers Report
Executive Summary Asian manufacturing commodity price trends in the fourth quarter were again mixed. Many grades of Plastics, Steel and Ceramics were mostly down in price. While some grades of Rubber, Alum, Paper, Textiles and Fuel prices were all up. Labor rates were...
