Baku, Azerbaijan, April 20
By Anvar Mammadov - Trend:
Some 65,200 square meters of housing were commissioned in March 2016 compared to 151,660 square meters in March 2015, said the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee's report as of January-March 2016.
Over 334,700 square meters of housing have been commissioned since early 2016 or by 19.3 percent less than in the same period of 2015.
|
Commissioned: |
Jan.-March 2016 |
Compared to Jan.-March 2015 (percent) |
|
Residential buildings, total area, thousand sq. m |
334,7 |
80,7 |
|
Clubs |
140 |
100 |
|
Secondary schools |
758 |
30,7 |
|
Funds directed to fixed capital, in mln manat |
2 876,8 |
65,8 |
|
Including: |
2 529,7 |
82,6 |
|
- for the construction of facilities in service sector |
222,1 |
27 |
|
- for the construction and installation work of the total amount of funds |
2 013,4 |
67,5 |
Some 68.7 percent of the total volume of construction work accounted for primary construction, reconstruction and expansion, 12.1 percent - overhaul, 2.5 percent - current repair and 16.7 percent - other construction work.
Some 88.4 percent of the total volume of construction work was carried out by non-state construction companies.
Around 88,100 people were involved in the Azerbaijani construction sector in January-February 2016.
The average monthly salary in state sector amounted to 515.6 manat (a 10.1 percent increase for the year), private companies - 927.1 manat (a 28.1 percent increase).
As of April 19, the official exchange rate is 1.5167 AZN/USD.
The level of wages in the construction of buildings increased by 8.8 percent in January-March 2016 - an average of 569 manat, specialized construction - by 46.4 percent - up to 1729 manat compared to the same period of 2015.
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