Procurement prices of basic agricultural products decreased in August 2020 in comparison with the previous month (by 0.1%) as well as while compared to August 2019 (by 5.1%).

In the period of eight months of 2020, 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 decreased.

According to preliminary data construction and assembly production (in constant prices) carried out domestically by construction enterprises employing more than 9 persons was in August 2020 by 12.1% lower than a year before (against an increase by 2.6% the year before) and by 3.5% lower compared with July 2020 (against an increase by 2.2% the year before).

In August 2020 retail sales at constant prices were by 0.5% higher than the year before (against a growth of 4.4% in August 2019).