6. CONSTRUCTION

6.1. Housing

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               Projects approve        Dwellings begun        Dwellings complet     Protected rehabilitation
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            Free mark G.B.L.H.(1) Free mark(*)G.B.L.H.(1) Free mark(*)G.B.L.H.(1)          Regulation
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                                                                                     Autonomous       State
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Almería         1.933       1.693       1.554       1.889       1.663       1.514           493         434
Cádiz           2.733       2.390       2.763       2.784       4.358         968          1408         438
Córdoba         1.993       1.527       1.599       2.015       2.517       1.462           656          92
Granada         6.180       1.027       5.157       1.334       5.790         840           613         119
Huelva          1.876         468       1.498       1.084       3.232         504           238         135
Jaén            3.536       1.330       2.839       1.416       2.982       1.300           821         344
Málaga          3.446       3.229       2.869       3.145       4.509         513           837         220
Sevilla         5.121       5.085       3.703       7.008       3.370       2.893           984         298

Andalucía      26.818      16.749      21.982      20.675      28.421       9.994         6.050       2.080
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(*) M.O.P.T. Evolución del Subsector Vivienda 1993 (provisional data).
(1) Government backed loan housing.
Source: C.O.P U.T. Dirección General de Arquitectura y Vivienda. Año 1993.

Cement consumption (thousands of tons)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 203 181 201 309 392 449 370 264 February 202 221 281 299 370 357 353 307 March 230 289 314 386 506 323 446 346 April 290 277 308 367 379 464 391 330 May 264 308 338 408 552 531 400 322 June 283 302 348 441 474 445 394 356 July 307 328 338 405 500 504 426 352 August 258 290 351 417 467 411 355 304 September 291 308 358 418 423 446 378 328 October 286 286 329 413 471 455 358 331 November 261 287 331 361 481 461 415 291 December 257 222 334 290 335 342 346 304 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6.2. Official purchase in construction by contracting agent

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Government               Millions of ptas      93/92(%)    And/Spa(%)
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Local                              33.348          20,3           8,3
Autonomons region                 130.975          65,0          18,6
Central                           177.943          32,4          19,9

Total                             342.266          41,7          17,1
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Source: Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Medio Ambiente. Añ

6.3. Cement consumption

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                              thousands of tons              93/92(%)
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Almería                                   360,1                 -23,3
Cádiz                                     435,1                  -6,2
Córdoba                                   380,8                  -2,4
Granada                                   480,8                  -6,4
Huelva                                    202,5                 -27,6
Jaén                                      283,9                 -10,7
Málaga                                    761,0                 -23,9
Sevilla                                   948,2                 -17,3

Andalucía                               3.852,3                 -15,9
España                                 22.651,4                 -13,1
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