Seasonally adjusted turnover decreased in August by 0.7 per cent from July. In July, seasonally adjusted turnover grew by 0.1 per cent, while in June turnover was 0.1 per cent lower than in the month before.
The turnover of large enterprises not adjusted for seasonal variation fell by 5.6 per cent in August 2015 compared with August 2014.
In January to August, turnover of large enterprises declined by 3.3 per cent from the corresponding period last year.
Excluded from the statistics are enterprises engaged in primary production, and bank and insurance activities.
The enterprises described in the statistics make up nearly 70 per cent of the turnover of all enterprises operating in Finland, represent more than one-half of the investments made and employ good 40 per cent of the personnel of all enterprises.