Kosovo construction costs fall

The cost of construction in Kosovo has scored -0.7% in the first quarter of this year compared to the fourth quarter of last year.

According to data from the Kosovo Statistics Agency (ASK) for the first quarter of 2018, the largest decline was noted in the energy sector -4.9% and materials -1%, until the slight increase was noted in machinery by 0.7% and other costs of 0.5%.

Meanwhile, compared to the first quarter 2018 to the same period of last year, the Construction Cost index was up by an average of 0.6%, where index growth was largely noted in the 1% category of materials.

And the categories that were declining were machines with -2.2% and energy -1.4%.