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
                                    Dec  |   Jan     Feb     Mar     Apr     May     Jun     Jul     Aug     Sep     Oct     Nov     Dec
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All items                        1152.4   1152.8  1157.4  1162.1  1162.0  1165.6  1168.9  1175.1  1173.9  1179.3  1184.5  1184.3  1184.0

A. Carpentry materials           1457.7   1457.2  1458.9  1463.4  1457.0  1459.4  1460.5  1461.9  1460.5  1459.2  1470.3  1469.8  1470.5
B. Electrical materials           986.9r   987.9   987.5   995.7   999.2  1004.7  1000.4  1005.4  1004.8r 1008.3  1011.0  1016.2  1015.2
C. Masonry materials             1037.8   1039.4  1044.1  1050.1  1052.7  1057.6  1061.4  1066.1  1065.7  1069.6  1070.1  1068.8  1069.9
D. Painting materials
   and related compounds          900.8    906.0   907.6   911.3   914.4   913.4   917.2   924.9   927.4   926.9   922.9   926.0   922.6
E. Plumbing materials            1047.3   1049.5  1052.1  1052.6  1051.1  1054.6  1054.1  1056.8  1058.9  1062.6  1062.5  1062.5  1064.5
F. Tinsmithry materials           780.8    781.6   778.0   777.4   778.0   782.6   780.1   787.2   787.3   777.9   780.1   779.7   780.6
G. Miscellaneous construction
   materials                     1098.6   1096.5  1113.5  1121.5  1128.1  1133.4  1145.2  1162.6  1157.1  1187.4  1195.1  1194.8  1190.7

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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

Page last updated:  February 1, 2008