Colombia gypsum, lime and cement producer prices fall 1.27% in October 2026
Colombian producer prices for gypsum, lime and cement fell 1.27% in October, while construction materials overall rose 0.08%, the smallest positive variation.
The facts
- Gypsum, lime and cement left the factory gate at -1.27% in October against September, a contribution of minus 0.01 percentage points, in the producer price index Colombia's national statistics office released on 6 November 2026.
- Construction materials rose least of the four destination categories the office publishes, at 0.08% on the month, which it describes as the smallest positive variation of the month.
- The other three destinations all rose faster: intermediate consumption goods 0.59%, capital goods 0.25% and final consumption goods 0.18%.
- The national production producer price index itself rose 0.79% on the month, 6.53% so far this year and 4.54% against October 2025.
- Mining is the biggest single contributor to the annual figure, adding 2.81 of its 4.54 percentage points: mining and quarrying rose 3.80% on the month, 28.12% year to date and 22.74% over the year. The office names mining and agriculture, livestock and fishing, up 5.59%, as the two sectors above the 4.54% average; manufacturing rose 0.24% on the month and 0.71% over the year.
- No annual or year-to-date figure is published for construction materials or for gypsum, lime and cement. For those lines the office prints the monthly change only.
What it means for your money
- Build inputs are flat to falling: materials up 0.08%, cement, lime and gypsum down 1.27%.
- Bogotá sits at 2,781 US dollars per square metre in Glopra's data, with rent at 15.85 dollars per square metre a month. The producer price index is measured in pesos at the factory gate and prices no square metre.
- If you already own in Colombia, this release does not reach your rent: a producer price index measures what the producer charges at the factory gate, one step before any building work or lease.
What to watch
- October is flagged provisional, and the office states that results from January 2021 onward stay revisable for up to one month after release, so both the 0.79% and the minus 1.27% can move.
- This bulletin prints no next publication date. The October consumer price index, the release that carries the housing division, is a separate publication by the same office.
- The construction-specific indices are separate releases as well: neither the new-housing price index nor the building cost indices appear here, so this bulletin prices inputs and not finished homes.
Sources: DANE https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/IPP/bol-IPP-oct2026.pdf