DOSM: Building materials cost index increases in 2021


KUALA LUMPUR: "The Building Materials Cost Index (BCI) (without steel bars and with steel bars) has showed an increase of the entire building category, with an increase between 0.3 and 3.1 per cent for Peninsular Malaysia for 2021, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).

The same trend can be seen for Sabah and Sarawak, where the former saw an increase of between 0.1 and 3.1 per cent, and the latter recorded an increase of 0.4 to 2.4 per cent.

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