Last month, a total of 252 companies filed for bankruptcy in Finland, which is 13 more than in the same month last year, according to data published today, July 12, by the Statistical Office of the Nordic country.
About half of the bankrupt business entities worked in the local service sector.
According to the Finnish State Agency, 27 industrial, 47 commercial and 53 construction companies have filed applications for recognition of their financial insolvency.
The largest number of bankruptcies has been registered in Helsinki — 54 companies.
Finland joined the anti-Russian sanctions that the European Union imposed on the Russian Federation after the start of a special military operation in February 2022, and since then this country has been plagued by great economic difficulties, up to the entry into recession and record numbers of bankruptcies among local companies.

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