Panama: Prices of Building Materials

Price Indexes of Major Retail Construction Materials in the districts of Panama and San Miguelito, up to September, 2013.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

A statement from the Comptroller General of the Republic of Panama:

The Price Index of Major Retail Construction Materials (PIMC), available in the districts of Panama and San Miguelito, compiled as of September 2013, showed the following behaviors:

Monthly change:

Price Index (PI) of PVC plastic pipe, increased by 1.5% in September 2013 compared to the previous month of the same year. There was also a growth in PI's of clay bricks and outlets for polarized sockets both of 1.3%. To a lesser extent ½" steel rods increased by 0.5%.

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