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Published: 26 May 2021

Retail trade flash estimate: turnover grew by 8.6 per cent year-on-year in April

According to Statistics Finland’s retail trade flash estimate, the working day adjusted turnover of retail trade increased by 8.6 per cent in April from April 2020. The volume of retail trade sales, from which the impact of price changes has been eliminated, increased by 8.0 per cent over the same period. In daily consumer goods trade, the working day adjusted turnover increased by 3.1 per cent in April and the sales volume, in turn, by 0.5 per cent from the corresponding period of the previous year. The development of both industries was partly due to the exceptional situation caused by the coronavirus one year earlier.

Annual change in working day adjusted turnover and sales volume of retail trade, April 2021, % (TOL 2008)

The factors caused by the variation in the number of weekdays are taken into account in adjustment for working days. This means taking into consideration the lengths of months, different weekdays and holidays.

According to the Structural business and financial statement statistics, daily consumer goods accounted for 52.7 per cent of turnover in retail trade in 2019.

The retail trade flash estimate is based on a sample covering, on the average, 60 per cent of retail trade turnover. Data on trade sales by industry will next be released on 15 June 2021.

Flash estimates on retail trade are published at a lag of just under one month from the end of the statistical reference month. The preliminary data on other trade industries are published at a lag of roughly six weeks from the end of the statistical reference month and the revised data based on total data are published at a lag of roughly ten weeks.

Source: Turnover of trade, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Suvi Kiema 029 551 3509, Mauri Niiniaho 029 551 3409, palvelut.suhdanne@stat.fi

Head of Department in charge: Katri Kaaja

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• Appendix table 1. Development of the working day adjusted turnover and sales volume of retail trade, April 2021, (TOL 2008) (26.5.2021)
• Appendix table 2. Development of the original turnover and sales volume of retail trade, April 2021, (TOL 2008) 1) (26.5.2021)

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Updated 26.05.2021