Construction production index down 39.9 pct in Q2

The production index in the construction sector dropped 39.9 pct in the second quarter of 2011, compared with the same period last year, after a decline of 31.4 pct recorded in the second quarter of 2010, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Tuesday.
The statistics service, in a report, said that the index grew 0.5 pct in the April-June period, from the January-March period this year, after an increase of 12.4 pct recorded in the corresponding period in 2010