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PCBS | PCBS: The Price Indices for Construction Cost, Road Cost, Water Networks Cost, Sewage Networks Cost in the West Bank in September, 09/2012

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)

 

Construction Cost Index (CCI), Road Cost Index (RCI), Water Networks Cost Index (WNCI) and Sewage Networks Cost Index (SNCI) in the West Bank during September 2012

 Increase in Construction Cost Index (CCI)

 

 

The overall Construction Cost Index (CCI) reached 113.61 with an increase of 0.23% in the West Bank during September compared to August 2012 (base month December 2007=100).

 The changes in the Construction Cost Index for September 2012 is traced back to the changes in the cost of the following major construction inputs compared to the previous month:  

 

 

Major Groups

%Change

Raw materials

+ 0.20%

Iron and steel

+ 0.41%

Quarries and quarrying products

+ 0.34%

Cement products

+ 0.32%

Tiles and panels from ceramic

- 0.38%

Cement, lime & gypsum

- 0.16%

Rental of equipment

+ 3.29%

Labor cost and wages

+ 0.17%

Increase in Road Cost Index (RCI)

 The overall Road Cost Index (RCI) reached 116.38 with an increase of 1.08% in the West Bank during September compared to August 2012 (base month December 2008=100).

The changes in the Road Cost Index for September 2012 is traced back to the changes in the cost of the following major road inputs compared to the previous month:

Major Groups

%Change

Raw materials

+ 1.10%

Asphalt, bitumen mixture and its products

+ 2.23%

Quarries & quarrying products

+ 0.52%

Iron and steel

+ 0.37%

Cement

- 0.23%

Rental of equipment

+ 1.94%

Operating costs of equipment & maintenance

+ 0.92%

Labor cost and wages

+ 0.30%

Increase in Water Networks Cost Index (WNCI)

The overall Water Networks Cost Index (WNCI) reached 110.36 with an increase of 0.73% in the West Bank during September compared to August 2012 (base month January 2010=100).

The changes in the Water Networks Cost Index for September 2012 is traced back to the changes in the cost of the following major water networks inputs compared to the previous month:

 

 

Major Groups

%Change

Water Reservoirs

+ 0.55%

Excavations

+ 1.95%

Concrete

+ 0.47%

Iron

+ 0.46%

Construction work and paint

+ 0.25%

Water Networks

+ 0.81%

Asphalt, bitumen mixture and its products

+ 2.24%

Excavations

+ 1.95%

Deface Materials

+ 0.67%

Plastic and steel pipes

+ 0.44%

Increase in Sewage Networks Cost Index

The overall Sewage Networks Cost Index (SNCI) reached 105.56 with an increase of 0.64% in the West Bank during September compared to August 2012 (base month January 2010=100).

The changes in the Sewage Networks Cost Index for September 2012 is traced back to the changes in the cost of the following major sewage networks inputs compared to the previous month:  

 

Major Groups

%Change

 

Asphalt, bitumen mixture &  its products

+ 2.24%

Excavations

+ 1.95%

Deface Materials

+ 0.67%

Plastic and cement pipes

+ 0.07%

Fountains

- 0.04%

 

Note:

The data of the West Bank doesn’t cover those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israel in 1967.

 NB:  

1.     Gaza Strip data is not available.

2.     The difference in the percentage change in major groups of road, construction, water networks, and sewage networks cost index is due to the nature compositions of these major groups.

 

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