According to recent reports, the construction output in the Euro Area has been slipped by 2.2 percent in the month of January 2010 as compared to December 2009.

Moreover, in the wider EU 27 region output was 2.0 percent lower.

Among other member states, construction productivity had dropped in eight, while increased in Slovenia by 7.1 percent, Sweden by 2.7 percent and the United Kingdom by 0.9 percent.

However, the biggest falls were recorded in Czech Republic by 22.0 percent, Germany by 14.3 percent, Bulgaria and Spain both by 6.1 percent, respectively.

Compared with January last year, output in January 2010 stood at 12.5 percent less in the Euro Area and 8.4 percent lesser in the EU27 region.