Compared with the same month a year ago, September seasonally adjusted production in the construction sector increased by 1.8 percent in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.6 percent in the EU28, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Compared with August, production in construction fell by 0.4 percent in the euro area and remained stable in the EU28.
The increase of 1.8 percent in production in construction in the euro area in September 2015, compared with September 2014, is due to civil engineering rising by 2.4 percent and building construction by 1.6 percent.
In the EU28, the increase of 0.6 percent is due to civil engineering rising by 3.1 percent and building construction by 0.2 percent.
Among member states for which data are available, the highest increases in production in construction were recorded in Slovakia (+26 percent), the Netherlands (+10.2 percent), Hungary (+8.1 percent) and Sweden (+7.4 percent), and the largest decreases in Slovenia (-12.5 percent), the United Kingdom (-4.1 percent) and Portugal (-3.2 percent).
The decrease of 0.4 percent in production in construction in the euro area in September 2015, compared with August 2015, is due to building construction falling by 0.6 percent, while civil engineering rose by 0.3 percent.
In the EU28, production in construction remained stable as building construction dropped by 0.1 percent, while civil engineering rose by 0.1 percent.
Among member states for which data are available, the largest decreases in production in construction were recorded in Slovenia (-5.2 percent), Portugal (-2.2 percent) and Sweden (-1.9 percent), and the highest increases in Hungary and Slovakia (both +8.4 percent) and the Netherlands (+2.1 percent).
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