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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).

Revisions to annual changes in working day adjusted turnover in sectors of construction ¹⁾

Industry / Reference period		Year-on-year change, %		Revision, percentage point
		1st release	Latest release (2019-07-12)
F Construction	12/2018	14.7	15.0	0.3
	01/2019	6.5	3.3	-3.2
	02/2019	7.0	7.4	0.4
	03/2019	9.0	10.6	1.6
	04/2019	14.1	15.8	1.7
41 Construction of buildings	12/2018	24.5	23.4	-1.1
	01/2019	7.8	3.4	-4.4
	02/2019	7.2	5.0	-2.2
	03/2019	9.8	8.9	-0.9
	04/2019	18.4	18.3	-0.1
42 Civil engineering	12/2018	6.0	3.1	-2.9
	01/2019	10.7	4.7	-6.0
	02/2019	10.2	11.3	1.1
	03/2019	17.5	19.7	2.2
	04/2019	16.2	21.2	5.0
43 Specialised construction activities	12/2018	5.1	9.4	4.3
	01/2019	6.2	2.9	-3.3
	02/2019	5.9	9.5	3.6
	03/2019	6.2	10.7	4.5
	04/2019	7.4	11.8	4.4

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 long-term annual changes in turnover in sectors of construction

Industry/Year		Average 1)	Average for absolute values 2)
F Construction	2015	-1.6	1.7
	2016	-1.3	1.3
	2017	-1.4	1.4
41 Construction of buildings	2015	-2.0	2.3
	2016	-1.1	1.1
	2017	-1.3	1.7
42 Civil engineering	2015	-1.2	1.7
	2016	-0.2	2.4
	2017	-0.7	2.9
43 Specialised construction activities	2015	-1.4	1.4
	2016	-1.9	1.9
	2017	-1.7	1.7

1) In 2015, the average was calculated from data revised between the first and seventh release months in the statistical reference year. The average for 2016 and 2017 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. The data were calculated from annual changes in the original index series.
2) In 2015, the average was calculated from the absolute values of differences between the first and seventh release months. The average for 2016 and 2017 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. The data were calculated from annual changes in the original index series.

Source: Index of turnover of construction 2019, May, Statistics Finland

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Director in charge: Mari Ylä-Jarkko

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Updated 12.7.2019