HELSINKI: According to the statics of Finland’s the manufacturing turnover cut down to 4% in the period of November 2014 to January 2015 as compared with the pervious correspondence year. Domestic sales contracted by 5.6 per cent and export turnover by 2.8 per cent from one year ago.
Turnover went down from the corresponding period of the previous year in all manufacturing sub-industries. Three months’ year-on-year change in turnover in main industrial categories (TOL 2008). Source: Index of turnover in industry 2015, January, Statistics Finland.
Turnover contracted most in the chemical industry, by 13.1 per cent, in the electrical and electronics industry by 9.0 per cent, and in the textile, clothing and leather industry by 6.9 per cent. The turnover in the metal industry decreased least, by 1.3 per cent. The turnover of the main categories of other industries also declined.
The turnover in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply contracted by 2.1 per cent, in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities by 2.4 per cent, and in mining and quarrying activities by 8.2 per cent year-on-year.
