Information from the Statistics and Census Service shows that in the second quarter of 2006, among the surveyed construction materials, the price indices of electric wires and aluminium registered the largest increase, up 31.3% and 10.2% respectively, compared with the first quarter of 2006. Further to the upsurge in the first quarter, these metal construction materials kept the upward trend. In addition, steel, sand, concrete, lime, timber, red bricks, ceramic products, pipes, sanitary articles and cement rose between 0.2% and 5.7%. However, the price indices of aggregates, glass and paint fell between 1.0% and 6.1%. Compared with the second quarter of 2005, price indices rose in most of the surveyed construction materials, with the biggest increase in aluminium, up 59.7%, followed by electric wires and sand, up 55.1% and 28.9% respectively.
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