Price of building materials increases in Fiji

Local building material price index stands at 115.

 

 

{reg} The price for most building materials increased in the second quarter of this year according to data released by the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, reports the Fiji Times.

In a statement of the Bureau which showed the building materials index standing at 115, local officials said it was compared to those of earlier periods to gauge the price movements of a representative list of building materials, and that data indicates that all index components recorded an increase of 0.5 percent over the first quarter this year.

An increase of 0.1 per cent was noted for cement and related materials such as plain end jamb block, standard concrete block and bond beam block.{/reg}