Table 2
Raw materials price index – Not seasonally adjusted

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Raw materials price index – Not seasonally adjusted
  Relative importance1 April 2011 March 2012r April 2012p March to April 2012 April 2011 to April 2012
  % (2002=100) % change
Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) 100.00 191.7 168.9 165.6 -2.0 -13.6
RMPI excluding mineral fuels 58.56 157.6 150.7 148.8 -1.3 -5.6
Mineral fuels 41.44 240.7 195.0 189.5 -2.8 -21.3
Vegetable products 9.89 158.1 146.3 148.3 1.4 -6.2
Animal and animal products 19.81 120.2 123.9 121.5 -1.9 1.1
Wood 11.82 92.8 91.0 91.0 0.0 -1.9
Ferrous materials 2.88 172.2 159.4 161.3 1.2 -6.3
Non-ferrous metals 11.32 285.5 258.4 250.7 -3.0 -12.2
Non-metallic minerals 2.82 160.0 162.7 162.7 0.0 1.7
r
revised
p
preliminary
1.
The relative importance is based on the annual 2002 values of intermediate inputs.