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In October, construction costs in Latvia grew by 0.3%
Compared to
October 2016, in October 2017 construction costs increased by 2.8%.
Labour remuneration of workers grew by 4.5%, prices of building materials by
2.6%, and maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment by 1.8%.
In 2017, the data on prices of
construction resources are provided by approximately 190 construction
enterprises and more than 40 trade enterprises. When calculating the
Construction Cost Index, the prices of building materials submitted by
enterprises for the calculation of producer price indices in industry and
import price index are also used.
The sample includes
construction enterprises with the highest value of own account construction
works in 2016. The share of enterprises with the value of own account
construction work exceeding EUR 1 million per year accounted for 72%,
in 26% of which the value of own account construction work exceeded EUR 5 million
per year. The criterion for the sample of trade enterprises is their turnover
and specialisation.
More information on
construction costs is available in the CSB database section Producer Prices. The data on
changes of construction costs in November 2017 will be published on
29 December.
More information on
construction cost indices in Latvia is available in the CSB website
section Key Indicators – Producer Prices – Metadata.
1Hourly gross labour remuneration of workers employed in construction broken
down by main professions:
-
bricklayers and workers of related professions;
- concrete workers and workers of related
professions;
- carpenters and builders;
- workers carrying out finishing works
(roofers, plasterers, sanitary technicians and others);
- painters and workers of related
professions;
- electricians;
- asphalt layers;
- auxiliary workers of road building and
construction of artificial structures;
- assemblers;
- welders.