In May this year, the total price-adjusted value of new orders in the overall German construction industry increased by 4.6 percent month on month and rose by 8.6 percent compared to May 2017, as announced by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
Meanwhile, in the first five months of this year the total price-adjusted value of new orders in the overall German construction industry grew by 3.3 percent on year-on-year basis.