Statistics specification: Repairs in Finland and abroad

Title of statistics

Repairs in Finland and abroad

Collector

Finnish National Board of Customs

Description

These statistics describe the import of goods for repair in Finland, the export of goods repaired in Finland, the export of goods from Finland for repair abroad, and the import of goods repaired abroad back in Finland.

Data content

When goods are imported/exported to be repaired, their values are recorded to statistics; and when they are returned, the sums of those values and the repair outlays are recorded to the statistics. Goods repaired or to be repaired are not included in the trade statistics.

According to the CN categories, these statistics indicate the values of the goods imported/exported to be repaired, the export values of goods repaired in Finland, and the import values of goods repaired abroad.

Data collecting method

The data on the import / export of goods repaired / to be repaired are collected through Intrastat declarations regarding the EU Member States, and through customs declarations regarding countries not in the EU.

Applied classifications

The compilation of statistics on commodities is based on the Combined Nomenclature CN of the EU. Export is recorded by the countries of destination according to the FOB ("free on board") value and import by the countries of origin according to the CIF ("cost, insurance and freight") value.

Uppdating frequency

Annually

Completion or publication date

These statistics are not published since 2005. Data on years after 2004 are accessible at special request only at the Statistics Unit of the National Board of Customs.

Time series

Data exist since 1981. Before that, statistical data were published on repair outlays only according to the countries. Electronic data are available on CD-ROM from 2000 to 2004, inclusive. Data on years earlier than these exist in print at the reading room or in the archives of the Statistics Service.

Keywords

import, export, repair, foreign trade

Contact information

National Board of Customs / Statistics Unit
Statistics Service, Tel. +358 20 690 603
E-mail: statistics[at]tulli.fi    (replace [at] in the address with @)
Internet: www.tulli.fi
Statistical database Uljas: uljas.tulli.fi


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