The adjusted value of constructions works was down 6.1% compared with September, according to data released by the statistics institute INS.
New construction works and capital repair works went down by 11% and 0.2%, respectively, in data adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors. Maintenance works rose 6.6% on the month in October.
Compared with October 2013, the adjusted construction output fell 11.8%. The value of capital repair and maintenance works decreased by 19.1% and 10.5% respectively, while new constructions went down 9.8% year-on-year in October.
In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works went down 1.8% on the month in October, and were 11.3% lower compared with the same period of 2013.
In the first ten months, the adjusted construction output decreased by 10.9% compared with the year-earlier period, while the drop in unadjusted data was 11%.