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Sold production
Sold production refers to the domestic output manufactured and sold outside the enterprise or to other legal unit within the enterprise during the calendar year irrespective of the date of production.
Sold production also includes sales from stock. The value or quantity of sold production does not include selling of such goods that have been sold as such, without further processing (merchandise).
From 2021 onwards, subcontracted production is reported separately and is not included in sold production figures. Prior to that the variable sold production also includes data on subcontracted production.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
In the statistics on manufacturing commodities, sold output refers to the output manufactured by an enterprise or its establishment and sold outside the enterprise during the calendar year irrespective of the date of production.
Sold output also includes sale from stock. The value or quantity of sold output does not include selling of such goods that have been sold as such, without further processing, to other enterprises (merchandise).
Validity of the definition
- 1 January 1997 - 31 December 2020
Source organisation
- EU
Related concepts
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
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