S/N

Causes

1

2

3

4

5

Total

Mean

Rank

1

Crude oil prices

0

3

4

50

28

85

4.21

1

2

Energy cost

0

4

5

44

30

83

4.20

2

3

Local taxes and charges

3

2

9

34

37

85

4.18

3

4

Cost of fuel and power supply

1

6

8

30

38

83

4.18

3

5

High running cost

1

3

7

43

30

84

4.17

5

6

High prices of raw materials

1

4

10

35

34

84

4.15

6

7

Cost of transportation

0

6

9

41

29

85

4.09

7

8

High cost of labour

0

7

8

40

29

84

4.08

8

9

Rapid depreciation of national currency

1

8

15

34

27

85

3.92

9

10

Interest rate and cost of finance

5

4

9

47

18

83

3.83

10

11

Government policies and legislature

4

7

15

35

24

85

3.80

11

12

Maximization of profit by manufacturers

4

5

15

47

14

85

3.73

12

13

High tariffs

2

14

11

35

21

83

3.71

13

14

Over-dependence on imported building materials

2

17

14

24

27

84

3.68

14

15

Cost of plant

3

13

20

34

13

83

3.49

15

16

Declining supply or anticipated shortage in supply

2

18

20

24

19

83

3.48

16

17

Behaviour of financial market participants

7

16

15

30

13

81

3.32

17

18

Competition

14

13

10

28

19

84

3.30

18

19

Fast-growing demand due to high global economic growth

6

27

12

24

13

82

3.13

19

20

Population growth

12

19

14

29

11

85

3.09

20

21

Related product pricing

8

16

23

33

3

83

3.08

21

22

Purchase frequency

2

30

17

28

6

83

3.07

22

23

Availability of substitute

7

20

20

30

5

82

3.07

22

24

Lack or absence of indigenous technology for the production of building materials

15

12

21

28

9

85

3.05

24

25

Price skimming

6

22

21

32

2

83

3.02

25

26

Producers incentives

8

21

23

27

2

81

2.93

26

27

Inadequate infrastructural facilities

11

27

18

17

12

85

2.91

27

28

Business cycles

10

19

23

25

3

80

2.90

28

29

Knowledge and management skills

18

29

18

17

2

84

2.48

29