Published: 12 August 2008
Sales of retail trade grew by 3.1 per cent in June
According to Statistics Finland, retail trade sales were 3.1 per cent higher in June 2008 than one year earlier. Department store sales fell by 0.4 per cent, whereas daily consumer goods sales went up by 5.7 per cent. Wholesale trade sales went up by 10.7 per cent from the previous year. Motor vehicle sales also increased by 0.8 per cent. In total trade, sales grew by 7.9 per cent in June.
The cumulative annual change in retail trade sales over the January to June period was 7.8 per cent. In the same period the corresponding figure for motor vehicle sales stood at 5.4 per cent and for wholesale trade sales at 12.3 per cent. In total trade, sales grew by 10.1 per cent year-on-year in the January to June period.
Annual change in turnover in trade industries in latest past quarters, and in June and early part of 2008, %
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Annual change by quarter % | Annual change in latest month %* | Cumulative annual change** | |||
| 07-09/07 | 10-12/07 | 01-03/08 | 04-06/08 | 06/08 | 01-06/08 | |
| Total trade | 6.3 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 11.9 | 7.9 | 10.1 |
| Motor vehicle trade | 7.6 | -3.5 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 5.4 |
| Wholesale trade | 5.6 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 14.4 | 10.7 | 12.3 |
| Retail trade | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 7.8 |
| - daily consumer goods trade | 4.9 | 7.5 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 9.4 |
| - department store trade | 7.6 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 8.3 | -0.4 | 6.1 |
| *) Annual change compares June 2008 to
the corresponding month of the year before. **) The cumulative annual change compares January-June 2008 to the corresponding period of the year before. |
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Source: Turnover of trade 2008, June. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Retail trade: Mr Marko Tuomiaro
+358 9 1734 2705 and Ms Eeva Immonen +358 9 1734 3464
Motor vehicle trade and Wholesale trade: Ms Aila Kovanen +358 9
1734 3384
Director in charge: Ms Hannele Orjala
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Last updated 12.8.2008
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Turnover of trade [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0939. June 2008. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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