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Description

The statistics on transit transport describe the flows of goods across the eastern Finnish border, mainly to and from Russia through Finland to other countries. The statistics monitor especially the flows of goods through Finland of the foreign trade of countries east of Finland. The examination focuses on transports on the three main forms of transport by sea, railway and road. Statistics Finland has been commissioned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications to produce transit transport statistics since 1997.

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