Study title

Finland's Foreign Trade: Value of Imports 1840-2000

Dataset ID Number

FSD3026

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3026
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3026

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Hjerppe, Riitta (University of Helsinki. Department of Economics and Political Studies)

Abstract

The data contain information on the fair value of Finnish foreign imports between 1840 and 2000. The data were gathered from the Official Statistics of Finland by Statistics Finland, and the monograph entitled "Suomen taloushistoria. 3: Historiallinen tilasto" (by Kaarina Vattula), which has also been translated into English under the title "The Economic History of Finland 3, Historical Statistics". The data contain 160 years of Finnish import data. The data gathering was financed by the University of Helsinki, the Academy of Finland, and the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation.

The data contain yearly import values categorised by geographical target domain. The values of imports from Russia (including the Soviet Union), Great Britain, Germany (including West and East Germany), Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands, Belgium (including Luxembourg), Italy, France, the United States, Japan, and China are displayed. Furthermore, the values of imports are displayed in relation to larger geographical areas, such as Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. The data also contain variables for the total value of imports and the volume index of imports (with the index for year 1926 being 100).

Keywords

economic systems; exports and imports; international trade; markets (economics); national economy; trade

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Economic conditions and indicators (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Economic systems and development (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Hjerppe, Riitta (University of Helsinki. Department of Economics and Political Studies)

Time Period Covered

1840 – 2000

Collection Dates

1999 – 2006

Nation

Belgium, China, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United States

Geographical Coverage

Europe, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, German Democratic Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, America, United States, Asia, Japan, China, Oceania, Africa

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Political-administrative area (Nation)

Event/Process/Activity

Universe

Nations and geographic regions listed above

Time Method

Time series

Data Sources

Vattula, Kaarina (toim.) (1983). Suomen taloushistoria 3. Historiallinen tilasto. Helsinki: Tammi. Sivut 232 - 241.

Suomen Virallinen Tilasto. I. Kauppa ja merenkulku 1856 - 1902.

Suomen Virallinen Tilasto. I. A. Suomen kauppa ulkovaltojen kanssa sekä tullilaitoksen kanto 1903 - 1924.

Suomen Virallinen Tilasto. I. A. Ulkomaankauppa 1925 -.

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The data list Finnish import data by nation or geographic area from the statistics available. The data were gathered between 1999 and 2006.

Collection Mode

Compilation/Synthesis

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Secondary data collection guide

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3027 Finland's Foreign Trade: Value of Exports 1840-2000

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data contain two kinds of missing information (missing: system): (1) the information is not available (2) the occurrence of information is logically impossible (for example, after the reunification of East and West Germany, the information is only available on unified Germany). The value "system missing" is used for both of these instances (a point in the data matrix).

The currency that the values correspond with in a given year is specified in the variable labels. Furthermore, variable labels and the codebook contain additional information if the variables contain information on several countries in a given year. Since 1935, imports have been defined by country of origin and exports (in the dataset FSD3027) by country of consumption. Before 1935, imports have been defined by the country where they were purchased, and exports by the country they were sold to. The geographic definition (Nation) follows the country codes of 2017. Nations and regions that have their own individual variables within the data are specified under "target domain".

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Hjerppe, Riitta (University of Helsinki): Finland's Foreign Trade: Value of Imports 1840-2000 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2017-02-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3026

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Other Material

See downloadable files at the top of the page.

Time Series by Finnish Customs

Time series published by the Finnish Customs are also worth looking at as they contain data after the year 2000.

Related Publications

Hjerppe, Riitta (1988). Suomen talous 1860 - 1985. Kasvu ja rakennemuutos. Helsinki: Suomen Pankin julkaisuja, Kasvututkimuksia XIII, Helsinki.

Hjerppe, Riitta & Lamberg, Juha-Antti (1997): Finland's International Economic Relations. Historiallinen aikakauskirja 1997:2. Sivut 136 - 143.

Hjerppe, Riitta (1993). Finland's Foreign Trade and Trade Policy in the 20th Century. Scandinavian Journal of History 18. Sivut 57 - 76.