Year: 2025

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According to the Finnish Commerce Federation’s calculations, Finland will lose a significant amount of tax revenue due to the wave of e-commerce goods arriving from outside the EU. In addition to the loss of tax revenue, distance selling outside the EU threatens the employment of domestic commerce, consumer safety and the circular economy. Solutions can be found, for example, in the monitoring of distance selling, improving consumers' purchasing power and strengthening the competitiveness of domestic commerce.

The Finnish Commerce Federation is pleased that the government maintained the decisions related to reducing income taxation that were agreed in the spring. The solution supports domestic demand and gives consumers more purchasing power. Instead of cuts, innovation funding should be increased to improve productivity.

The Finnish Commerce Federation supports the liberalisation of the sale of over-the-counter medicines outside pharmacies, as in the other Nordic countries. However, in the model proposed by the government, the benefits for consumers threaten to be minor. The range to be liberated should be expanded and the sales operating model should be significantly corrected.

According to the Finnish Commerce Federation’s forecast, the growth of commerce will only start to show next year when geopolitical changes keep both consumers and wholesale trade customer companies cautious. Although the declining employment situation has increased the caution of consumers, the increasing purchasing power is gradually starting to be reflected in retail sector sales. However, the employment rate of the private sector’s by far largest employer, commerce, continues to decline. Political decision-makers should remember that significant growth in employment is difficult to achieve without vital commerce and other service sectors.