Capital repair works declined 15.1% on the month in April, while new constructions were down 6.9%. Maintenance works, on the other hand, rose 11% in April compared with the previous month.

The data are adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors.

On an annual basis, adjusted construction works fell 10.1% in April, due to a 20.3% decrease in new constructions.

Maintenance works increased 12.9% on the year in April, while capital repair works were up 12.6%, the data showed.

In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works rose 8.8% on the month in April, but were down 9.4% compared with the same month of 2012.

In the January-April period, unadjusted construction works decreased 6% on the year, while adjusted works declined 6.6%, the data showed.