Turnover of construction enterprises fell by over 5 per cent in January to March from the year before

Corrected on 17 June 2013. The corrections are indicated in red.

The turnover of construction enterprises contracted by 5.4 per cent in the first quarter of the year from the corresponding period of the year before. The turnover of civil engineering fell by 9.6 per cent and that of construction of buildings by 6.1 per cent. The turnover of specialised construction activities decreased by 3.7 per cent in the January to March period.

Year-on-year change in turnover in the 1/2013 – 3/2013 and 1/2012 – 3/2012 time periods, % (TOL 2008)

The sales volume of construction enterprises was 7.2 per cent down year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013. The sales volume of civil engineering contracted by 10.6 per cent, that of building construction by 8.6 per cent, and that of specialised construction activities by 5.9 per cent.

The volume index of enterprises’ sales is calculated by removing the effect of price changes from the turnover index series.

Source: Index of turnover of construction 2013, March, Statistics Finland

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Appendix table 1. Year-on-year change in turnover by industry, % (TOL 2008) (12.6.2013)

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Revisions in these statistics (12.6.2013)

Updated 17.6.2013

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Index of turnover of construction [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-5935. March 2013. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 8.10.2013].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/rlv/2013/03/rlv_2013_03_2013-06-12_tie_001_en.html.

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