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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 24 MARCH, 2009

NUMBER: 3.1.1/1.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

CONSTRUCTION WORK INDICES, JANUARY 2009

 

In January 2009 construction works decreased by 5.6%, as compared to January 2008.

 

In January 2009 :

-    by type of constructions, 51.7% out of the total working hours were done on buildings and 48.3% on civil engineering works;

-    by type of works, 61.3% out of the total working hours were done on new constructions and 38.7% on reconstructions, repairs and maintenance.

 

 

1.     TOTAL VOLUME INDICES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS1)

 

Ø 2005. = 100

2009.
Ø 2006.

2009.
Ø 2007.

2009.
Ø 2008.

2009.
2006.

2009.
2007.

2009.
2008.

Chain
indices

2007.

2008.

2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Month

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I.

98,7

109,1

103,0

94,1

91,9

82,2

118,8

104,4

94,4

88,4

 

 

1) Basic indices (timely and seasonally non-adjusted)

 

 

2.     TIME SERIES OF INDICES OF TOTAL VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS

Æ 2005. = 100

 

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

 

2007.

Basic indices

98,7

101,5

115,4

109,6

122,7

111,4

118,1

117,1

113,4

122,4

114,2

100,3

Seasonally adjusted indices

116,6

112,8

111,4

107,7

113,5

106,9

111,1

114,9

108,4

116,2

114,4

111,2

Trend cycle

112,9

112,3

111,5

110,7

110,2

110,2

110,5

111,4

112,7

114,5

116,7

119,2

2008.

Basic indices

109,1

116,7

122,1

133,0

130,7

127,8

135,9

119,4

133,9

135,4

123,1

116,4

Seasonally adjusted indices

126,5

128,0

121,0

128,4

121,4

123,3

129,1

117,1

129,1

129,2

123,3

127,3

Trend cycle

121,4

123,0

124,0

124,4

124,9

125,6

126,6

127,5

127,7

127,2

126,1

124,7

2009.

Basic indices

103,0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seasonally adjusted indices

120,2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trend cycle

123,5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.   TOTAL VOLUME INDEX OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS

Ø 2005. = 100

 

2006.

2007.

2008.

2008.

2009.

XII.

I.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

109,4

112,1

125,3

116,4

103,0

Buildings

111,7

115,8

138,1

128,5

120,9

Civil engineering works

107,6

109,1

115,2

106,9

88,9

 

 

4.     COMPOSITION OF HOURS WORKED ON SITES, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS

%

 

I. 2009.

Total

New
 constructions

Other works1)

 

 

 

 

Total

100,0

61,3

38,7

On buildings

51,7

38,9

12,8

On civil engineering works

48,3

22,4

25,9

 

 

1)  Reconstructions, repair works and maintenance of existing constructions

 


 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Sources and methods of data collection

 

Data on construction presented in this publication is collected through reporting method by using the Monthly Report on Construction (GRAĐ-21/M form).

 

Coverage and comparability

 

The Monthly Report on construction is collected from legal entities and parts  thereof employing 20 or more persons classified in the Register of Business Entities to section F Construction according to the NKD 2007. About 900 reporting units are included in the average annual dynamics.

 

Data refer to all construction works (new constructions and reconstructions, maintenance and repair works on existing constructions) done on the territory of the Republic of Croatia.

 

The coverage of construction activities is harmonised with the NKD 2007. section F Construction (NN, No. 58/07). Constructions and works are classified according to the Classifications of Types of Constructions KVG (NN, No. 11/98). Both classifications are harmonised with appropriate classifications prescribed by Eurostat (NACE rev. 2; Classifications of Types of Constructions CC, final version).

 

Index method

 

Total volume index of construction is based on the number of hours worked on sites, according to the Methodology of short-Term Business Statistics, Eurostat 2002.

 

The seasonal adjustment was done by applying the "Demetra" programme interface, version 2.0 (SP1) – Eurostat, using the X-12-ARIMA method (version 0.2.8 installed) on the monthly index series (Æ 2005 = 100), beginning with the index for January 1998. A trend cycle is a series of seasonally adjusted indices with the exclusion of the influence of irregular components. The prolongation of the basic index series by adding of new monthly data may cause subsequent change of seasonally adjusted series and trend cycle for several previous months, due to characteristics of the applied method of seasonal adjustment.

 

More detailed methodology notes of these inquiries are published in NN, No. 11/98.

 

Abbreviations

 

Eurostat         Statistical Office of the European Communities

NACE             Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the
                       European Community

NKD 2007.     National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

NN                  Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia