BUSINESS & TECH

Finnish food exports growing at a record rate

Foreigner.fi 28/Nov/2019

Countries where export growth has been visible include China, where there has been a particular demand for pork and powdered milk. However, Finns still import three times more than they export in…

BUSINESS & TECH

Car sales suffer seven months of falls

Foreigner.fi 06/Aug/2019

The number of new passenger cars registered decreased by 3.8% in July, which was the seventh consecutive month of decline. Since the beginning of the year, car sales fell by 12.2%.

BUSINESS & TECH

New orders in manufacturing grew by 5.5% year-on-year

Foreigner.fi 10/Apr/2019

Enterprises in all manufacturing industries received more orders than twelve months before

BUSINESS & TECH

Finland recorded an increase in industrial output at the end of 2019

Foreigner.fi 10/Feb/2020

Seasonally adjusted industrial production grew in December most in the electrical and electronics industry, by 7.2%. The decline in output was strongest in the chemical industry (-3.1%).

NEWS

Wages and salaries sum grew in all main Finnish industries

Foreigner.fi 13/Jan/2020

The growth in the wages and salaries sum was fastest in private health and social work (7.2%), other services (4.0%), financial intermediation (3.1%), manufacturing (2.7%) and trade (2.3%).

BUSINESS & TECH

Finnish industrial production grew again after months of decline

Foreigner.fi 10/Jan/2020

In November, seasonally adjusted industrial output went up by 1.3% from the month before.

BUSINESS & TECH

Research and development expenditure growing in all sectors

Foreigner.fi 24/Oct/2019

The gross domestic product (GDP) share of R&D expenditure in 2018 was 2.74%.

BUSINESS & TECH

Industrial output grew in August

Foreigner.fi 10/Oct/2019

Examined by main industry, seasonally adjusted industrial output grew most in August in the industry of mining and quarrying,

BUSINESS & TECH

Finland's industrial output increased in July

Foreigner.fi 11/Sep/2019

Output decreased from the previous month in the chemical industry (-1.4%), and in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-3.7%).

BUSINESS & TECH

Welfare of Finns dependent on the technology industry

Kelly Keodara 01/Sep/2019

700,000 people earn their living directly or indirectly within the technology industries. Technology companies annually recruit almost 30 000 skilled workers and pay billions of euros…

BUSINESS & TECH

Industrial production grew in June

Foreigner.fi 09/Aug/2019

According to Statistics Finland, in June seasonally adjusted industrial output grew both compared to the previous month and year-on-year.

WORK & STUDY

Three out of four jobs in Finland are in the service sector

Foreigner.fi 12/Jun/2019

According to Eurostat, 73.1% of jobs in Finland are in services, 22.8% in industry and 4.1% in agriculture. Employment in services increased 6.5 percentage points since the beginning of the…

BUSINESS & TECH

Consumption of hard coal decreased by 14% in the first quarter of 2019

Foreigner.fi 03/May/2019

At the end of March 2019, the stocks of coal amounted to 1.6 million tonnes, which represented an increase of 2% compared to one year before

BUSINESS & TECH

Industrial output stumbles in February

Foreigner.fi 10/Apr/2019

Output decreased most in mining and quarrying, by 11.4 per cent

WORK & STUDY

Salaries in Finland grew by 4.4 per cent in year-on-year

Foreigner.fi 13/Dec/2018

Construction, other services, private health and social work are the sectors that registered the highest raises. The private sector industries registered a greater growth than the public one.