According to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in June this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-27) decreased by 1.3 percent as compared to May and was down 8.1 percent compared to June 2010. In May, the production figure remained unchanged compared to the previous month, according to the newly revised data.
In the EU, building construction in June decreased by 1.4 percent month on month and was down by 9.7 percent compared to June 2010, while civil engineering fell by 0.8 percent over May and rose by 0.6 as compared to the same month last year.
As compared to May, construction output in June increased in the United Kingdom by 3.8 percent, in Slovakia by two percent and in Portugal by 1.7 percent, while month-on-month decreases of 11.9 percent, 5.5 percent and 4.5 percent respectively were registered in Slovenia, Hungary and Germany.