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| Item | Unit | USD | FCFA | Confidence |
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| Initial verification, per circuit (IEC 60364-6)Continuity of the protective conductor, insulation resistance, earth loop impedance and RCD trip time, measured circuit by circuit and written up. IEC 60364-6 requires this before an installation is energised, and no schedule in these markets prices it, because it is usually not done. Estimated from an electrician’s day rate against the number of circuits one person tests in a day. The bill bought the board and the earth electrode and verified neither, which is the same shape as a missing line anywhere else in this product: it looks exactly like a test that costs nothing. | per circuit | $4 – $12 | 2,248 FCFA – 6,745 FCFA | Estimated |
| Isolation valve, per fixtureA quarter-turn brass ball valve and its connection, one at each fixture and one on the incoming main. Estimated from merchant prices for 15 and 20 mm valves; no published schedule separates them from the fixture. Without them an installation has no way to isolate a branch, so changing a tap means shutting the whole house off: and in practice means the tap is not changed. | per valve | $6 – $18 | 3,373 FCFA – 10,118 FCFA | Estimated |
| Wall copingA weathered cap over the top of a wall, cast in place or precast, throwing water clear of both faces. Estimated from the concrete, the formwork and the mason’s time for a 300 mm cap rather than from a published rate, because coping is normally swallowed inside a per-metre wall price. An uncapped wall takes rain straight into its top course, and the first failure of a boundary wall here is almost always the top three courses rather than the foundation. | per metre | $6 – $16 | 3,373 FCFA – 8,994 FCFA | Estimated |
| Damp-proof courseBitumen felt or polythene laid in the bed joint above ground level, breaking the path water takes up through the masonry. Estimated from roll prices at the width a 150 to 200 mm wall needs. Rising damp is what makes the bottom of a rendered wall blister and shed within two or three wet seasons, and the cure after the fact is to take the render off and start again. | per metre | $1 – $4 | 675 FCFA – 1,967 FCFA | Estimated |
| Gate lock and drop boltA lock and a drop bolt into the threshold, which is what secures a gate rather than what hangs it. **Deliberately not hinges or paint** : the gate leaf here is priced through the boundary’s own material with a fabrication factor whose written basis already names the frame, the hinges and the paint, so buying them again would charge the same money twice. That is the mistake `knownCosts` exists to avoid, and it is easier to make when adding a line than when removing one. Estimated from merchant prices for a padlockable gate lock and a galvanised drop bolt. | per set | $60 – $200 | 33,726 FCFA – 112,419 FCFA | Estimated |
| Formwork, per m² of contact areaSheet, bearers, nails, props and release oil, measured the way a bordereau measures it, per square metre of concrete face formed, with the sheet amortised over about four uses. **Nothing in this product priced formwork at all**, and no concrete rate here claims to include it, so every reinforced element was quietly assumed to cast itself. It is not a small line: on a boundary wall with posts and two tie beams the formed area is roughly twice the wall’s own footprint. Estimated from plywood and melamine sheet prices in this market against a four-use life; a merchant quotation would replace the sheet share directly. | per m² formed | $4 – $11 | 2,248 FCFA – 6,183 FCFA | Estimated |
| Binding wire (for tying reinforcement)Annealed wire for tying bars and links into a cage. Ordered at 12 kg per tonne of reinforcement, which is the middle of the 10 to 15 kg range trades work to. Estimated from merchant prices for annealed wire by the coil. It is a trivial cost and a total stopper: a cage cannot be tied without it, and it was missing from every bill this product has ever produced. | per kg | $2 – $4 | 843 FCFA – 1,967 FCFA | Estimated |
| Weep hole (75 mm PVC sleeve through the wall)A short PVC sleeve cast or built through the wall just above ground on the exposed face, with the mason’s time to place it. Estimated from offcut pipe prices and a few minutes’ work each; no schedule prices a weep hole, because it is the first thing left out. Leaving them out is not a saving of this size : an undrained wall carries roughly **1.75 times** the push of a drained one, because saturated backfill adds full hydrostatic pressure that no friction angle reduces. | per weep hole | $2 – $7 | 1,124 FCFA – 3,935 FCFA | Estimated |
| Filter fabric (behind the wall)A non-woven geotextile wrapping the granular drainage blanket so the fines in the retained soil do not migrate into it. Estimated from roll prices for a light non-woven grade. Without it the drain silts up and becomes more soil within a season or two, which is worse than never building it: the wall is then loaded as an undrained wall by a detail everybody believes is working. | per m² | $1 – $4 | 675 FCFA – 1,967 FCFA | Estimated |
| Concrete curing (sheeting and water, 7 days)Polythene sheeting at 200 microns used twice over, the water to keep the surface wet for seven days, and the labour of wetting it. An outright estimate: no schedule in these markets prices curing separately, because it is almost always buried in a concrete rate and therefore almost always skipped on site. It is priced here for the opposite reason, in this climate a slab above about 32 °C loses water faster than bleed replaces it, and concrete that dries before it hydrates never reaches its grade whatever the mix design said. A well-batched concrete badly cured is weaker than a badly batched one cured properly, so this is the cheapest line in the bill measured against what it protects. | per m² of surface | $1 – $2 | 337 FCFA – 899 FCFA | Estimated |
| Movement joint (backer rod and sealant)Compressible filler and a gun-applied sealant, per metre of joint height. Nothing in these packs is comparable enough to scale from, a joint is a backer rod and a cartridge, not a coating sold by the square metre, so this is an outright estimate from what a hardware merchant charges for polyurethane sealant and closed-cell filler at the coverage a 15 mm joint uses. It is a small line against the wall it protects: a 140 m run needs about 55 m of joint, and leaving it out is why a new boundary wall cracks in its first dry season. | per metre | $3 – $8 | 1,686 FCFA – 4,497 FCFA | Estimated |
| Consumer unit, per way (three phase)A three-phase way: the same protective device on a busbar fed from three lines rather than one, so the board, the main switch and the incoming device all cost more for the same number of circuits. Priced from this market’s own single-phase way at the premium wholesalers quote for the three-phase range. No regional survey separates them. | per way | $20 – $63 | 10,961 FCFA – 35,356 FCFA | Estimated |
| Supply cable (3 × 10 mm²)Single-phase supply, three cores: line, neutral and earth against the four of a three-phase run. Priced from this market’s own four-core cable at the ratio of the copper in it, which is what a merchant charges for cable, the drum is sold by weight of conductor. No regional survey separates the two sizes. This is what an ordinary house here is connected with; three-phase is for a workshop, a borehole pump of any size, or a house large enough to need the load balanced. | per metre | $4 – $11 | 2,136 FCFA – 5,902 FCFA | Estimated |
| Copper supply pipe (ø 22)Copper, soldered. Rare here and dear: it is imported, it needs a plumber with a torch, and the offcuts walk off a site. It is specified where hot water runs through a roof void or where a client wants a system that outlives the building. Priced at the multiple of PPR that importers quote for tube of the same bore; no regional survey covers it, and in most of these markets a merchant will order it in rather than stock it. | per metre | $8 – $27 | 4,328 FCFA – 15,177 FCFA | Estimated |
| Pressure PVC supply pipe (ø 25)Pressure PVC, the cheaper supply pipe and the one most self-builds here use for cold runs. It is solvent-welded rather than fusion-welded, so it needs no heating iron and any mason can lay it : which is why it is common : and it must not carry hot water or run in sunlight, where it goes brittle. Priced from this market’s own PPR at the discount merchants quote; no regional survey separates supply pipe by material. | per metre | $1 – $5 | 787 FCFA – 2,529 FCFA | Estimated |
| Stair nosing (aluminium or PVC)A pre-formed aluminium or PVC stair nosing, sold by the metre and fixed to the front edge of each tread. It takes the wear and stops the arris of a cast step breaking away, which is what makes an unnosed concrete stair look derelict in two years. No regional survey prices it; the band is scaled from this market’s own skirting, which is the same kind of extruded trim bought the same way. | per metre | $5 – $18 | 3,035 FCFA – 10,118 FCFA | Estimated |
| Exterior paint (20 L drum)Exterior acrylic, sold in the same 20 L drum as the interior grade. It carries more binder and a UV package because this face takes full sun and driven rain through a wet season, and an interior paint put outside chalks within a year. Priced from this market’s own interior paint at the premium merchants quote for the exterior grade, since no regional survey separates the two : the Kinshasa paint survey does not even state its container size, which is why the interior figure is itself an estimate. | per drum | $46 – $110 | 25,856 FCFA – 62,393 FCFA | Estimated |
| Primer or sealer (20 L drum)New render is alkaline and thirsty: without a sealer the first top coat is drunk into the wall, the colour goes patchy and the covering rate collapses, so the paint saved is spent twice over. Priced from this market’s own paint at the discount a primer usually carries, since no regional survey separates the two. A repaint over sound existing paint needs none, and the element lets it be unticked. | per drum | $24 – $66 | 13,490 FCFA – 37,098 FCFA | Estimated |
| Door ironmongery (lock, handle, 3 hinges)A lock case, a handle set and three hinges. Doors here are sold as a leaf and a frame and nothing else, `door_timber` is a timber door with frame, so a house with twelve doors needs twelve sets and the bill had none of them. No regional survey prices ironmongery; the band is scaled from this market’s own timber door, at the fifth of the door price merchants quote for a plain mortice set. A cylinder lock on an external door costs more and a padlock hasp costs less: this is the ordinary internal set, and somebody fitting security ironmongery overrides the line. | per set | $8 – $36 | 4,497 FCFA – 20,235 FCFA | Estimated |
| Electrical point, surface mountedSurface-mounted point: PVC trunking and clips on the face of the wall, no chase cut and no making good. Priced from this market’s own chased point rate less 20 per cent, the chasing and the render patch are what the two installations differ by, and on blockwork that is about a fifth of the point. No published survey separates the two: CYPE and the regional schedules price a chased point, because that is what a specification asks for. It is the cheaper build and the common one in a rented shop, a workshop, or any wall somebody expects to open again. | per point | $7 – $11 | 3,935 FCFA – 6,183 FCFA | Estimated |
| Ridge capping (pre-folded)A pre-folded ridge cap, sold in 2 m lengths at roughly the price of one sheet, which is the ratio merchants across the region quote. No published survey covers it, regional price surveys track cement, steel and sheeting, never the accessories, so the band is scaled from this market’s own sheet price and moves with it. It is a real line rather than flat sheet: a cap is folded to the ridge angle and costs more per square metre than the sheet it closes. | per metre | $6 – $12 | 3,373 FCFA – 6,745 FCFA | Estimated |
| Roofing fixings (box of 100)Self-drilling screws with EPDM washers, sold by the box of 100 at any hardware merchant. No published survey covers this item: regional price surveys track cement, steel and sheeting, never fasteners. The band starts from a retail price of 0.12 to 0.25 USD a screw observed across the region, and scales with this market’s own sheet price. At 7 screws/m² it is 1 to 2 per cent of the sheet cost, an error here does not move a roof budget, while omitting it drops a real item: a 300 m² roof needs about 2,100 of them. | per box of 100 | $10 – $24 | 5,621 FCFA – 13,490 FCFA | Estimated |
| Grey cement (50 kg bag) | per bag | $8 – $10 | 4,592 FCFA – 5,621 FCFA | Sourced |
| Scaffolding, erect and hireDerived from this pack’s labourer wage (5.35 to 8.5 a day) at an output of 2.5 to 6 m² of face erected, moved and struck per worker-day; hiring the equipment weighs less than the labour. Measured on the face worked above 2 m: below that you work off the ground or off trestles and nothing is hired. **Nothing in this product bought any**, when a 2.40 m wall rendered on both faces is not built from the ground. | per m² of elevation | $1 – $3 | 500 FCFA – 1,911 FCFA | Derived |
| Slab proppingDerived from this pack’s labourer wage (5.35 to 8.5 a day), plus the hire of the props. A suspended slab is held by its props for three weeks before it carries its own weight: the formwork gives it its shape, the propping stops it coming down. Formwork has been priced since 2026-08-21 and what holds it up still was not. | per m² of soffit | $1 – $5 | 753 FCFA – 2,653 FCFA | Derived |
| Setting outDerived from this pack’s labourer wage (5.35 to 8.5 a day) at an output of 5 to 12 m of perimeter set out per worker-day: profiles, lines, level and the day of the gang that marks it. It is the first spend on any site and no element carried it. Setting out wrongly is not corrected, it is demolished. | per metre of perimeter | $0 – $2 | 253 FCFA – 956 FCFA | Derived |
| Mixing water, deliveredA cubic metre of concrete takes about 180 litres of mixing water, and on most sites here it arrives by tanker or in drums rather than through a connection. Estimated at the price of a tanker load spread over the volume of concrete, not at the metered price of water. Distinct from curing, already priced separately: this one goes into the mix, that one protects it after the pour. | per m³ of concrete or mortar | $1 – $3 | 377 FCFA – 1,591 FCFA | Estimated |
| Hand excavation, ordinary groundDerived from this pack’s labourer wage (5.35 to 8.5 a day) at the usual output for hand digging in ordinary ground, 1.5 to 2.5 m³ per worker-day: 8.5 ÷ 1.5 at the top of the band, 5.35 ÷ 2.5 at the bottom. A fixed price in dollars would mean nothing here, earthworks are almost entirely labour, and the labourer’s wage varies sixfold across the markets in the catalogue. Hard, rocky or waterlogged ground is outside this band and is handled case by case. | per m³ | $2 – $6 | 1,203 FCFA – 3,187 FCFA | Derived |
| Washed crushed sand (0/5)This market has no separate survey for crushed sand. Derived from this pack’s natural sand (16.0 to 30.0) at the ratio of 1.5 surveyed in Kolwezi on 2026-08-21, where Dilala natural sand is delivered at 20 USD/m³ and Katonto crushed sand at 30 USD/m³. It is the ratio that is carried over and not the price: crushing and washing cost much the same anywhere, whereas the price of natural sand depends mostly on the distance to the river. | per m³ | $24 – $45 | 13,490 FCFA – 25,294 FCFA | Derived |
| River sandNo published survey. Sand does not travel: it is the least transferable line in the pack and the first to survey. The Congo river and the Kouilou supply Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire respectively. | per m³ | $16 – $30 | 8,994 FCFA – 16,863 FCFA | Estimated |
| Crushed gravelNo published survey. Quarry crush, with transport dominating the delivered price over the 510 km between the two cities. | per m³ | $26 – $46 | 14,614 FCFA – 25,856 FCFA | Estimated |
| Rubble stoneNo published survey. Uncalibrated quarry stone, used in foundations. The band is set below crushed gravel, as it is everywhere in this product. | per m³ | $18 – $32 | 10,118 FCFA – 17,987 FCFA | Estimated |
| Reinforcement barNo Congolese importer’s rate obtained. All steel arrives through Pointe-Noire; the home market is small, so volume does not bring the price down. | per tonne | $650 – $1,100 | 365,362 FCFA – 607,063 FCFA | Estimated |
| Steel section (IPE, HEA)Sections imported through Pointe-Noire. Little structural steel capacity outside the oil sector, so fabrication weighs heavily: see steelFabricationFactor. | per tonne | $850 – $1,400 | 477,781 FCFA – 786,933 FCFA | Estimated |
| Cement block 15 × 20 × 40Derived from the sourced cement price: a 15 cm block takes about 0.022 of a bag, plus sand, moulding and the maker’s margin. Blocks are moulded in the district where the building goes up and do not travel. | each | $1 – $1 | 393 FCFA – 590 FCFA | Derived |
| Cement block 10 × 20 × 40The same derivation as the 15 cm block, in proportion to the volume of material used. | each | $0 – $1 | 270 FCFA – 405 FCFA | Derived |
| Cement block 15 × 20 × 40Derived from the sourced cement price, as above: material, moulding and the maker’s margin. | each | $1 – $1 | 393 FCFA – 590 FCFA | Derived |
| Cement block 20 × 20 × 40Same derivation, in proportion to the volume of material used. | each | $1 – $2 | 590 FCFA – 871 FCFA | Derived |
| Half block 15 × 20 × 20A half block, moulded in the same shortened mould and sold from the same yard. The price is derived from the full block of the same thickness at 60%: the material halves, but moulding, handling and curing cost the same per piece, so a half block never sells at half price. No direct survey confirms it yet; this is a reasoned order of magnitude, not an observed price. | each | $0 – $1 | 236 FCFA – 354 FCFA | Derived |
| Half block 20 × 20 × 20A half block, moulded in the same shortened mould and sold from the same yard. The price is derived from the full block of the same thickness at 60%: the material halves, but moulding, handling and curing cost the same per piece, so a half block never sells at half price. No direct survey confirms it yet; this is a reasoned order of magnitude, not an observed price. | each | $1 – $1 | 354 FCFA – 523 FCFA | Derived |
| Hollow block 25 × 20 × 40Same derivation, in proportion to the volume of material used. | each | $1 – $2 | 663 FCFA – 984 FCFA | Derived |
| Solid block 15 × 20 × 40The same derivation as the 15 cm hollow block, with solid material in place of the voids. | each | $1 – $2 | 630 FCFA – 944 FCFA | Derived |
| Stabilised compressed earth blockManual press, site soil, 5 to 8% cement. The price is mostly labour and cement: it follows the minimum wage and the bag. | each | $0 – $1 | 157 FCFA – 365 FCFA | Estimated |
| Fired brickOne name for two products: artisanal kiln brick and factory brick. The band covers both, which makes it unusable as it stands: override the line if the project uses one or the other. | each | $0 – $1 | 51 FCFA – 309 FCFA | Estimated |
| Mud brickMoulded on site and sun dried. Little used in this very wet climate without serious protection at the base and a generous roof overhang. | each | $0 – $0 | 28 FCFA – 67 FCFA | Estimated |
| Structural timberCongo is a forest country and a timber exporter, with an established sawmilling trade in the North and at Pointe-Noire. The band is close to neighbouring Gabon. Treatment against termites is not in this price and is not optional. | per m³ | $170 – $350 | 95,556 FCFA – 196,733 FCFA | Estimated |
| Galvanised sheet (2.40 × 0.90 m)Sheet imported or rolled locally from imported coil. State the thickness: in this humid climate, thin sheet does not last. | per sheet | $13 – $24 | 7,307 FCFA – 13,490 FCFA | Estimated |
| Roof tileImported concrete or metal tile, confined to the top of the market. | each | $1 – $2 | 450 FCFA – 1,040 FCFA | Estimated |
| Floor tilingTile imported through Pointe-Noire. The band is wide because it covers everything from the cheapest to porcelain. | per m² | $8 – $30 | 4,497 FCFA – 16,863 FCFA | Estimated |
| Acrylic paint (20 L tin)Mostly imported. Confirm the drum volume: paint is sold by the bucket without the volume being stated, and a price with no unit never becomes a rate. | per tin | $35 – $82 | 19,673 FCFA – 46,092 FCFA | Estimated |
| Plasterboard 12.5 mmImported board, grid included. **This is one of the six lines the DRC pack borrows from CYPE Congo-Brazzaville for want of a Kinshasa equivalent**: here it is at home, with no crossing of the river and no geographical caveat. | per m² | $9 – $20 | 5,059 FCFA – 11,242 FCFA | Estimated |
| Louvre (naco) windowThe country’s ordinary window: it ventilates continuously, which counts in a humid equatorial climate where mould is the daily problem. | per m² | $33 – $76 | 18,549 FCFA – 42,719 FCFA | Estimated |
| GutterFolded sheet or PVC. Sized to EN 12056-3: Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville take 1,200 to 1,500 mm a year, concentrated into one marked rainy season. | per metre | $7 – $17 | 3,654 FCFA – 9,556 FCFA | Estimated |
| Storage tank, per litreImported polyethylene tank, 1,000 to 10,000 L. A small market and everything imported, so above the countries that make their own. | per litre | $0 – $0 | 51 FCFA – 157 FCFA | Estimated |
| Solar water heater, per litreImported thermosiphon. A poor yield under equatorial cloud cover, well below the Sahel. | per litre of capacity | $3 – $10 | 1,911 FCFA – 5,621 FCFA | Estimated |
| Generator, per kVAFrom a Chinese set to a European one, imported through Pointe-Noire. A small market, so little competition between importers. | per kVA | $210 – $1,350 | 118,040 FCFA – 758,828 FCFA | Estimated |
| Solar PV, per WpPanel, inverter and fitting. Few installers, which holds the fitting price up, and a weak equatorial resource that needs more watt-peak for the same energy. | per Wp | $1 – $2 | 506 FCFA – 956 FCFA | Estimated |
| Hand-drilled borehole, per metre (to 40 m)No Congolese driller’s rate obtained. The water table is high on the coastal plain and in the river valley. An estimate, not a survey. | per metre | $75 – $160 | 42,157 FCFA – 89,935 FCFA | Estimated |
| Tile groutImported product, sold in 1 to 5 kg bags according to the make. Confirm the packaging before turning it into a price per kg. | per kg | $2 – $4 | 956 FCFA – 2,136 FCFA | Estimated |
| Polythene damp-proof membraneSheet by the roll. EN 13967 is a product standard: it binds the supplier, not the site. | per m² | $1 – $1 | 337 FCFA – 787 FCFA | Estimated |
| Damp-proof course rollBituminous roll, EN 14967. Rising damp is the commonest durability defect and the cheapest to prevent. | per linear metre | $1 – $3 | 618 FCFA – 1,461 FCFA | Estimated |
| SBS bitumen membrane 4 mmImported membrane, EN 13707. Torch-applied, labour not included in this price. | per m² | $9 – $18 | 5,059 FCFA – 10,118 FCFA | Estimated |
| Liquid waterproofing (per coat)Imported resin. Two coats at least, which the measurement counts separately. | per m² per coat | $2 – $6 | 1,293 FCFA – 3,148 FCFA | Estimated |
| Cementitious tanking slurry, per kgImported water-resistant mortar, EN 14891, for wet rooms and light tanking. | per kg | $2 – $5 | 1,293 FCFA – 2,754 FCFA | Estimated |
| PVC ceiling panellingSold by the board or the pack and never by the m²: confirm the board dimensions and how many are in a pack. | per m² | $6 – $14 | 3,373 FCFA – 7,869 FCFA | Estimated |
| SkirtingSkirting in tile, timber or PVC. Always laid and almost never measured, which is exactly why it has a line here. | per metre | $3 – $9 | 1,686 FCFA – 5,059 FCFA | Estimated |
| Metal door with frameDoor from a local workshop, folded sheet on a welded frame. State whether the price covers the frame, the lock and the fitting: three answers circulate and the spread between them is wider than the spread between workshops. | per door | $80 – $210 | 44,968 FCFA – 118,040 FCFA | Estimated |
| Timber door with frameFlush panel or solid timber: two products, two prices, and the same name at the joiner’s. Establish which before accepting a figure. | per door | $45 – $170 | 25,294 FCFA – 92,746 FCFA | Estimated |
| Glazed aluminium windowLocal workshop joinery from imported sections, glazing and fitting included. | per m² | $90 – $200 | 50,589 FCFA – 109,609 FCFA | Estimated |
| Burglar barIronwork from a local workshop, per m² of opening protected. | per m² | $26 – $70 | 14,614 FCFA – 39,347 FCFA | Estimated |
| Stair balustradeIronwork or timber. EN 1991-1-1 §6.4 gives it a horizontal load: it is a structural element and not a finish, which is the reason this line exists. | per metre | $42 – $150 | 23,608 FCFA – 84,314 FCFA | Estimated |
| Rainwater downpipeImported ø 100 PVC, clips and bends included. The diameter follows the flow calculation, not the seller’s catalogue. | per metre | $4 – $13 | 2,361 FCFA – 7,026 FCFA | Estimated |
| Supply pipework (PPR ø 25)Imported PPR, fittings included and fitting excluded: the data layer counts fitting with the other trades. | per metre | $2 – $6 | 1,237 FCFA – 3,373 FCFA | Estimated |
| Waste pipework (PVC ø 110)Imported ø 110 PVC, fittings included. The metres of waste pipe are what a per-point price leaves out, since it pays only for the fixtures. | per metre | $4 – $11 | 2,136 FCFA – 5,902 FCFA | Estimated |
| Plumbing point (WC + basin)Fitted point, fixtures included. State whether the labour is inside it: the data layer counts labour separately, and an all-in price entered as it stands would pay the plumber twice. | per point | $170 – $260 | 95,556 FCFA – 143,334 FCFA | Estimated |
| Sanitary wareImported suite, from the cheapest Chinese to European sanitaryware. | per set | $110 – $380 | 61,830 FCFA – 210,786 FCFA | Estimated |
| Electrical pointFitted point, wiring included. The same caution as the plumbing about labour, which is counted elsewhere in the data layer. | per point | $9 – $14 | 5,059 FCFA – 7,869 FCFA | Estimated |
| Distribution board, per wayIEC 60364-4-41 requires automatic disconnection of supply, so it requires the protective devices. State whether the 30 mA residual current device is inside the price of the way. | per way | $13 – $37 | 7,307 FCFA – 20,798 FCFA | Estimated |
| Earth electrodeIEC 60364-5-54. It is the line most often absent from a house, and without it the residual current device has nothing to measure a fault against. | per installation | $50 – $160 | 28,105 FCFA – 87,125 FCFA | Estimated |
| Supply cable (4 × 10 mm²)Follows the copper price, so it is to be re-checked more often than the rest of the pack. State whether it is armoured. | per metre | $5 – $14 | 3,035 FCFA – 7,869 FCFA | Estimated |
| Submersible pumpImported pump. The rating follows the designWater calculation: head, drawdown and tower included, not the catalogue. | each | $170 – $650 | 92,746 FCFA – 365,362 FCFA | Estimated |
| Tank tower, per metre of heightSteel tower from a local workshop. The height is what makes the pressure at the tap, which is the only reason to pay for it. | per metre | $110 – $370 | 61,830 FCFA – 207,975 FCFA | Estimated |
| Electric water heater, per litreImported storage heater, 50 to 200 L, sold by the cylinder and not by the litre: the price per litre is our conversion, to be confirmed capacity by capacity. | per litre of capacity | $1 – $4 | 815 FCFA – 2,192 FCFA | Estimated |
| Instantaneous gas water heaterImported appliance, sold by flow rate in L/min. LPG is distributed in bottles in the larger towns. | each | $110 – $330 | 61,830 FCFA – 185,491 FCFA | Estimated |
| Battery, per nominal kWhFrom flooded lead-acid to lithium. The depth of discharge changes the sizing more than the price does: a lead battery sized on the raw demand is flattened within a season. | per kWh | $180 – $430 | 98,367 FCFA – 241,701 FCFA | Estimated |
| Rig-drilled borehole, per metre (beyond 40 m)The same caution as the hand-drilling line. The hand-to-machine ratio is taken from the UNICEF/pS-Eau guide for want of a local equivalent: it is the ratio that is borrowed, not the price. | per metre | $150 – $340 | 84,314 FCFA – 191,112 FCFA | Estimated |
| Tile adhesive (25 kg bag)Imported or locally formulated adhesive. Confirm the bag weight, 25 kg being assumed here: that is the usual sticking point on this line. | per bag | $5 – $13 | 3,035 FCFA – 7,026 FCFA | Estimated |
| Fibre-cement corrugated sheetFibre-cement sheet, dimensions to be confirmed with the seller: with no length and no width, a price per sheet never becomes a price per m². | per sheet | $10 – $18 | 5,621 FCFA – 9,837 FCFA | Estimated |
| Labourer | per day | $5 – $9 | 3,007 FCFA – 4,778 FCFA | Sourced |
| MasonAbout two to three daily minimum wages, the ratio observed on central African sites. To be replaced by the construction industry agreement. | per day | $11 – $20 | 6,183 FCFA – 11,242 FCFA | Estimated |
| Carpenter / formworkerThe same grade as the mason in local practice: formwork is paid at the skilled structural rate. | per day | $11 – $20 | 6,183 FCFA – 11,242 FCFA | Estimated |
| SteelfixerThe same grade as the mason: steelfixing is paid at the same day rate. | per day | $11 – $20 | 6,183 FCFA – 11,242 FCFA | Estimated |
| ElectricianAbove the mason: a regulated trade, personal tools, and work that is expensive to put right when it is done badly. | per day | $13 – $24 | 7,307 FCFA – 13,490 FCFA | Estimated |
| PlumberThe same grade as the electrician: a skilled trade, and an expensive one to put right when a leak appears in finished work. | per day | $13 – $24 | 7,307 FCFA – 13,490 FCFA | Estimated |
| PainterBetween the labourer and the mason: the movement is learned quickly but the finish shows, so the rate sits above the labourer. | per day | $8 – $15 | 4,497 FCFA – 8,150 FCFA | Estimated |
| TilerThe same grade as the mason: the difficulty is in the setting out and the flatness, not in the strength. | per day | $11 – $20 | 6,183 FCFA – 11,242 FCFA | Estimated |
| Site foremanSupervision, about twice a mason. It is the item the productivity factor moves most: without one, labour costs 35% more in days. | per day | $20 – $36 | 11,242 FCFA – 20,235 FCFA | Estimated |
A foreign invoice gets compared against a delivered local price while carrying none of the charges that get it to the same place. Enter your supplier’s CIF quotation: duty, the agency levies and VAT are added in the order the administration applies them.
With no quotation entered, the local price stands in as a worked example.
| CIF value (before the border) | $870 |
| Customs duty (10%) | + $87 |
| Maritime freight levy | + $50 |
| Import quality inspection | + $17 |
| Industrial Promotion Fund | + $17 |
| Clearing agent and file charges | + $26 |
| VAT (16%) | + $150 |
| Landed cost, charges included | $1,200 |
Once cleared, importing costs more than the local market.
Landed cost, charges included: $1,200 · Local market: $870
Total charges on the CIF value: 40% · Industrial inputs
Assigning a material to a duty band is an interpretation: the rate follows the HS code your agent declares, and agents differ. The rates and the VAT are sourced; the split between agencies is our apportionment of a sourced total.
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