Inquiry on prices of alcoholic beverages in licensed restaurants will be transferred from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare to Statistics Finland in November 2023
Date of change:Statistcs: consumer price index
Date of change: 10.10.2023
Information about the change
Statistics Finland starts collecting data monthly on prices of alcoholic beverages in licensed restaurants starting from November 2023. The inquiry is transferred to Statistics Finland from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), which has collected the data four times a year.
THL will discontinue its own restaurant inquiry at the end of 2023.
Data will still be sent to the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in October
The last inquiry of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare concerns the price data for October. An invitation to the inquiry will be posted in October.
Statistics Finland collects data from restaurants starting from November 2023.
Data collected from restaurants are used in the consumer price index that measures inflation
According to EU Regulation (792/2016) on the consumer price index, the price development of alcoholic beverages must be monitored monthly. Data are collected approximately every two months from the restaurants included in the sample as the data collection is divided into periods. Statistics Finland's updated sample comprises around 200 licensed restaurants.
The collected data are mainly used in the consumer price index published by Statistics Finland. The index describes the price development of goods and services purchased by households in Finland monthly and it is used as a general measure of inflation.
Further information
Statistics Finland:
Satu Montonen p. 029 551 3205
Susanna Tåg p. 029 551 2991
THL:
Leena Kovanen p. 029 524 7235
etunimi.sukunimi@thl.fi