In the Volyn region, the producer price index for industrial products compared to December 2002 was 110.4 percent, the regional statistics department reported. Over the last three months of the year, the industrial product price index rose by 0.6–0.7 percent. The largest price growth over the year was in light industry (by 27.8 percent). In machine building, the food industry, and processing of agricultural products, price growth was over 12 percent. Products of the chemical and petrochemical, and furniture industries rose in price somewhat less (by 2.2–1.8 percent). As a result of higher prices for lime, bricks, and concrete products, prices in the production of construction materials rose by 0.6 percent. In the extractive industry, prices increased overall by 5 percent. At the end of December 2003, the producer price index for industrial products of Ukraine compared to December 2002 was 111 percent. These figures were published by the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine.