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1 Services 2018 Turnover in service industries 2018, September Turnover in service industries increased by 4.9 per cent year-on-year in July to September According to Statistics Finland, turnover in service industries grew by 4.9 per cent in July to September from the corresponding period of the year before. Professional, scientific and technical activities (+6.5%), administrative and support service activities (+6.2%), information and communication (+6.2%) and real estate activities (+5.2%) developed more strongly than average for service industries. Transportation and storage activities as well as accommodation and food service activities developed slightly more moderately. Services are here examined exclusive of trade. Helsinki Quoting is encouraged provided Statistics Finland is acknowledged as the source.

2 Three months' year-on-year change in turnover in services (TOL 2008) Among the sub-industries of professional, scientific and technical activities, growth was most rapid for scientific research and development (+19.0%). Legal and accounting activities (+10.5%) also strongly boosted the industry while the development in the other sub-industries was weaker. In the industry of administrative and support service activities, most growth took place in employment activities (+9.1%) and office administrative, office support and other business support activities (+7.4%). Correspondingly, travel agency and tour operator activities and other reservation services increased by 6.3 per cent. The growth in information and communication activities was upheld especially by the sub-industry of information services activities (+18.6%). The turnover of motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities also increased (+17.2%) strongly. Programming and broadcasting slowed down the development of the turnover in the branch with an 8.1 per cent drop from the corresponding period one year earlier. Transportation and storage activities increased by per cent year-on-year. Of its sub-industries, land and rail transport rose by 4.7 per cent and warehousing and support activities for transportation by 3.6 per cent. Accommodation and food service activities (+4.1%) increased most due to food and beverage service activities growing by 5.0 per cent from the previous year, while the development of accommodation was 1.1 per cent. 2

3 Contents Tables Appendix tables Appendix table 1. Year-on-year change in turnover by industry, % (TOL 2008)...4 Figures Appendix figures Appendix figure 1. Turnover of service industries, trend series (TOL 2008)...5 Appendix figure 2. Turnover of service industries, trend series (TOL 2008)...5 Revisions in these statistics...6 3

4 Appendix tables Appendix table 1. Year-on-year change in turnover by industry, % (TOL 2008) HIJLMNRS Other service activities total H Transportation and storage I Accommodation and food service activities J Information and communication L=68 Real estate activities M Professional, scientific and technical activities N Administrative and support services activities R Arts, entertainment and recreation S Other service activities Year-on-year change by three-month period, % 1) Cumulative year-on-year change, % 1) 10-12/ / / / Year-on-year change in the latest month, % 1) 09/2018 1) Year-on-year change compares the value for an examined time period to the value for the corresponding time period twelve months back

5 Appendix figures Appendix figure 1. Turnover of service industries, trend series (TOL 2008) Appendix figure 2. Turnover of service industries, trend series (TOL 2008) 5

6 Revisions in these statistics The data of the statistics have become revised according to the table below. For more information about data revisions, see Section 3 of the quality description (only in Finnish). Revision of annual changes in turnover in main industries 1) Industry / Reference period HIJLMNRS Other service activities total H Transportation and storage Year-on-year change,% 1st release Latest release ( ) Revision, percentage point I Accommodation and food service 6.7 activities -1.5 J Information and communication L=68 Real estate activities M Professional, scientific and technical activities N Administrative and support services activities R Arts, entertainment and recreation

7 Industry / Reference period S Other service activities Year-on-year change,% 1st release Latest release ( ) Revision, percentage point 1) The 1st release refers to the time when data for the reference period were released for the first time. The revision describes the difference of annual change percentages between the first and latest release Revision of long-term annual changes in turnover in main industries Industry HIJLMNRS Other service activities total H Transportation and storage I Accommodation and food service activities J Information and communication L=68 Real estate activities Year Average 1) Average for absolute values 2) M Professional, scientific and technical activities N Administrative and support services activities R Arts, entertainment and recreation S Other service activities 1) In and, the average was calculated from data revised between the first and seventh release months in the statistical reference year. The average for was calculated upon completion of the data for the first and last release months in the statistical reference year, when the official structural business and financial statement statistics are also published. 2) In to, the average was calculated from the absolute values of differences between the first and seventh release months. The average for was calculated from the absolute values of differences between the first and last release months in the statistical reference year, when the official structural business and financial statement statistics are also published

8 Services 2018 Inquiries Aki Niskanen Katja Liukkonen Director in charge: Mari Ylä-Jarkko Source: Turnover of service industries, Statistics Finland Communication and Information Services, Statistics Finland tel Publication orders, Edita Publishing Oy tel ISSN = Official Statistics of Finland ISSN (pdf)