Industry and Construction Recorded Revenue Decline in June
Die Umsätze im Bereich Bau & Industrie sind im Juni zurückgegangen.
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In June, revenues in the manufacturing sector declined. According to Statistics Austria's early estimate, sales in the industry decreased by 2.1 percent, and in the construction sector by 3.6 percent. Overall, a decrease of 2.4 percent was recorded.
The hours worked also decreased - in the industry, the index fell by 7.4 percent, and in the construction sector, the hours worked reduced by 7.5 percent.
Final data was available for April. In the reporting month, 81,362 companies from industry and construction, with nearly one million (998,212) employees, generated a revenue of 32.2 billion euros. This was slightly less by 0.1 percent compared to April of the previous year. In the goods sector, revenue decreased by 1.2 percent to 26.7 billion euros, whereas in the construction sector, it increased by 5.7 percent to 5.5 billion euros.
(APA/Red.)
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