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Revisions in these statistics

The data of the statistics have become revised according to the table below. For more information about data revisions, see Section 3 of the quality description (only in Finnish).

Revisions to data on annual changes in main industries ¹⁾

Industry / time of publishing		2011			2012
		10	11	12	01	02
G Wholesale and retail trade	1st release	8,7	7,6	2,4	12,5	11,4
	Latest release (2012-05-14)	7,5	6,7	1,9	11,3	10,2
	Revision	-1,2	-0,9	-0,5	-1,2	-1,2
45 Wholesale and retailtrade and repair of motorvehicles and motorcycles	1st release	15,9	22,9	13,9	16,2	7,0
	Latest release (2012-05-14)	12,1	21,7	11,7	17,4	8,3
	Revision	-3,8	-1,2	-2,2	1,2	1,3
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1st release	8,7	5,7	-0,9	13,4	13,5
	Latest release (2012-05-14)	8,3	4,9	-0,9	11,9	11,2
	Revision	-0,4	-0,8	0,0	-1,5	-2,3
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1st release	5,4	5,3	4,6	9,0	9,0
	Latest release (2012-05-14)	4,0	3,9	3,6	7,0	9,2
	Revision	-1,4	-1,4	-1,0	-2,0	0,2
Retail sale in non-specialised stores (4711, 472)	1st release	5,5	7,0	4,7	8,5	9,6
	Latest release (2012-05-14)	4,1	5,7	4,4	6,7	10,0
	Revision	-1,4	-1,3	-0,3	-1,8	0,4
Department store trade (4719)	1st release	1,2	0,0	1,3	4,3	5,5
	Latest release (2012-05-14)	1,6	0,0	1,6	4,4	6,1
	Revision	0,4	0,0	0,3	0,1	0,6

1) The 1st release refers to the time when data for the reference period were released for the first time. The revision describes the difference of annual change percentages between the first and latest release.

Long-term revisions to data on annual changes in main industries

Industry	Year	Average 1)	Average for absolute values 2)
G Wholesale and retail trade	2009	-0,1	0,8
	2010	-0,3	0,9
45 Wholesale and retailtrade and repair of motorvehicles and motorcycles	2009	2,4	2,4
	2010	-1,5	2,9
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2009	-0,4	1,2
	2010	0,1	1,0
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2009	-0,5	1,0
	2010	-0,6	0,8
Retail sale in non-specialised stores (4711, 472)	2009	0,1	0,6
	2010	-0,3	0,7
Department store trade (4719)	2009	-0,6	0,7
	2010	0,1	0,9

1) Average for data revised between the first and seventh release in the statistical reference year.
2) Average for absolute values of differences between the first and seventh release.

Source: Turnover of trade, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Jarkko Niemistö 09 1734 2951, Tiina Talvio 09 1734 2698, palvelut.suhdanne@stat.fi

Director in charge: Hannele Orjala

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Updated 14.05.2012