In the EU bloc, construction works inched up 0.3% in July compared from the previous month, EU’s statistics office Eurostat said.
Among the member states for which data were available, construction output rose in Slovenia (+10.3%), Romania (+3.3%), Germany (+3.2%) and Poland (+1.2%), and fell in the other eight states. The largest decreases were registered in the United Kingdom (-4.3%), Sweden (-3.1%) and Portugal (-2.8%).
Compared with July 2010, Romanian construction output rose 14.4% in July, again the second highest increase in the bloc. The EU average construction output was up 0.2% on the year.
Construction output rose in Poland (+17.4%), Romania, Spain (+12.5%) and Germany (+5.4%), and fell in the other nine EU states for which data were available. The largest decreases were registered in Slovenia (-26.6%), Bulgaria (-13.3%), Portugal (-10.7%) and Sweden (-10.2%).