FACTS - Planning permissions granted for housing decreased by 40% between 2007 and 2008, but the 6,836 dwellings permitted were still in excess of annual household need, estimated at 2,000 units.
- Fuel imports increased by 3.14% between 2004 and 2008.
- Registered motor vehicles increased by 8.7% between 2004 and 2008.
- Irrigated land area more than doubled between 2001 and 2005, while agricultural production fluctuated but exhibited an overall growth trend of 735 tonnes annually between 2004 and 2008.
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