Information from the Statistics and Census Service shows that in the fourth quarter of 2005, price indices rose in most of the surveyed construction materials, compared with the third quarter of 2005. Steel, aluminium, sand, concrete, aggregates, glass, paint, pipes, sanitary articles, cement and electric wires rose between 0.1% and 7.8%, whilst lime, timber, red bricks and ceramic products fell between 0.1% and 3.1%. Among the above changes in price indices, sand recorded the largest increase of 7.8%, whereas red bricks decreased the most, down 3.1%. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2004, price indices rose in all the surveyed construction materials, with the biggest increase in sand, up 40.4%, followed by concrete, up 16.5%. Compared with the whole year of 2004, the price indices in most of construction materials rose in 2005, except sanitary articles, which was down by 0.2%. The biggest increase was in electric wires, up 34.4%.
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