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Revisions in these statistics

The data of the statistics have become revised according to the table below. Revisions to annual changes in all industries published from the statistics are presented in the StatFin database tables on the monthly level and on the annual level . For more information about data revisions, see Section 3 of the quality description (only in Finnish).

Revision of annual changes in working day adjusted turnover in industries of trade ¹⁾

Industry / Reference period		Year-on-year change,%		Revision, percentage point
		1st release	Latest release (2021-11-15)
G Total trade	04/2021	16.9	15.6	-1.3
	05/2021	13.5	12.3	-1.2
	06/2021	10.8	10.4	-0.4
	07/2021	7.7	8.3	0.6
	08/2021	7.3	7.8	0.5
45 Motor vehicle trade	04/2021	46.2	43.9	-2.3
	05/2021	37.8	34.6	-3.2
	06/2021	17.6	17.7	0.1
	07/2021	3.7	5.5	1.8
	08/2021	5.8	7.9	2.1
46 Wholesale trade	04/2021	13.3	11.9	-1.4
	05/2021	12.5	12.2	-0.3
	06/2021	12.2	11.8	-0.4
	07/2021	10.4	11.0	0.6
	08/2021	9.4	10.4	1.0
47 Retail trade	04/2021	11.7	11.1	-0.6
	05/2021	6.3	4.8	-1.5
	06/2021	5.8	5.4	-0.4
	07/2021	5.3	5.3	0.0
	08/2021	4.9	4.0	-0.9
Daily consumer goods trade (4711, 472)	04/2021	4.7	3.7	-1.0
	05/2021	1.7	0.4	-1.3
	06/2021	4.3	3.6	-0.7
	07/2021	4.3	4.8	0.5
	08/2021	3.3	1.9	-1.4
Department store trade (4719)	04/2021	17.9	17.2	-0.7
	05/2021	3.3	3.3	0.0
	06/2021	4.0	3.6	-0.4
	07/2021	5.1	5.0	-0.1
	08/2021	5.8	5.3	-0.5
Specialised store trade (474-477)	04/2021	18.2	18.8	0.6
	05/2021	10.5	8.9	-1.6
	06/2021	6.2	6.3	0.1
	07/2021	3.4	4.1	0.7
	08/2021	5.2	5.5	0.3

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 working day adjusted turnover in industries of trade

Industry / Year		Average 1)	Average for absolute values 2)
G Total trade	2017	0.0	0.6
	2018	0.2	0.6
	2019	-0.1	0.4
45 Motor vehicle trade	2017	0.1	0.6
	2018	0.6	1.1
	2019	0.4	0.5
46 Wholesale trade	2017	0.0	0.8
	2018	0.3	0.8
	2019	-0.3	0.8
47 Retail trade	2017	-0.2	0.6
	2018	-0.1	0.5
	2019	0.0	0.4
Daily consumer goods trade (4711, 472)	2017	-0.2	0.5
	2018	0.3	0.4
	2019	-0.1	0.3
Department store trade (4719)	2017	0.1	0.9
	2018	-0.3	0.3
	2019	0.0	0.2

1) The average have been 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) The average have been 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

Inquiries: Lauri Pullinen 029 551 3043, Mauri Niiniaho 029 551 3409, kauppa.suhdanne@stat.fi

Head of Department in charge: Katri Kaaja

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Updated 15.11.2021