According to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in February this year the seasonally-adjusted
production of the
construction sector in the
European Union member states (EU-27) rose by 0.7 percent as compared to January and was up 2.9 percent compared to February 2010. In January, the
production figure had increased by one percent compared to the previous month, according to the newly revised data.
In the EU, building
construction in February rose by 0.6 percent month on month and was up by 3.4 percent compared to February 2010, while civil engineering increased by 1.2 percent over January and was down 1.1 percent year on year.
As compared to January,
construction output in February increased in the
UK by 8.2 percent, in
Portugal by 4.3 percent and in
Germany by 3.4 percent, while month-on-month decreases of 7.9 percent and 3.8 percent respectively were registered in
Slovenia and
Slovakia.