A consulting study here answers one question for one client. Should we enter India with this grade? Are we paying too much? Which new plants will change our market, and when? The question comes first, and the study is built around the decision it has to support.

The work comes out of our daily price desk. The analysts who assess prices every working day talk to buyers, sellers and traders as a matter of routine, and the same people do the studies. That is what a client pays for: people who already know the market, and the people in it.

What we draw on
Ten years of daily prices: 376 products, 7,601 grades and 200 locations. Our project monitoring software, which tracks the plants and projects coming up across India; our engineers keep it current through research and regular calls to the companies. And our contacts across the industry, including the people who handle purchase at plants across India. Where a study needs key contacts, you get them.

How a study runs
It starts with a short conversation about the decision. Each study is priced separately after that conversation, and the scope, time and fee are agreed in writing before any work begins. A named analyst stays with the study from start to finish, with a sector specialist alongside and an editor on the written report. Most studies take between two and twelve weeks; each service page gives its own timing.

Confidentiality, both ways
A client’s data is used only for that client’s study. We do not keep it afterwards, and it never goes into our published prices. The other way round, anything a source tells the price desk in confidence is not passed to a client.

We cover the same six sectors as our daily prices: petrochemicals, chemicals, fibre, rubber, energy, and paper and pulp. The seven services are listed under Services, each with its own page and a short brochure.

We offer seven services. Each has its own page and a short brochure.

•  Indian market entry: whether, and at what price, a product can be sold in India. Brochure (PDF)
•  Price benchmarking: what you pay compared with our assessed prices, by grade, month and location. Brochure (PDF)
•  Feedstock and procurement strategy: how your buying over the last five years compares with the alternatives, and a written purchasing rule. Brochure (PDF)
•  Demand and capacity forecasting: which announced capacity will actually run, demand built up from end users, and the imports that follow. Brochure (PDF)
•  Research outsourcing: research in India to your specification and timetable, published under your name. Brochure (PDF)
•  Independent market check: the market assumptions in a plan or financial model tested against our price record and project data. Brochure (PDF)
•  United States market entry: routes, costs and candidates for Indian producers setting up in the United States. Brochure (PDF)

On every engagement

•  A named analyst and a sector specialist
•  A written report, edited by the editors of our published research
•  Scope, time and fee are agreed in writing before work starts

What we need from you
The decision the work is meant to support, and any data you can share.

What this work is not
This is commercial and market analysis. It is not legal, tax, customs, regulatory or investment advice, and it is not a recommendation to buy, sell or acquire any business or security. Please take your own professional advice before acting on it.