Turnover in trade decreased by 0.4 per cent in December 2024

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release | Turnover of trade 2024, December

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According to Statistics Finland, working day adjusted turnover in total trade decreased by altogether 0.4 per cent in December 2024 from the previous year. The working day adjusted volume of sales in total trade, from which the impact of price changes has been eliminated, decreased by 1.1 per cent.

Key selections

  • Turnover in trade adjusted for working days continued to fall in December 2024.
  • Seasonally adjusted turnover in trade, however, grew compared to November.

Turnover in motor vehicle trade decreased in December

Among the main industries of trade, turnover in motor vehicle trade decreased by 2.5 per cent and sales volume by 3.5 per cent in December from the previous year. 

Working day adjusted turnover in the trade industry with the biggest turnover, wholesale trade, went down by 0.5 per cent in December. Sales volume in wholesale trade declined by 0.6 per cent from one year back. 

Turnover in retail trade increased by 3.6 per cent and sales volume by 2.3 per cent in
December from one year back.

Seasonally adjusted turnover grew compared to November

Seasonally adjusted turnover in total trade increased by 0.8 per cent in December compared to November. Seasonally adjusted sales volume went up by 0.4 per cent from the previous month. In November, seasonally adjusted turnover grew by 0.2 per cent from the previous month. Seasonally adjusted sales volume, in turn, decreased by 0.2 per cent compared to October.

Change

The latest industries defined by the Business Register will be adopted in the statistics in January 2025. 
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Tables

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Annual change in working day adjusted turnover and sales volume in total trade (G), %

Data revisions

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Revision of annual changes in working day adjusted turnover in industries of trade

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Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Turnover of trade [online publication].
Reference period: 2024, December. ISSN=1799-0939. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 1.2.2025].
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