Austrian Industrial and Construction Turnover up by 14.0%

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: July 1, 2011; 18:36 ♦ (Vindobona)

Positive production trends in industry and construction in March 2011; turnover +14.0%. Metal industry and automotive industry are dominant factors.

Austrian Industrial and Construction Turnover up by 14.0% / Picture: © Vindobona.org

According to calculations by Statistics Austria, the 60,350 enterprises (-0.6% compared to the previous year) in the entire industry and construction sector turned over a total of € 21.9bn (+14.0%) in March 2011, coupled with an increasing employment (875,059, +1.8%).

At establishment level, industrial production sold by the 30,103 units (-0.8%) was above the previous year’s…