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Published: 25 September 2014

Greenhouse gas emissions decreased in manufacturing and energy supply in 2012

The fallen industrial production and the lower use of fossil fuels and peat decreased greenhouse gas emissions in Finland in 2012. Besides imported electricity, the use of oil, coal, natural gas and peat was replaced by wood fuels, whose carbon dioxide emissions are not counted in greenhouse gas emissions. In contrast, households' greenhouse gas emissions grew slightly. These data derive from Statistics Finland's statistics on emissions into air by industry, where emissions are calculated according to the industrial classification used in national accounts.

Greenhouse gas emissions by industry 2011 and 2012, million tonnes CO2 equivalent

Carbon dioxide emissions originating from biofuels grew in almost all industry groups as the use of wood fuels and liquid biofuels increased. Greenhouse gas emissions in transportation and storage went down by nearly 13 per cent mainly as transports decreased, but the increase in liquid biofuels also contributed to this.

In addition to greenhouse gas emissions, the division of air emissions by industry is included in the statistics on many different emission types. In 2012, 39 per cent of nitrogen dioxide was produced by the transportation and storage industry, 17 per cent by energy supply and 16 per cent by manufacturing. Over 50 per cent of carbon monoxide emissions originated from households. Energy supply and manufacturing both produced good 30 per cent of sulphur dioxide emissions, and transportation and storage slightly under 30 per cent.

Emissions into air by industry groups 2012, tonnes

	Greenhouse gases (CO2-foss, CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC, SF6) CO2-eq. 1) 2) 3)	Biomass carbon dioxide (CO2-bio)	Sulphur dioxide (SO2)	Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)	Carbon monoxide (CO)	Ammonia (NH3)
A 01, 03 Agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, hunting	7 303 443	682 216	970	9 550	17 191	33 364
A 02 Forestry	392 519	8 397	2	1 585	16 419	7
B Mining and quarrying	200 477	3 265	188	274	80	0
C 10 - 12 Food industry, etc.	283 192	30 454	620	395	137	0
C 16, 17 Forest industry	3 126 208	18 599 125	5 138	18 109	21 245	32
C 19, 20 Oil refining and manufacture of chemicals	4 320 865	94 468	10 114	4 966	1 332	333
C 24, 25 Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products	5 121 099	2 005	5 365	3 893	946	152
C 13 - 15, 18, 21 - 23, 26 - 33 Other industries	1 555 535	15 424	1 147	2 985	256	168
D Energy management	17 759 792	8 868 138	22 032	32 076	13 632	5
E Water supply and waste management	2 439 871	78 255	39	1 030	1 477	152
F Construction	1 899 833	49 714	120	12 055	9 851	99
G Trade	551 589	31 706	144	353	4 801	13
H 49 Land transport	4 446 729	331 504	135	16 795	11 930	728
H 50 Water transport	2 859 164	179 580	18 662	47 475	7 018	8
H 51 Air transport	2 724 123	14 229	674	7 949	8 142	34
H 52, 53 Support activities for transportation, postal activities	121 334	18 860	79	263	12 962	6
L Real estate activities	966 505	2 819 388	1 087	3 756	65 171	11
I - K, M - S Other service activities and administration	1 753 746	195 617	710	5 532	23 037	270
Households	6 060 217	3 578 854	1 147	19 195	228 232	1 355
TOTAL	63 886 242	35 601 199	68 376	188 237	443 859	36 735

1) Greenhouse gases: fossil carbon dioxide (CO2-fos), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), perfluorocarbon (PFC), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
2) Greenhouse gases do not include organic carbon dioxide. In the greenhouse gas inventory, organic carbon dioxide emissions are reported in the land use, land-use change and forestry sector, where the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by forest or other vegetation is also taken into account in the net emissions.
3) CO2 equivalent has been calculated for methane, nitrous oxide and F-gases using GWP multipliers of the IPCC's 2nd assessment report.

The statistics on emissions into air by industry are part of environmental accounts, where the main principle is to describe the interaction between the environment and the economy. In the statistics, emissions are presented according to the industrial classification used in national accounts. In this way, the data on emissions into air can be directly connected to various monetary variables of national accounts, such as total output and value added. Data on emissions into air by industry can also be connected to data on environmental taxes by industry.

The statistics on emissions into air by industry are calculated according to the EU Regulation on environmental accounts. The industrial classification and division used in the statistics differ from the sector division used in the reporting of the greenhouse gas emissions to the UNFCCC. The statistics do not take into consideration the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by forest or other vegetation either.

Differing from the greenhouse gas inventory and greenhouse gas reporting, the statistics on emissions into air by industry also contain Finnish citizens' emissions from land, water and air transport abroad. In turn, emissions by foreign citizens from transport on Finnish territory are subtracted from the emissions into air by industry. The definition of transport corresponds with the methods of national accounts in which households' transport is included in private consumption. Due to definitional differences, the total volume of greenhouse gas emissions by industry is higher than in the Greenhouse Gas Inventory reported to the UNFCCC.

Source: Emissions into air by industry 2012, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Niina Autio 029 551 3406, Jukka Muukkonen 029 551 3224, ymparisto.energia@stat.fi

Director in charge: Leena Storgårds

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• Appendix table 1. Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-fos, CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC, SF6) by industry as carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2 eq.) in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)
• Appendix table 2. Fossil carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) by industry in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)
• Appendix table 3. Biomass carbon dioxide emissions (CO2-bio) by industry in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)
• Appendix table 4. Nitrous oxide emissions (N2O) by industry in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)
• Appendix table 5. Methane emissions (CH4) by industry in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)
• Appendix table 6. Ammonia emissions (NH3) by industry in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)
• Appendix table 7. Sulphur dioxide emissions (SO2) by industry in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)
• Appendix table 8. Nitrogen dioxide emissions (NO2) by industry in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)
• Appendix table 9. Carbon monoxide emissions (CO) by industry in 2008 to 2012, tonnes (25.9.2014)

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Updated 25.9.2014