According to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in January this year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-27) rose by one percent as compared to December and was up 1.2 percent compared to January 2010. In December, the production figure had decreased by 3.5 percent compared to the previous month, according to the newly revised data.
In the EU, building construction in January rose by 2.6 percent month on month and was slightly up by 0.2 percent compared to Janaury 2010, while civil engineering increased by 4.2 percent over December and was down 9.8 percent year on year.
As compared to December, construction output in January climbed in Germany by 36.3 percent, in France by 7.9 percent and in Slovenia by 3.8 percent, while month-on-month decreases of 9.4 percent, 6.4 percent and 3.1 percent respectively were registered in the UK, Romania and Poland.