November 22 (SeeNews) - The number of construction permits issued in Bosnia's Serb Republic totalled 82 in October, down 16.3% on the year, the entity's statistical office said on Tuesday.
The number of permits issued for residential and non-residential buildings fell by 16.9% in annual terms to 69 in October, whereas the number of permits for civil engineering projects dropped by 13.3% to 13 ones, the Institute of Statistics of the Serb Republic said in a monthly report.
The number of permits issued for dwellings rose by 67.3% in annual terms to 686 in October.
The Serb Republic is one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The other one is the Federation.