The price of industrial products advanced 6.4 percent in May 2006 as against December 2005, according to data of the National Statistics Institute.
The ascendant evolution of prices in domestic industrial production with 5.66 percent was responsible for the increase, while the external market contributed with only 0.73 percent. The main price increase was reported in the energy products industry, with a 13.8 percent increase in May as against December 2005. Among energy products, high growths were reported by crude oil processing industry, coal coking and treatments of nuclear fuels - 28.3 percent, followed by extraction of hydrocarbons and annex services - 15.7 percent. Increases were reported in the sector of water collection, purification and distribution - 12.9 percent. Increases below the national average were reported by intermediary goods - 3.3 percent, capital goods - 2.2 percent, long use goods - 1.5 percent and consumer goods 4.6 percent.

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