In the period of three months of 2017 there were more dwellings completed than the year before. The number of dwellings for which permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project and the number of dwellings in which construction has begun also increased.

In March of 2017, sold production of industry was by 11.1% higher than in March of 2016, whereas an increase of 17.2% was reported in construction-assembly production. In the period January-March of 2017, sold production of industry was by 7.3% higher than in the corresponding period of 2016 which saw a 3.0% increase, whereas construction-assembly production was by 3.9% higher than in the corresponding period of 2016 which saw a 13.3% decrease.

In March 2017 the prices of sold production of industry were by 4.7% higher than a year earlier. In comparison to March of the previous year, the prices of construction and assembly production were higher by 0.3%.