Information from the Statistics and Census Service showed that in the second quarter of 2007, among the 15 types of construction materials surveyed, the price index of steel has risen notably from the last four quarters and registered the largest increase of 15.4% over the first quarter of 2007; followed by the indices of electric wires and aluminium, up by 11.9% and 5.4% respectively. Meanwhile, the indices of sand, lime, timber, ceramic products, paint, pipes, sanitary articles and cement rose between 0.3% and 1.6%. On the other hand, the price indices of concrete, glass and aggregates fell by 0.2%, 0.3% and 2.1% respectively. The index of concrete has recorded consecutive quarter-to-quarter decreases since the third quarter of 2006, down by 1.5%, 0.8%, 1.0% and 0.2% respectively. Meanwhile, the price index of red bricks remained unchanged. In the second quarter of 2007, the price indices of the construction materials surveyed, except concrete, moved up compared with the same quarter of 2006, of which the index of electric wires surged by 31.3% and the indices of steel and aggregates increased by 19.4% and 15.1% respectively.
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