Compared with March, April seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector fell by 0.2 percent in the euro area (EA19) and increased by 0.4 percent in the EU28, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In March 2016, production in construction fell by 1.0 percent in the euro area and by 1.5 percent in the EU28.
In April 2016 compared with April 2015, production in construction fell by 0.4 percent in the euro area and by 1.5 percent in the EU28.
The decrease of 0.2 percent in production in construction in the euro area in April 2016, compared with March 2016, is due to building construction falling by 0.4 percent, while civil engineering grew by 0.9 percent. In the EU28, the increase of 0.4 percent is due to civil engineering rising by 1.1 percent and building construction by 0.3 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in production in construction were recorded in the Czech Republic (-3.3 percent), Spain (-2.4 percent) and Bulgaria (-2.1 percent), and the highest increases in Romania (+5.8 percent), Slovenia (+5.4 percent) and the United Kingdom (+3 percent).
The decrease of 0.4 percent in production in construction in the euro area in April 2016, compared with April 2015, is due to building construction falling by 0.7 percent, while civil engineering grew by 1.3 percent. In the EU28, the decrease of 1.5 percent is due to civil engineering falling by 5.2 percent and building construction by 0.8 percent.
Among Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in production in construction were recorded in Slovenia (-31.2 percent), Hungary (-29.8 percent), Poland (-15.9 percent) and the Czech Republic (-15.2 percent), and the highest increases in Romania (+12.8 percent), Sweden (+8.7 percent) and the Netherlands (+6.2 percent).
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