Chart 2
Prices for raw materials rise

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Chart description

This is a line chart.

Prices for raw materials rise, index (January 2020=100)
	Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI)	RMPI excluding crude energy products
May 2016	87.6	92.8
June 2016	89.5	93.9
July 2016	87.1	95.1
August 2016	86.4	93.1
September 2016	86.3	91.5
October 2016	89.2	90.7
November 2016	87.9	93.0
December 2016	93.5	94.0
January 2017	95.2	96.3
February 2017	96.6	98.2
March 2017	95.0	98.5
April 2017	96.7	98.7
May 2017	95.0	99.4
June 2017	91.6	99.6
July 2017	90.8	98.6
August 2017	91.6	98.3
September 2017	91.5	95.4
October 2017	94.9	96.9
November 2017	100.1	98.6
December 2017	99.3	98.7
January 2018	102.7	100.2
February 2018	102.5	101.4
March 2018	104.7	100.9
April 2018	105.5	99.8
May 2018	109.5	100.7
June 2018	110.2	103.2
July 2018	111.0	101.2
August 2018	105.7	97.4
September 2018	104.8	96.3
October 2018	102.5	98.5
November 2018	90.3	97.8
December 2018	93.8	97.5
January 2019	97.4	97.8
February 2019	100.2	98.4
March 2019	103.0	99.2
April 2019	108.9	101.5
May 2019	106.1	100.6
June 2019	99.7	99.4
July 2019	101.0	98.6
August 2019	99.2	98.9
September 2019	99.2	96.8
October 2019	97.2	97.3
November 2019	98.6	97.1
December 2019	101.2	97.6
January 2020	100.0	100.0
February 2020	96.3	99.4
March 2020	85.6	101.5
April 2020	74.5	99.9
May 2020	85.7	101.3
June 2020	90.4	101.4
July 2020	92.5	102.2
August 2020	97.6	109.5
September 2020	96.1	109.6
October 2020	96.3	110.1
November 2020	96.9	110.0
December 2020	100.3	110.9
January 2021	105.8	114.4
February 2021	112.8	117.2
March 2021	115.2	117.6
April 2021	116.4	121.6
May 2021	120.1	125.9

Source(s):

Table 18-10-0268-01.