The adjusted value of constructions works was up 7.8% compared with August, according to data released by the statistics institute INS.

Maintenance works and new construction works went up by 10.9% and 10.5%, respectively, in data adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors. Capital repair works were down 9.6% on the month.

Compared with September 2013, the adjusted construction output fell 1.8%. The value of capital repair and maintenance works decreased by 22.4% and 4.4% respectively, while new constructions went up 9.8% on the year on September.

In unadjusted data, Romanian construction works went up 22.3% on the month in September, and were up 3.5% compared with the same period of 2013.

In the first nine months, the adjusted construction output decreased by 11.7% compared with the year-earlier period, while the drop in unadjusted data was 10.8%.