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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 / Reference period		Year-on-year change,%		Revision, percentage point
		1st release	Latest release (2017-07-12)
G Wholesale and retail trade	12/2016	2.1	2.2	0.1
	01/2017	7.7	10.0	2.3
	02/2017	1.7	1.5	-0.2
	03/2017	7.9	8.5	0.6
	04/2017	-0.5	-2.1	-1.6
45 Wholesale and retailtrade and repair of motorvehicles and motorcycles	12/2016	4.5	5.0	0.5
	01/2017	10.6	10.6	0.0
	02/2017	-1.0	-1.4	-0.4
	03/2017	10.6	11.6	1.0
	04/2017	-6.7	-7.9	-1.2
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	12/2016	3.4	3.4	0.0
	01/2017	10.2	13.9	3.7
	02/2017	3.0	3.5	0.5
	03/2017	10.7	10.4	-0.3
	04/2017	0.8	-1.4	-2.2
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	12/2016	-0.7	-0.5	0.2
	01/2017	2.4	3.4	1.0
	02/2017	1.0	-0.4	-1.4
	03/2017	2.2	3.6	1.4
	04/2017	0.6	-0.5	-1.1
Retail sale in non-specialised stores (4711, 472)	12/2016	0.2	0.4	0.2
	01/2017	1.9	2.0	0.1
	02/2017	0.4	-0.6	-1.0
	03/2017	0.7	0.9	0.2
	04/2017	1.9	3.1	1.2
Department store trade (4719)	12/2016	-2.8	-3.2	-0.4
	01/2017	-4.9	-1.9	3.0
	02/2017	-0.9	-1.9	-1.0
	03/2017	-1.2	0.8	2.0
	04/2017	-1.9	-1.9	0.0

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)
Total trade (G)	2013	-0.2	0.5
	2014	-0.1	0.7
	2015	0.6	0.7
Motor vehicle trade (45)	2013	-0.5	0.9
	2014	-0.5	1.2
	2015	0.3	0.9
Wholesale trade (46)	2013	-0.1	0.7
	2014	0.1	0.8
	2015	0.9	1.1
Retail trade (47)	2013	-0.5	0.8
	2014	-0.3	0.7
	2015	0.1	0.5
Daily consumer goods trade (4711, 472)	2013	0.1	0.5
	2014	-0.2	0.6
	2015	-0.2	0.4
Department store trade (4719)	2013	-0.1	0.4
	2014	-0.1	0.5
	2015	-0.3	0.4

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: Seija Karttunen 029 551 2741, palvelut.suhdanne@stat.fi

Director in charge: Sami Saarikivi

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Updated 12.07.2017