Norway Yearbook - 2003

Financial markets
572 Bankruptcy proceedings, by industry1
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Total bankruptcy proceedings 3500 3458 3333 3347 3243 3576 3562 4473
Agriculture, hunting and forestry 53 55 11 9 9 17 13 21
Fishing 26 16 14 18 9 24 21 24
Mining and quarrying 9 8 9 3 2 4 2 5
Manufacturing, total 323 289 235 243 217 250 253 300
Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco 51 41 54 53 25 32 34 40
Manufacture of textiles and textile products 15 19 10 7 8 12 12 8
Manufacture of leather and leather products - 3 1 1 - 1 1
Manufacture of wood and wood products 28 22 21 18 18 25 32 23
Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products;
publishing and printing 73 75 47 44 44 44 43 55
Manufacture of coke refined petroleum products and
nuclear fuel - 1 1 -
Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and
man-made fibres 2 - 1 3 6 1 2 7
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 1 8 6 3 10 3 4 6
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 4 6 11 6 4 10 3 7
Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products . 42 38 29 29 23 33 33 45
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 50 25 15 21 22 36 30 29
Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment 13 12 9 25 10 12 14 27
Manufacture of transport equipment 16 13 19 12 16 17 14 21
Manufacturing n.e.c 28 27 12 21 30 25 30 31
Electricity, gas and water supply - 2 - i i - 1 3
Construction 508 630 238 251 250 212 217 280
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motor cycles
and personal and household goods 1 005 1 069 768 771 735 797 787 892
Hotels and restaurants 363 363 310 264 212 232 215 249
Transport, storage and communication 334 308 117 114 127 149 146 160
Financial intermediation 15 18 10 15 4 5 6 10
Real estate, renting and business activities 373 367 277 317 276 250 396 555
Other activities 352 198 85 88 62 81 94 132
Bankruptcies of self-employed 1 252 1 263 1 233 1 251 1 328 1 545 1 400 1 821
Unknown2 139 135 26 2 11 10 11 21
The classification of economic activities is isased on NACE Rev, i (S1C94) 2Refers to enterprises and private persons which t has not been
possible to identify in Statistics Norway's Register of Establishments and Enterprises. The item Unknown may also include self-employed
(e g farmers and fishermen) and wage earners,
Source: Bankruptcy proceeding, Statistics Norway and Personal Property Index in Brønnøysund.
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573 Bankruptcy proceedings1
Number
4 500
4 000
3 500
3 000
2 500
2 000
1 500
1 000
500
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000
2001 2002
Source: Bankruptcy proceeding, Statistics Norway and Personal Property Index in Brønnnysund
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