Table 2
Raw materials price index – Not seasonally adjusted

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Raw materials price index – Not seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of raw materials price index – not seasonally adjusted relative importance, december 2010, november 2011, december 2011, november to december 2011 and december 2010 to december 2011, calculated using %, (2002=100) and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Relative importanceNote 1 December 2010 November 2011Note r: revised December 2011Note p: preliminary November to December 2011 December 2010 to December 2011
  % (2002=100) % change
Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) 100.00 165.2 177.2 173.0 -2.4 4.7
RMPI excluding mineral fuels 58.56 148.2 149.8 147.3 -1.7 -0.6
Mineral fuels 41.44 189.5 216.4 209.9 -3.0 10.8
Vegetable products 9.89 145.3 145.7 142.3 -2.3 -2.1
Animal and animal products 19.81 108.7 125.5 124.5 -0.8 14.5
Wood 11.82 89.6 90.5 90.4 -0.1 0.9
Ferrous materials 2.88 159.2 156.7 157.4 0.4 -1.1
Non-ferrous metals 11.32 276.6 252.0 243.8 -3.3 -11.9
Non-metallic minerals 2.82 153.9 165.2 165.4 0.1 7.5
p preliminary
r revised
Note 1.

The relative importance is based on the annual 2002 values of intermediate inputs.