Published: 12 February 2010
Retail trade sales grew by 3.0 per cent in December
According to Statistics Finland, retail trade sales increased by 3.0 per cent last December from December 2008. Sales volume grew by 1.3 per cent over the same time period. In wholesale trade sales fell by 0.5 per cent and an in motor vehicle sales by 18.5 per cent. In total trade sales fell by 1.1 per cent in December.
In retail trade, sales in January-December diminished by 1.6 per cent. Over the same time period, motor vehicle sales were 29.6 per cent and wholesale trade sales 17.7 per cent down on the year before. In total trade sales fell by 15.0 per cent in January-December.
Annual change in turnover in trade industries by quarter, December 2009 and in 2009, % (TOL 2008)
| Annual change by quarter % | Year-on-year change in latest month %1) |
Cumulative annual change 2) |
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| 01-03/09 | 04-06/09 | 07-09/09 | 10-12/09 | 12/09 | 01-12/2009 | |
| Total trade (G) | -14.9 | -19.0 | -17.9 | -8.0 | -1.1 | -15.0 |
| Motor vehicle trade (45) | -28.2 | -35.4 | -32.7 | -20.2 | -18.5 | -29.6 |
| Wholesale trade (46) | -16.5 | -22.0 | -21.6 | -10.0 | -0.5 | -17.7 |
| Retail trade (47) | -2.5 | -3.1 | -2.3 | 1.1 | 3.0 | -1.6 |
| - daily consumer goods trade3) | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.1 |
| 1) Annual
change compares December 2009 to the corresponding month of the
year before. 2) The cumulative annual change compares January-December 2009 to the corresponding period of the year before. 3) According to the Register of Enterprises and Establishments, the share of daily consumer goods trade (4711, 472) of turnover in retail trade was 32 per cent in 2007. |
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Revised accounting practice in motor vehicle trade
Turnover in new car sales has been recorded according to a revised accounting practice since data concerning April. Motor car tax is no longer included in turnover as in the past. An estimation of the share of the motor car tax in last year's April-December has been removed from the annual change shown for this April-December.
Source: Turnover of trade 2009, December. Statistics Finland
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Last updated 12.2.2010
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Turnover of trade [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0939. December 2009. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.12.2024].
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