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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 (2018-08-15)
HIJLMNRS Other service activities total	12/2017	3.6	4.1	0.5
	01/2018	7.3	5.9	-1.4
	02/2018	6.3	5.2	-1.1
	03/2018	2.7	2.0	-0.7
	04/2018	6.9	6.6	-0.3
H Transportation and storage	12/2017	3.8	3.2	-0.6
	01/2018	9.8	8.5	-1.3
	02/2018	6.5	5.4	-1.1
	03/2018	2.2	1.6	-0.6
	04/2018	8.2	8.1	-0.1
I Accommodation and food service activities	12/2017	9.2	9.1	-0.1
	01/2018	8.3	6.4	-1.9
	02/2018	4.7	3.1	-1.6
	03/2018	3.6	2.9	-0.7
	04/2018	6.5	6.3	-0.2
J Information and communication	12/2017	2.8	3.3	0.5
	01/2018	2.6	1.5	-1.1
	02/2018	3.4	2.5	-0.9
	03/2018	1.0	0.0	-1.0
	04/2018	3.1	2.6	-0.5
L=68 Real estate activities	12/2017	0.1	3.9	3.8
	01/2018	6.7	6.0	-0.7
	02/2018	8.5	8.6	0.1
	03/2018	3.4	3.8	0.4
	04/2018	7.4	7.9	0.5
M Professional, scientific and technical activities	12/2017	4.5	4.1	-0.4
	01/2018	11.0	8.4	-2.6
	02/2018	8.9	6.1	-2.8
	03/2018	3.4	1.7	-1.7
	04/2018	11.6	10.3	-1.3
N Administrative and support services activities	12/2017	5.7	6.1	0.4
	01/2018	12.3	11.0	-1.3
	02/2018	9.3	8.5	-0.8
	03/2018	7.4	6.8	-0.6
	04/2018	11.3	10.8	-0.5
R Arts, entertainment and recreation	12/2017	1.9	2.8	0.9
	01/2018	-2.3	-2.4	-0.1
	02/2018	3.1	2.6	-0.5
	03/2018	-1.7	-1.6	0.1
	04/2018	-5.2	-3.9	1.3
S Other service activities	12/2017	0.3	1.6	1.3
	01/2018	4.3	2.5	-1.8
	02/2018	1.8	0.0	-1.8
	03/2018	1.9	0.1	-1.8
	04/2018	5.3	4.4	-0.9

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)
HIJLMNRS Other service activities total	2014	-0.7	0.7
	2015	-0.8	0.8
	2016	-0.9	0.9
H Transportation and storage	2014	-0.1	0.4
	2015	-0.4	0.4
	2016	-0.4	0.5
I Accommodation and food service activities	2014	-0.8	0.8
	2015	-0.5	0.8
	2016	-0.7	0.7
J Information and communication	2014	-0.3	0.5
	2015	-0.5	0.5
	2016	-0.6	0.7
L=68 Real estate activities	2014	-0.8	0.9
	2015	-1.6	1.6
	2016	-1.6	1.6
M Professional, scientific and technical activities	2014	-2.0	2.0
	2015	-2.0	2.0
	2016	-2.1	2.1
N Administrative and support services activities	2014	-1.1	1.2
	2015	-0.8	0.8
	2016	-1.2	1.2
R Arts, entertainment and recreation	2014	-0.6	0.8
	2015	-0.4	0.6
	2016	-0.7	0.8
S Other service activities	2014	-0.7	1.0
	2015	-1.2	1.2
	2016	-0.8	0.8

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 service industries, Statistics Finland

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Updated 15.8.2018