Building Materials (tons, base price $400) is cement, aggregate, lumber, and related bulk inputs for construction and real estate development.
Market behaviour
Prices blend 75% global supply/demand with 25% regional pressure and drift toward equilibrium at 6% per turn. Shortages compress downstream margins logarithmically; surpluses hand sellers a premium on the same curve.
Who supplies it
Sectors that produce Building Materials as output, with per-revenue supply rates:
- Manufacturing — 20% of sector revenue
Who demands it
Sectors that consume Building Materials as an input, with per-revenue demand rates:
- Construction — 25% of sector revenue
- Real Estate — 12% of sector revenue
- Telecommunications — 6% of sector revenue
- Retail — 4% of sector revenue
Live distribution
Per-country totals below are pulled live from the current turn's market snapshot. Countries with positive net are exporters on balance; negative nets are importers.