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Table 2 Raw materials price indexes

Raw materials price indexes
  (1997=100)
  Relative importance December 2007 November 2008r December 2008p December 2007 to December 2008 November to December 2008
          % change
Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) 100.00 182.6 151.3 128.0 -29.9 -15.4
Mineral fuels 35.16 304.5 227.1 159.2 -47.7 -29.9
Vegetable products 10.28 119.7 112.8 108.6 -9.3 -3.7
Animals and animal products 20.30 103.3 112.7 111.4 7.8 -1.2
Wood 15.60 82.4 81.7 81.1 -1.6 -0.7
Ferrous materials 3.36 128.6 147.6 147.9 15.0 0.2
Non-ferrous metals 12.93 207.8 143.6 136.5 -34.3 -4.9
Non-metallic minerals 2.38 150.4 172.3 172.3 14.6 0.0
RMPI excluding mineral fuels 64.84 126.2 116.2 113.5 -10.1 -2.3
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