Periodic survey of motor vehicle trade

Description

A survey on the volume of turnover by product group must be conducted every five years in the industry of sales of motor vehicles. The used product classification is the product classification (CPA 2008) of the European Union.

The survey is based on the European Union’s Regulation on structural business statistics (295/2008).

The data collection carried out with a web questionnaire starts in mid-September and the data are published at the end of April. The inquiry is also made in other EU countries besides Finland.

Target group

The target population of the inquiry are enterprises operating in the industry of sales of motor vehicles, whose basic data are derived from Statistics Finland’s Business Register. The sample is formed of the largest enterprises in the industry plus enterprises drawn by random selection. The size of the sample is around 200. The data obtained are inflated by means of statistical methods to represent the entire industry of motor vehicle trade.

Enterprises' obligation to provide data is based on the Statistics Act (280/2004).

Data protection

The Statistics Act obliges Statistics Finland to treat the data as confidential and use them only for statistical purposes.

Changes

The web questionnaire of the data collection was revised in 2013.

Frequency
Other regular

Last updated 7.10.2013

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