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Volume index of industrial output
The volume index of industrial output describes the relative change in the volume of industrial output when compared with a specific base time period. In the beginning of 2002, the index with fixed weights was replaced with an index with changing weights, which takes the structural change occurring in industry into account better than the index with fixed weights.
Validity of the definition
- 1 January 2003 - 29 February 2024
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Jaa