In January-May 2015, the enterprises in Ukraine (excluding the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city) accomplished construction works worth UAH 15.7 billion, showing a decrease of 31.2% compared to a similar period in 2014, RBK-Ukraine (РБК-Україна) reports, with reference to the National Statistics Service.
Compared to April 2015, the scope of construction works increased by 0.2%.
In particular, UAH 8,465 billion was spent on construction, including UAH 4,795.5 billion - on residential housing, UAH 3,669.5 billion - on non-residential building construction.
The funds allocated for engineering construction stood at UAH 7,240.7 billion.
New construction, reconstruction and technical re-equipment equalled 84.9% of total scope of works, major/minor repairs - 7.4% and 7.7%, respectively.
In January-May 2015, Kyiv reported the largest hryvnia amount of construction (UAH 4,035.7 billion, by 22.6% less than the figures for a similar period in 2014), while Dnipropetrovsk oblast - UAH 1,756.9 billion, a decrease of 20.8% year-on-year; the lowest construction output - in Lugansk oblast (UAH 75.5 million, by 88.9% less than a year ago).
