According to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in April this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-27) remained stable as compared to March and was down 4.3 percent compared to April 2009. In March, the production figure had increased by six percent compared to the previous month, according to the newly revised data.
In the EU, building construction in April dropped 1.2 percent month on month and was down 4.9 percent compared to April 2009, while civil engineering rose by three percent over March and was down 0.8 percent year on year.
As compared to March, construction output in April rose in Slovakia by nine percent, in the Czech Republic by 4.8 percent and in Germany by 2.6 percent, while month-on-month decreases of 8.1 percent, 4.9 percent and 3.7 percent respectively were registered in Hungary, Spain and Portugal.