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Chemical prices rise in April
May 22, 2006
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 84, Issue 21
U .S. chemical prices increased in April as producers continued to fight rising raw material costs. According to data from the Labor Department, the producer price index for all chemicals increased 0.2% from the previous month to 203.7 (1982 = 100). The April index was 7.8% higher than it was in the same month last year. Meanwhile, the index for basic industrial chemicals rose 1.5% from March to 208.3; the index for April was 13.1% ahead of where it had been in the comparable month a year earlier.
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