Industrial product prices in Ukraine in April 2005 rose by 2.5% compared to 1.9% in March, 2.7% in February and 0.2% in January, and overall since the beginning of the year they increased by 7.5%. This is reported by the State Statistics Committee, according to "Podrobnosti". \n \nThe largest price increase in April was recorded in the extractive industry - by 9%, including in the extraction of energy materials - by 9.6%, non-energy materials - by 8.3%. Since the beginning of the year, their extraction has risen in price by 24% and 37.9%, respectively. \n \nIn the production of coke and petroleum refining products, prices in April rose by 3.9%, in metallurgy and metal processing - by 2.7%, in woodworking - by 2.5%, in the production of building materials and glass products - by 2.1%. And since the beginning of the year, the largest increase was recorded in metallurgy - 11.3% and in the production of building materials and glass products - 10.3%. \n \nOverall in the manufacturing industry in April, prices increased by 1.7%, and since the beginning of the year - by 6.2%. \n \nIn the production and distribution of electricity, gas and water, after stability in March, prices rose by 1.6% in April, however, taking into account the decline in January-February, they are still lower than at the beginning of the year by 3.2%. \n\nPrices in industry in Ukraine in 2004 increased by 24.1%, a year earlier - by 11.1%. At the same time, in January-April 2004 their growth was 10.3%, including in April - by 3.3%.