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According to Statistics Estonia, more than 4,000 persons have already expressed their wish to work for the 2011 Population and Housing Census. Large-scale job competitions will be announced this autumn.

According to Statistics Estonia, in September 2009 exports of goods from Estonia at current prices totalled 9.3 billion kroons and imports to Estonia amounted to 10.2 billion kroons. Machinery and equipment held the biggest share in exports and oil products in imports.

According to Statistics Estonia, the most active practitioners of amateur cultural activities in Estonia are the 10–24-year-old young people, among whom singing is the most popular activity.

According to Statistics Estonia, in the 1st quarter of 2009, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 12,147 kroons and the hourly gross wages and salaries were 76.53 kroons. Compared to the 1st quarter of the previous year, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were by 1.5% lower and the average hourly gross wages and salaries were by 2.4% higher. Since 1993, the average monthly gross wages and salaries decreased for the first time as compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

According to Statistics Estonia, in December 2008 compared to December of the previous year the retail sales of goods of retail trade enterprises decreased 9% at constant prices.

Construction volume decreased more than a tenth in the previous year According to preliminary data of Statistics Estonia, in 2010 the total production of Estonian construction enterprises in Estonia and in foreign countries amounted to 1.3 billion euros (20.1 billion kroons), which is 13% less than a year earlier. The construction volumes which had started to decline in 2008 kept decreasing in 2010, too.

Today, on 16 October, Statistics Estonia holds the opening seminar of the “Increased availability of gender pay gap statistics” project at Swissôtel in Tallinn. It is a subproject of the “Promoting gender equality and work and family life balance” programme of Norway Grants in the period 2009–2014.

According to Statistics Estonia, today, on 18 November the SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) survey starts in Estonia, which provides for the first time a thorough overview about state of health and coping of persons aged 50 and older. It is an international survey conducted simultaneously in 19 European countries.

According to Statistics Estonia, in June 2010 the producer price index decreased by 0.1% compared to May and increased by 3.9% compared to June of the previous year.

According to Statistics Estonia, in May 2010 compared to May of the previous year, exports of goods grew by 39% and imports by 47% at current prices. In May the growth in exports and imports was the biggest of this year.