In the EU, construction works fell 1% in September from the previous month, the bloc’s statistics office Eurostat said.
Among the member states for which data were available, construction output rose in five and decreased in seven. The highest increases were registered in Slovenia (+7.8%), Poland (+4.1%) and Slovakia (+3.9%), and the largest decreases in France (-5.8%), Portugal (-5.1%) and the United Kingdom (-2.3%).
Compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian construction output rose 2.8% in September, the sixth highest increase in the bloc. The EU average output was up 0.6% on the year.
Construction output rose in seven member states and fell in six. The highest increases were registered in Poland (+17.1%), Sweden (+6.3%) and the Netherlands (+5.2%), and the largest decreases in Slovenia (-17%), Bulgaria (-11.5%) and Portugal (-10%).