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Appendix table 5. Sulphur dioxide emissions (SO2) 2008-2010, tonnes

Industry (TOL2008) 2008 2009 2010
INDUSTRIES TOTAL 83 665 74 942 82 905
Agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, hunting 1 360 1 343 1 370
Forestry and logging 4 3 4
Mining and quarrying 198 116 153
Manufacturing 29 567 25 214 26 559
     Food industry 551 951 826
     Forest industry 7 195 5 285 5 887
     Petroleum refining and chemical industry 10 785 10 337 11 044
     Metal industry 8 826 7 310 7 476
     Other industries 2 210 1 332 1 326
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 26 185 27 404 31 255
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and
remediation activities		 77 60 84
Construction 125 135 149
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles
and motorcycles		 57 58 136
Transportation and storage 25 595 20 125 22 617
     Land transport and transport via pipelines 131 139 103
     Water transport 24 442 19 047 21 702
     Air transport 872 808 742
     Postal activities and support activities for transportation 151 131 70
Real estate activities 137 111 181
Accomodation, communication, financial, administrative,
education, social work and other service activities		 359 373 398
HOUSEHOLDS TOTAL 2 776 2 920 3 300
     Transport 33 29 28
     Heating 2 742 2 891 3 271
     Other 1 1 1
AIR EMISSIONS TOTAL 86 441 77 862 86 205
(-) Finnish residents' transport emissions abroad 24 078 18 885 21 349
(+) non-residents' transport emissions in Finland 9 9 7
(+/-) other bridging items 6 423 102 2 220
Reported emissions as per UNFCCC in 2012 68 795 59 088 67 083

Source: Emissions into air by industry 2010, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Niina Autio 09 1734 3406, Jukka Muukkonen 09 1734 3224, ymparisto.energia@stat.fi

Director in charge: Leena Storgårds

Updated 16.1.2013

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Emissions into air by industry [e-publication].
ISSN=2323-7600. 2010, Appendix table 5. Sulphur dioxide emissions (SO2) 2008-2010, tonnes . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.10.2025].
Access method: http://stat.fi/til/tilma/2010/tilma_2010_2013-01-16_tau_005_en.html