Austria - Construction orders down by 4.6% in June

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: September 29, 2010; 17:56 ♦ (Vindobona)

Volume of orders in construction of buildings and civil engineering decreasing by 4.6% at the end of June 2010.

Austria - Construction orders down by 4.6% in June / Picture: © Statistics Austria

At the end of June 2010, Austrian construction companies (not including construction auxiliary trades) had an order book totalling EUR 6.8 bn (-4.6% y. o. y.), according to calculations by Statistics Austria.

In civil engineering, which constitutes 49.8% or EUR 3.4 bn of the overall volume of outstanding orders, orders decreased by 10.1% compared to the previous…