TIRANA, May 29 /ATA/ – Albania saw a sharp increase in the number of construction permits issued by the relevant authorities in the first quarter of 2018, the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) said on Tuesday.
Data showed that the permits issued for residential buildings accounted for nearly the total of permits issued during the first three months of this year.
According to the latest INSTAT report, some 221 construction permits were issued during the January through March period, compared to 211 permits approved during the same period of the previous year.
According to INSTAT 127 permits were issued for residential buildings.
The total area for new buildings in the first quarter 2018 is about 200,944 square meters up from about 91,864 square meters approved in the first quarter 2017. This indicator, in the first quarter 2018, compared with the same quarter of the previous year, increased by 118.7 %.
The approximate value of building permits issued for buildings and civil engineering works, in the first quarter 2018, is 10,2 billion lek, from 11,1 billion lek approved in the first quarter 2017.
This indicator, in the first quarter 2018, compared with the same quarter of the previous year, decreased by 7.6 %.
Capital city Tirana reflected the highest number of construction permits with a total of 65 construction permits issued in first three months.
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