ABOUT US| Bulgaria's construction output falls second-fastest in EU in April |
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Slovenia was the sole country to fare worse than Bulgaria in the period, registering a drop of 27.3 per cent. Euro zone members observed an average annual decrease of two per cent in April, while construction output in the EU countries slid 1.2 per cent. In monthly terms, construction output in the euro area edged up 0.7 per cent, but went down 0.9 per cent in the EU. The biggest annual rise of 18.7 per cent was reported by Poland, followed by Sweden with 8.1 per cent, Germany with 4.5 per cent and France with 3.8 per cent |
Bulgaria's construction output shrank by 22.8 per cent year-on-year in April, the second-steepest annual decline among European Union member countries in the period, data by the bloc's statistics bureau Eurostat showed.