National Index of Construction changed by 0.48% in December and by 6.98% in the year

January 10, 2006 09h00 AM | Last Updated: October 29, 2019 11h59 AM

The National Index of Construction, calculated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, increased by 0.49% in December, and was 0.22 percentage point above the November figure (0.26%).

The National Index of Construction, calculated by IBGE in partnership with CAIXA, increased by 0.49% in December, and was 0.22 percentage point above the November figure (0.26%). With this result, the 2005 index was 6.9%, 3.97 percentage points below the index accumulated in 2004 (10.95%). This deceleration was a consequence of the behavior of construction material, down from 13.94% to 6.38%, in 2005. In comparison with December 2004 (1.08%), the fall was 0.60 percentage points.

The national cost by square has been R$ 543.13 since December - R$ 317.30 of which are relative to material and R$ 225.83 to manpower. In December, the contribution from construction material increased by 0.22%, meaning deceleration of 0.18 percentage points in relation to November (0.40%),opposite to manpower, which, having changed by 0.85%, surpassed the November rate (0.06%) by 0.79 percentage points.

As previously mentioned, construction material was down 7.56 percentage points in 2005. On the other hand, manpower expanded by 0.87 percentage points, accumulating 7.83% in 2005, versus 6.96% in 2004.

Northeast Region had the major hike

The Northeast region was the highlight in December, with change of 0.67% in the national index, a result affected by salary readjustments in Pernambuco. The Southeast region index presented the second major change (0.58%), also a consequence of salary readjustments, in this case, in Minas Gerais. The remaining monthly changes were: 0.48% in the North; 0.19% in the Central west region and 0.09% in the South region.

The North region ended the year with the highest accumulated index (9.30%), being followed, in decreasing order, by the Northeast (7.33%); South ( 6.71%); Southeast (6.62%) and Central West regions (6.08%).

The costs by region were: R$ 581.40 (Southeast); R$ 547.48 (South); R$ 525.55 (North); R$ 517.22 (Central West) and R$ 497.74 (Northeast).

Among the states, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais and Amapá were the highlights

Reflecting the readjustments in manpower, Pernambuco (2.58%); Minas Gerais (2.48%) and Amapá (2.05%) registered the highest monthly changes. The remaining state indexes ranged from 0.01% (Rio de Janeiro) to 0.58% (Pará).

DECEMBER/ 05

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS

AVERAGE COSTS

INDEX NUMBERS

PERCENT CHANGES

R$ /m2

DEC/ 98=100

MONTHLY

IN THE YEAR

12 MONTHS

BRAZIL

543.13

192.02

0.48

6.98

NORTH REGION

525.55

182.75

0.48

9.30

RONDÔNIA

483.53

183.54

0.24

8.37

ACRE

508.29

186.54

0.07

10.07

AMAZONAS

557.95

177.43

0.31

11.34

RORAIMA

656.22

196.46

0.27

9.72

PARÁ

506.81

181.00

0.58

7.94

AMAPÁ

512.96

188.72

2.05

13.53

TOCANTINS

554.05

192.92

0.41

7.74

NORTHEAST REGION

497.74

194.46

0.67

7.33

MARANHÃO

500.67

193.17

0.21

8.29

PIAUÍ

441.42

192.49

0.54

8.06

CEARÁ

477.98

189.01

0.45

6.38

RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

486.15

192.58

0.11

7.90

PARAÍBA

479.54

194.42

0.20

7.01

PERNAMBUCO

501.22

205.74

2.58

6.45

ALAGOAS

535.18

188.85

0.54

6.76

SERGIPE

462.07

201.33

0.23

7.48

BAHIA

522.75

193.37

0.29

7.95

SOUTHEAST REGION

581.40

193.90

0.58

6.62

MINAS GERAIS

521.17

210.10

2.48

6.71

ESPÍRITO SANTO

474.07

210.72

0.18

8.28

RIO DE JANEIRO

602.69

193.88

0.01

7.74

SÃO PAULO

609.30

187.96

0.12

6.21

SOUTH REGION

547.48

185.57

0.09

6.71

PARANÁ

555.35

188.27

0.08

7.19

SANTA CATARINA

535.18

181.48

0.06

6.59

RIO GRANDE DO SUL

547.14

185.36

0.12

6.29

CENTRAL WEST REGION

517.22

196.69

0.19

6.08

MATO GROSSO DO SUL

523.38

193.74

0.02

7.86

MATO GROSSO

504.57

198.79

0.12

6.12

GOIÁS

505.66

198.04

0.29

5.66

FEDERAL DISTRICT

572.05

192.75

0.28

5.02