31 July 2000
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Director in charge: Mr Ilkka Hyppönen
Strong growth of industrial output continued in June
According to Statistics Finland, industrial output as calculated per working day was 11.6 per cent higher in June 2000 than in June 1999. In the January to June period, industrial output grew by 8.3 per cent compared to the same period last year. These instant preliminary data are based on information available to Statistics Finland on 28 July.
A more accurate growth percentage of industrial output and data by industry for June will be published on 15 August 2000 at 7 am.
According to the data published on 14 July 2000, the growth of industrial output for May was 12.4 per cent, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the figure given in the instant preliminary data released on 30 June 2000.
Source: Volume Index of Industrial Output 2000, June, preliminary data. Statistics Finland