In the second quarter of 2019, as against the same period in 2018, the country’s GDP grew by 4.4% in unadjusted terms and by 4.6% in seasonally adjusted terms.
The seasonally adjusted series of quarterly GDP did not change as a result of the revision of the estimates for the second quarter of 2019, as compared to the version published in the press release of August 14, 2019.
Almost all industries contributed to the GDP increase in the first half of 2019 as against the same period of 2018. Significant positive contributions had the following industries: wholesale and retail; motor-vehicles and motorcycles repair; transport and storage; hotels and restaurants (+1.2%), with a share of 20.3% in GDP, whose activity volume increased by 5.8%; construction (+0.5%), with a share of 3.5% in GDP, whose activity volume increased by 14.9%; information and communication (+0.5%), with a share of 5.8% in GDP, whose activity volume increased by 9.9%; professional, scientific and technical activities; activities of administrative services and support services (+0.5%), with a share of 7.0% in GDP, whose activity volume increased by 7.7%.
Net taxes on products, with a share of 9.5% in GDP, contributed with +0.9% to the GDP growth rate, their volume increasing by 8.9 %.