Construction output volume increased by 29.1% in January
The volume of construction output, based on raw data, was 29.1% higher in January 2019 than a year earlier. The volume of output increased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 28.2% and in civil engineering works by 32.2%. Based on seasonally and working day adjusted indices, construction output increased by 9.8% compared to the previous month.
In January 2019, compared to the same month of the previous year:
The volume of output increased in both main groups of construction: in the construction of buildings by 28.2% and in civil engineering works by 32.2%. In the construction of buildings, the increase was due to industrial and office buildings; in civil engineering projects, road and railway constructions continued to generate the growth.
Out of the divisions of construction, output volume increased by 24.5% in the construction of buildings, by 104.8% in civil engineering, and in specialised construction activities by 16.8%.
The volume of new contracts increased by 16.9%, within this the volume of new contracts concluded in the construction of buildings went up by 30.8%, in the construction of civil engineering works the volume declined by 24.0% year-on-year. Among buildings, contracts of high value were signed for industrial, cultural and sport facilities.
The volume of the January month-end stock of contracts at construction enterprises increased by 1.0% year-on-year. The stock of contracts volume decreased by 30.5% for the construction of buildings and went down by 7.4% for the construction of civil engineering works compared to the end of January 2018.
Output of construction
| Period | Output of construction | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| volume indices | value at current prices, billion HUF | |||||
| original | seasonally and working day adjusted | |||||
| corresponding period of the previous year =100.0% | 2015 = 100.0% | previous month = 100.0% | ||||
| 2015 | 103.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | x | 2 171.7 | |
| 2016 | 81.2 | 81.1 | 81.1 | x | 1 812.7 | |
| 2017 | 129.7 | 105.2 | 105.2 | x | 2 491.5 | |
| 2018 | 122.3 | 128.6 | 128.6 | x | 3 347.0 | |
| 2018 | January | 141.5 | 66.0 | 122.7 | 102.3 | 138.1 |
| February | 124.1 | 72.6 | 118.6 | 96.6 | 151.4 | |
| March | 100.5 | 88.4 | 98.0 | 82.6 | 185.0 | |
| April | 114.4 | 94.0 | 108.2 | 110.4 | 198.4 | |
| May | 115.6 | 122.1 | 117.5 | 108.7 | 259.9 | |
| June | 126.1 | 146.8 | 126.9 | 108.0 | 314.8 | |
| July | 136.0 | 129.4 | 132.8 | 104.6 | 280.9 | |
| August | 125.6 | 153.2 | 136.9 | 103.1 | 331.6 | |
| September | 126.4 | 173.7 | 137.1 | 100.2 | 377.0 | |
| October | 118.4 | 151.9 | 138.3 | 100.9 | 336.3 | |
| November | 127.7 | 165.5 | 145.3 | 105.1 | 371.1 | |
| December | 117.5 | 179.1 | 142.7 | 98.2 | 402.5 | |
| 2019 | January | 129.1 | 85.3 | 156.6 | 109.8 | 197.0 |