Norway Yearbook - 1996

Transport and communication
439 Norwegian Postal Administration. Post offices, persons employed and traffic
Unit 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Post offices, stationary. Number 2 536 2455 2498 2451 2414 2356
Post offices, travelling ' 1
Persons employed " 32 738 32 533 31 800 30875 31 025 29757
Number of items of mail,
total 1000 2031482 2130673 2201 657 2270 121 2285451 2262212
Domestic ' 1919160 2018909 2089051 2151711 2159632 2 144539
Foreign, sent ' 38667 39988 40677 43 697 45996 42 767
Foreign, received " 73655 71 776 71 929 74713 79823 74906
Letter post, postage paid ' 1 845454 1 938 546 2019527 2089 125 2158833 2158919
A and B post items . ' 744 691 768 093 813 156 825902 875 587 904415
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C post items ' 750315 812753 845 365 893 717 876 863 881 176
Insured letters ' 135 114 245 270 260 415
Registered articles ' 5387 5 122 4685 4603 4449 3718
.
Newspapers and
periodicals 344926 352464 356076 364633 401674 369 195
Articles exempted from
postage 69 546 81 037 73119 75 108 26823 17043
Parcels " 26638 25238 26263 26079 26346 25939
Express mail services . ' 128 186 197 197 200 191
Rikstoto coupons " 4382 3239 1 854 917
Transfer forms1 " 55 575 52934 50854 50386 49136 41 200
Postal cheques ' 29759 29493 29843 28309 24 113 18920
1lncluding money orders.
Source: Norway Post. More information: Division for Transport and Tourism Statistics.
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Norwegian Postal Ad ministration. Profit and loss account1. 1 000 kroner
1992 1993 1994 19952
Surplus 207 200 280 600 428 500 343 300
Receipts, total 9309000 9667100 10113900 9974200
Postal receipts 6789200 7358600 7672400 7 508 600
Allowance for Post Office Savings Banks
services 546200 534400 426700 1 245 400
Receipts from other services 411 000 508 100 567 800 410 100
Financial receipts 1515200 901 000 i 152600 167 500
Miscellaneous receipts 47400 365 000 294400 642 600
Expenditure, total 9101 800 9386500 9685400 9630900
Wages and social expenditure for staff 6013700 6050300 6292300 6298900
Purchases of goods and services 2481100 2758700 2827400 2811 500
Financial expenditure 302600 254900 250500 206800
Depreciation 252400 264600 315200 306800
Interest 52000 58000 0 6900
1According to the cash principle. 2Excluding the Post Giro which isa part of Norway Post Bank since 1 January 1995. 3Return on the primary
capital in the Post Bank is included.
Source: Norway Post. More information: Division for Transport and Tourism Statistics.
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