RETAIL PRICE INDEX OF SELECTED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

(1978 = 100)
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                                                                  2 0 0 7                               |             2 0 0 8
                                    Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec |   Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr
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All items                        1162.0  1165.6  1168.9  1175.1  1173.9  1179.3  1184.5  1184.3  1184.0  1190.3  1195.8  1225.9  1244.0

A. Carpentry Materials           1457.0  1459.4  1460.5  1461.9  1460.5  1459.2  1470.3  1469.8  1470.5  1473.3  1476.5  1481.4  1498.2
B. Electrical Materials           999.2  1004.7  1000.4  1005.4  1004.8r 1008.3  1011.0  1016.2  1015.2  1036.3  1055.6  1056.6  1073.8
C. Masonry Materials             1052.7  1057.6  1061.4  1066.1  1065.7  1069.6  1070.1  1068.8  1069.9  1071.6  1081.6  1090.5  1113.7
D. Painting Materials
   and Related Compounds          914.4   913.4   917.2   924.9   927.4   926.9   922.9   926.0   922.6   943.9   941.6   943.5   953.9
E. Plumbing Materials            1051.1  1054.6  1054.1  1056.8  1058.9  1062.6  1062.5  1062.5  1064.5  1064.4  1066.6  1068.8  1073.4
F. Tinsmithry Materials           778.0   782.6   780.1   787.2   787.3   777.9   780.1   779.7   780.6   784.3   785.9   785.8   788.3
G. Miscellaneous Construction
   Materials                     1128.1  1133.4  1145.2  1162.6  1157.1  1187.4  1195.1  1194.8  1190.7  1205.7  1214.8  1357.0  1388.7
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Source:  Economic Indices and Indicators Division, Prices and Indicators Section
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines


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