29 December 2000

Inquiries: Mr Kari Rautio +358 9 1734 3615, kari.rautio@stat.fi
Director in charge: Mr Ilkka Hyppönen

Strong growth of industrial output continued in November

According to Statistics Finland, industrial output as calculated per working day was as much as 17 per cent higher in November 2000 than in November 1999. In the January to November period, industrial output grew by 11.4 per cent compared to the same period last year. These instant preliminary data are based on information available to Statistics Finland on 28 December.

A more accurate growth percentage of industrial output and data by industry for November will be published on 15 January 2001 at 7 am.

According to the data published on 15 December 2000, the growth of industrial output for October was 18.3 per cent, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the figure given in the instant preliminary data released on 30 November 2000.

Source: Volume Index of Industrial Output 2000, November, preliminary data. Statistics Finland