In the collection of data for statistics on goods transport by road, data are requested from owners of lorries (both companies and private owners) on their lorries and on their use in Finland and abroad on three or four successive survey days.
A sample of 2,500 lorries is drawn quarterly from lorries registered in Finland.
Every response improves the reliability of the data we collect. This way we ensure that the inquiry results and compiled statistics are of high quality and give a correct picture of the studied subject.
Your enterprise has received a user ID and password for the inquiry by letter. Take the identifiers and press the Start responding button above. Alternatively, you can log in using the Suomi.fi service. For further information, see the Identification section.
If your enterprise has received an email from us, you can follow the instructions there. More detailed instructions for responding are given on the web form. It is also possible to answer using a mobile phone or tablet.
You can supplement and change the data you have reported on the form later.
Log in to the form via Suomi.fi identification or with the user ID and password you have received in a letter.
The Suomi.fi identification as an organisation respondent requires that you have been given
a mandate via your organisation to respond to the inquiry. The mandate is granted in the Suomi.fi service. Please find Statistics Finland's instructions related to mandates and identification attached.
Because you respond on behalf of the organisation, you need a mandate for the Suomi.fi identification from your organisation. The name of the mandate required is Responding to data collections from enterprises and organisations.
Further information on identification on the Digital and Population Data Services Agency’s website
Statistics are beneficial for enterprises as well. Statistics can be used by enterprises to monitor, for example, the development of pay or trade in Finland. The more comprehensive the data we receive from enterprises, the better our statistics describe the activity of
enterprises. Enterprises will then get better statistics as a basis for their decision-making.
The data from the statistics are used for decision-making concerning the transport activity and for research and planning in Finland and at the level of the EU.
The data from the data collection are used in the following statistics:
The population of the inquiry is formed by lorries registered in Finland with a maximum permissible laden weight of over 3.5 tonnes. Excluded from the population are lorries not actually intended for goods transport, such as museum vehicles, rescue vehicles and special vehicles. The survey sample comprises 2,500 lorries and changes completely quarterly.
All data collected for statistical purposes are confidential. When processing data, it is seen to that no person's privacy or business or professional secret are endangered. Every person employed by Statistics Finland has signed a pledge of secrecy.
If your enterprise has been selected as a respondent for a data collection, Statistics Finland will always contact you in advance by letter or email. This communication will explain what data will be collected and for what purpose the data will be used. In data collections that collect personal data, the grounds for processing are usually Article 6, Paragraph 1, point c of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, compliance with a legal obligation.
We process the data as confidential. The data are published as statistics and studies from which the answers of individual enterprises cannot be identified. Statistical data can be released for statistical surveys and scientific research.
Enterprises have an obligation to respond to Statistics Finland's data collections. The obligation to provide data is based on the Statistics Act (280/2004).
Exemption from the obligation can be sought based on Section 8 of the Statistics Act if responding causes unreasonable inconvenience. Unreasonable inconvenience refers to putting the respondent in an unequal position with regard to other data providers. Exemption can be sought only from individual surveys and Statistics Finland cannot grant a general exemption from all data collections. Exemption is granted for a fixed period and may be granted wholly or in part.
When we consider granting an exemption, we consider the respondents' possibilities to supply the requested data and the importance of the data in producing and utilising statistics. Unreasonable inconvenience caused to the data supplier refers to putting the data supplier
in an unequal position with regard to other data suppliers.
We cannot grant an exemption due to an enterprise's lack of resources or time or the difficulty caused by the provision of data or corresponding reasons.
If you are considering requesting exemption, please contact us first. The contact information can be found in the accompanying letter and on the homepage of the data collection.
You can seek exemption with a free-form written application or with the form Application for exemption from the obligation to provide data (PDF).
If necessary, download the free Adobe Reader software (adobe.com) for filling in the PDF file. Specify the data collections from which you apply for exemption in the application. You can add appendices to the application. Send the application to Statistics Finland’s Registrar’s Office.