Construction, new orders (discontinued), Q2 2003

The stock of orders on buildings decreased by 9 per cent from the end of 2nd quarter last year to the end of the 2^{n d} quarter this year.

Company reserves on renovation of non-residential buildings increased by 6 per cent during the 2^{n d} quarter. Since the same time last year these reserves increased by 1 per cent. The stock of orders on renovation of residential buildings were 19 per cent lower than at the end of the 2nd quarter last year

Incoming orders on new civil engineering works had a considerable increase during the 1^{s t} half this year. This is due to contracts on running and maintaining of roads put on tender by the Public road administration. Company reserves on civil engineering works is adjusted upwards with the stock of orders Mesta brought when the production in the Public road administration was privatized.

Revised figures

The order statistics is revised back to the 4^{t h} quarter after adding figures for Mesta in the base for computation.

Tables:

• Table 1 New orders received. Value indices, by project groups. 2000=100
• Table 2 Stock of orders, by project groups. Value indices. 2000=100
• Table 3 Stock of orders. Value indices by project groups and district. 2000=100
• Table 4 New orders received. Value indices, trend. 2000=100