At the same time, the constant-price value or the volume of ongoing building production decreased by 4.4 per cent in May compared to the corresponding period in the previous year.
According to Statistics Finland's preliminary data on building and dwelling production, the cubic volume covered by building permits granted for residential buildings went down by 11 per cent in May.
Volume of residential buildings decreased by 12.6 per cent in May while the volume of other than residential building construction went up by 3.3 per cent compared to corresponding period of the previous year.
