This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at Los precios de compra en química industrial caen en el primer trimestre
Purchase in industrial chemistry prices fall in the first quarter
06/07/2004
on July 6, 2004
The rate of annual variation of the purchase price index corresponding to the chemical industries sector, fell significantly in the first quarter of the year 2004, of the order of - 1.42 per cent.
The rate of quarterly variation, on the other hand, experienced a significant increase, settling in the + 0.82 per cent.
The purchase Aerce index of prices in the sector of chemistry has reached the value 109,29 in the first quarter of 2004 (100 Base-01/01/2000). That is, with respect to the same period of last year, average commodity prices have fallen by - 1.42 per cent.
On the other hand, compared with the previous quarter, the prices have experienced a significant inflationary process, of the order of the (+ 0.82 per cent).
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