Construction costs in Ukraine 12.9% up in 10 months

Costs of construction and assembly of commercial buildings and civil engineering facilities increased most of all, by 14.2% and by 16.4%, respectively. The lowest increase was recorded in the construction of complex industrial facilities, by 10.3%, it said.

Read alsoUkraine boosts construction by 23.4% in 10 months Costs of construction and installation works in October 2017 alone grew by 1.4% compared to September 2017, whereas there was a 1.7% increase in September 2017 against August 2017.

In October 2017, the highest increase in construction and assembly costs was recorded in the construction of transport facilities, by 2%.

The State Statistics Service said that the data excluded reports from temporarily occupied areas in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, as well as the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in the east of Ukraine.

As UNIAN reported earlier, construction and assembly costs in Ukraine rose by 9.2% in 2016 against 2015.