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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 (2018-11-13)
G Wholesale and retail trade	04/2018	5.9	6.8	0.9
	05/2018	6.9	7.2	0.3
	06/2018	1.6	1.4	-0.2
	07/2018	6.7	6.3	-0.4
	08/2018	4.5	4.8	0.3
45 Wholesale and retailtrade and repair of motorvehicles and motorcycles	04/2018	13.6	15.1	1.5
	05/2018	6.0	6.3	0.3
	06/2018	2.2	2.4	0.2
	07/2018	6.3	5.7	-0.6
	08/2018	8.2	9.0	0.8
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	04/2018	6.4	7.6	1.2
	05/2018	7.9	8.4	0.5
	06/2018	1.7	1.4	-0.3
	07/2018	9.2	8.5	-0.7
	08/2018	4.5	4.8	0.3
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	04/2018	1.3	1.8	0.5
	05/2018	5.5	5.7	0.2
	06/2018	1.2	1.0	-0.2
	07/2018	2.7	3.2	0.5
	08/2018	2.8	3.2	0.4
Retail sale in non-specialised stores (4711, 472)	04/2018	-1.6	-2.0	-0.4
	05/2018	6.3	6.2	-0.1
	06/2018	3.3	3.7	0.4
	07/2018	3.9	5.4	1.5
	08/2018	4.0	4.6	0.6
Department store trade (4719)	04/2018	-0.1	-0.2	-0.1
	05/2018	6.2	6.5	0.3
	06/2018	-1.0	-1.4	-0.4
	07/2018	-0.1	-0.6	-0.5
	08/2018	1.9	1.8	-0.1

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)	2014	-0.1	0.7
	2015	0.6	0.7
	2016	0.3	0.7
Motor vehicle trade (45)	2014	-0.5	1.2
	2015	0.3	0.9
	2016	0.3	0.8
Wholesale trade (46)	2014	0.1	0.8
	2015	0.9	1.1
	2016	0.8	1.1
Retail trade (47)	2014	-0.3	0.7
	2015	0.1	0.5
	2016	-0.2	0.7
Daily consumer goods trade (4711, 472)	2014	-0.2	0.6
	2015	-0.2	0.4
	2016	-0.3	0.5
Department store trade (4719)	2014	-0.1	0.5
	2015	-0.3	0.4
	2016	-0.4	0.4

1) In 2014 and 2015, the average was calculated from data revised between the first and seventh release months in the statistical reference year. The average for 2016 was calculated upon completion of the data for the first and last release months in the statistical reference year, when the official structural business and financial statement statistics are also published.
2) In 2014 to 2015, the average was calculated from the absolute values of differences between the first and seventh release months. The average for 2016 was calculated from the absolute values of differences between the first and last release months in the statistical reference year, when the official structural business and financial statement statistics are also published.

Source: Turnover of trade, Statistics Finland

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Updated 13.11.2018