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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).

Revision of annual changes in turnover in main industries ¹⁾

Industry		2011	2012
		12	01	02	03	04
G Wholesale and retail trade	1st release, %	2,4	12,5	11,4	10,8	1,7
	Latest release (2012-07-13), %	1,9	10,9	10,3	8,6	1,3
	Revision, percentage point	-0,5	-1,6	-1,1	-2,2	-0,4
45 Wholesale and retailtrade and repair of motorvehicles and motorcycles	1st release, %	13,9	16,2	7,0	46,3	-13,5
	Latest release (2012-07-13), %	11,4	17,1	8,3	37,6	-13,2
	Revision, percentage point	-2,5	0,9	1,3	-8,7	0,3
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1st release, %	-0,9	13,4	13,5	2,4	6,1
	Latest release (2012-07-13), %	-0,8	11,5	11,5	2,1	5,0
	Revision, percentage point	0,1	-1,9	-2,0	-0,3	-1,1
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1st release, %	4,6	9,0	9,0	9,0	1,4
	Latest release (2012-07-13), %	3,6	6,8	8,9	7,8	1,7
	Revision, percentage point	-1,0	-2,2	-0,1	-1,2	0,3
Retail sale in non-specialised stores (4711, 472)	1st release, %	4,7	8,5	9,6	9,8	1,6
	Latest release (2012-07-13), %	4,4	6,5	9,7	9,2	2,1
	Revision, percentage point	-0,3	-2,0	0,1	-0,6	0,5
Department store trade (4719)	1st release, %	1,3	4,3	5,5	9,0	-2,4
	Latest release (2012-07-13), %	1,6	4,5	6,1	9,6	-1,6
	Revision, percentage point	0,3	0,2	0,6	0,6	0,8

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.

Revision of long-term annual changes in turnover 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 13.07.2012