What Intratec Offers
What kind of data does Intratec provide?
Intratec provides strategic data and analyses for the commodities sector, organized into four product lines:
- Primary Commodity Prices — Monthly price assessments, historical data, and forecasts for 220+ commodities across 7 industries. Sold as annual subscriptions per industry.
- Commodity Production Costs — Individual reports examining capital costs (CAPEX) and operating costs (OPEX) of commodity manufacturing processes. A library of 858 reports covering 264 commodities across 10 industries.
- Energy Prices & Markets — Monthly reports on energy commodity prices and market fundamentals for 12 energy commodities across 33 countries. Sold as annual subscriptions per country.
- Industry Economics Worldwide — Data on industrial utility costs, plant construction cost indexes, and plant location factors across 33 countries. Sold as annual subscriptions per country.
All subscription products are delivered digitally through Online Charts, Excel Add-In, Power BI, and a REST Web API, depending on the product and plan. Commodity Production Costs reports are delivered as PDF documents.
What makes Intratec different from other data providers?
Intratec combines AI-driven analysis with expert human review, transparent methods, and auditable data sources to deliver trusted commodity intelligence.
Several characteristics distinguish Intratec from conventional data publishers and raw data aggregators:
Additional differentiators include a developer-friendly REST API, multiple delivery formats (Online Charts, Excel Add-In, Power BI), and over 20 years of recognized expertise in the commodities sector.
Can I try the data before purchasing?
Full free trials are not offered, but several resources are available to evaluate the data before any purchase commitment:
- Full samples — Show all data available for a given commodity or country, including all product features. Samples are available for Primary Commodity Prices, Industry Economics Worldwide (utility prices, construction cost indexes, and plant location factors), and all three Commodity Production Costs report editions.
- Data previews — One-year historical series available as previews for every item covered in subscription products.
- Methodology documentation — Publicly available documents explaining how data is gathered, processed, and published.
These resources provide a solid understanding of product structure, data depth, and quality before committing to a purchase.
What commodity sectors does Intratec cover?
Intratec covers 11 commodity sectors spanning the industrial value chain:
- Oil & Energy
- Fertilizers & Gases
- Olefins & Derivatives
- Aromatics & Derivatives
- Alcohols & Organic Acids
- Inorganic Chemicals
- Polymers
- Food & Nutrition
- Metals & Mining
- Pharmaceuticals
- Water & Utilities
Not every product covers all 11 sectors. Primary Commodity Prices covers 7 industries (Olefins & Derivatives, Polymers, Aromatics & Derivatives, Alcohols & Organic Acids, Inorganic Chemicals, Fertilizers & Gases, and Metals & Mining). Commodity Production Costs covers 10 industries. Energy Prices & Markets and Industry Economics Worldwide focus on energy commodities and manufacturing cost drivers across 33 countries.
What are the main use cases for Intratec data?
Intratec data supports a range of strategic and operational decisions across the commodities sector:
- Track Commodity Prices — Access price assessments across global markets. Identify price trends, assess procurement performance, and support commercial strategies.
- Understand Production Costs — Assess capital and operating costs of industrial plants. Plan investments, estimate expenses, and evaluate project feasibility.
- Monitor Energy Markets — Track energy price trends, compare local prices to benchmarks, and assess countries' energy trade and self-sufficiency.
- Plan Research & Development — Use reports to guide research initiatives through preliminary evaluations of the economic potential of new and developing technologies.
- Assess Manufacturing Competitiveness — Evaluate country-level manufacturing cost drivers, including industrial utility costs and plant construction indexes.
Is Intratec data independently produced?
All Intratec assessments are built on large volumes of official data from government trade statistics and other public sources, processed with impartial and auditable methods. The methodology is computer-based and proprietary, which significantly reduces human errors and prevents price assessments from being influenced by opinions of market participants.
Intratec does not rely on subjective market surveys or participant-reported data. Methods combine state-of-the-art AI tools with expert human review, and assessment accuracy is tracked across all product lines — a transparency practice that is uncommon in the industry.
How does Intratec ensure data accuracy?
Assessment accuracy is benchmarked and monitored over time across all product lines — a transparency practice unique to Intratec.
Data accuracy is maintained through a multi-layered approach:
- Official data sources — All assessments are primarily based on international trade statistics officially reported by governments worldwide, supplemented by data from technology licensors, governmental agencies, and statistical bureaus.
- AI + human review — Methods combine advanced AI tools with expert human oversight, reducing errors and removing market participant bias.
- Auditable methodology — Processing methods are transparent and reproducible. Methodology documents are publicly available for every product line.
- Accuracy tracking — Assessment accuracy is tracked over time — a distinguishing practice that ensures ongoing transparency and reliability.
In what formats is Intratec data delivered?
Intratec provides data through four delivery methods, with availability varying by product and subscription plan:
Commodity Production Costs reports are delivered as PDF documents (read-only, downloadable, or print-enabled depending on the edition purchased), rather than through the subscription delivery methods above.
Where is Intratec based?
Intratec is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with additional offices in New York and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil:
- United States — Texas: 21750 Hardy Oak Blvd, Suite 104, San Antonio, TX 78258
- United States — New York: 200 East 69th Street, Suite 5B, New York, NY 10021
- Brazil — Rio de Janeiro: Av. das Americas 1155, Suite 1906, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22631-000