Published: 13 March 2018
Turnover of construction enterprises grew in October to December by 7.7 per cent year-on-year
According to Statistics Finland, the turnover of construction enterprises grew by 7.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2017. In the corresponding period one year earlier, the growth amounted to 7.3 per cent. The sales volume of construction grew by 3.8 per cent in October to December. The turnover of construction grew by 8.4 per cent in 2017.
Three months' year-on-year change in turnover of construction (TOL 2008)
All construction industries increased from the corresponding period of the year before. The growth was strongest in building construction, where 10.6 per cent more turnover was accumulated than one year earlier. The turnover of specialised construction activities increased by 7.1 per cent and that of civil engineering by 1.0 per cent.
The sales volume of construction enterprises grew in October to December by 6.6 per cent in building construction and by 3.2 per cent in specialised construction activities. The sales volume of civil engineering went down by 1.1 per cent.
The volume index of enterprises’ sales is calculated by removing the effect of price changes from the turnover index series.
Index of turnover of construction will adopt base year 2015=100 from the January 2018 data. Data using the new base year will be published for the first time on 12 April 2018.
Source: Index of turnover of construction 2017, December, Statistics Finland
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Index of turnover of construction [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-5935. December 2017. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
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