Material Rates
The material rate changes in the 2021-04 release represent fluctuations in the materials markets. There were no material price assumption changes in this release, aside from the Regional Material Pricing in aPriori 21.1 covered in the What’s New section.
In general, the material market again saw significant growth driven by strong demand in manufacturing as the global economy continues to recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic, however, non-ferrous metals saw slower growth over previous trends.
The table shows the variation by material type between the 2021-01 to 2021-04 Regional Data Libraries Regional Data Libraries releases.
Non-Ferrous
Ferrous Metals
Plastics
Aluminum
10.4%
Ductile Iron
17.3%
Nylon
6.5%
Aluminum Bronze
15.7%
Galvanized Steel
23.9%
Polyethylene
34.5%
Brass
14.7%
Gray Iron
17.4%
Polypropylene
38.9%
Bronze
16.5%
Low-Alloy Steel
23.1%
Polystyrene
13.4%
Copper
13.2%
Malleable Cast Iron
18.0%
 
 
Heat Resistant Super Alloys
10.2%
Stainless Steel
10.8%
 
 
Magnesium
4.7%
Steel
21.7%
 
 
Titanium
7.7%
Unalloyed Steel
23.6%
 
 
Zinc
3.2%
 
 
 
 
Zinc-Aluminum
4.0%