Retail Price Index of Selected Construction Materials in the National Capital Region
(1978 = 100)

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                                              2 0 0 6            |                                 2 0 0 7
                                    Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec  |   Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep
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All items                        1139.1  1143.6  1144.2  1152.4   1152.8  1157.4  1162.1  1162.0  1165.6  1168.9  1175.1  1173.9  1179.3

A. Carpentry Materials           1454.0  1458.4  1455.3  1457.7   1457.2  1458.9  1463.4  1457.0  1459.4  1460.5  1461.9  1460.5  1459.2
B. Electrical Materials           961.1   964.7   973.2   986.9r   987.9   987.5   995.7   999.2  1004.7  1000.4  1005.4  1004.8r 1008.3
C. Masonry Materials             1028.0  1031.1  1030.9  1037.8   1039.4  1044.1  1050.1  1052.7  1057.6  1061.4  1066.1  1065.7  1069.6
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds          900.1   900.8   903.2   900.8    906.0   907.6   911.3   914.4   913.4   917.2   924.9   927.4   926.9
E. Plumbing Materials            1061.9  1046.3  1047.5  1047.3   1049.5  1052.1  1052.6  1051.1  1054.6  1054.1  1056.8  1058.9  1062.6
F. Tinsmithry Materials           754.3   773.4   778.7   780.8    781.6   778.0   777.4   778.0   782.6   780.1   787.2   787.3   777.9
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                     1056.6  1065.0  1068.4  1098.6   1096.5  1113.5  1121.5  1128.1  1133.4  1145.2  1162.6  1157.1  1187.4

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r - revised

Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division, Prices and Indicators Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:  November 17, 2007

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