The number of permits issued for residential and non-residential buildings fell by 23.2 % in annual terms to 76 in September, whereas the number of permits for civil engineering projects rose by 25% to 20 ones, the Institute of Statistics of the Serb Republic said in a monthly report this week.
The number of permits issued for dwellings fell by 14.5% in annual terms to 517 in September.
The Serb Republic is one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Federation.