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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 (2018-06-13)
F Construction	10/2017	10.0	9.1	-0.9
	11/2017	8.4	6.9	-1.5
	12/2017	6.3	5.8	-0.5
	01/2018	9.8	7.7	-2.1
	02/2018	5.5	4.3	-1.2
41 Construction of buildings	10/2017	15.9	14.6	-1.3
	11/2017	8.0	6.5	-1.5
	12/2017	9.8	9.1	-0.7
	01/2018	11.6	9.5	-2.1
	02/2018	10.3	8.9	-1.4
42 Civil engineering	10/2017	-1.8	-2.0	-0.2
	11/2017	7.2	6.0	-1.2
	12/2017	-0.6	-1.2	-0.6
	01/2018	4.0	1.3	-2.7
	02/2018	-9.6	-10.6	-1.0
43 Specialised construction activities	10/2017	8.9	7.9	-1.0
	11/2017	9.0	7.5	-1.5
	12/2017	5.3	5.1	-0.2
	01/2018	9.3	7.2	-2.1
	02/2018	3.9	3.0	-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.

Revisions to data on long-term annual changes in main industries

Industry	Year	Average 1)	Average for absolute values 2)
F Construction	2014	-1.5	1.5
	2015	-1.6	1.7
	2016	-1.3	1.3
41 Construction of buildings	2014	-1.8	1.8
	2015	-2.0	2.3
	2016	-1.1	1.1
42 Civil engineering	2014	-0.7	1.7
	2015	-1.2	1.7
	2016	-0.2	2.4
43 Specialised construction activities	2014	-1.5	1.5
	2015	-1.4	1.4
	2016	-1.9	1.9

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: Index of turnover of construction 2018, March, Statistics Finland

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Updated 13.6.2018