State Statistics Service: The growth of construction activities indicates the upturn of the real sector of the economy
The State Statistics
Service of Ukraine recorded the growth in
construction works being
carried out by Ukrainian enterprises
for 9 months of the current
year to the
tune of 23.8%, as compared with
the same period of the
last year. The upturn is
taking place in all segments
of construction, and this is
one of the
confirmation of the overall economic
growth as well as the
increase of domestic demand for a wide range
of works - from the production
of building materials to the
commissioning of premises and engineering
structures.
According to the statistical information, the construction of residential buildings for 9 months increased by 13%, non-residential - by 27.2%. Construction of engineering structures grew by almost a third
- 28.6%. In the monetary equivalent, the total volume
of work makes
up 63.5 billion hryvnias.
The trend of
growth in construction, set at the beginning
of the year,
is being observed throughout 9 months period.