on Friday reported that the advance in public investment and the increase in domestic cement consumption suggest a double-digit growth in the construction sector for the past November.
Based on figures from the
National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the construction sector has registered the following rates so far this year: January (5.68%), February (5.58%), March (-46.25%), April (-90.26%), May (-66.73%), June (-42.71%), July (-12.89%), August (-6.71%), September (4.38%), and October (8.84%).
In this sense, Velarde indicated that the aforementioned sector would fall 15.6% this year —a smaller decline than previously expected.
In addition, it would grow 17.4% in 2021 and 3.8% in 2022.