Statistics Norway

Foreign-controlled enterprises' activity in Norway, structural statistics

2 Enterprises under foreign control1 compared to the whole business economy, by industry section2. 20064 (Corrected 21 September 2009)
  Number of enterprises Number of persons employed Personnel costs Turnover Production value Value added at factor cost Total purchases of goods and services Purchases of goods purchased for resale in the same condition as received Gross investment3
        NOK million
Enterprises under foreign control 4 831  263 859  132 954 1 035 245  794 631  373 048  650 587  256 930 76 108
Oil and gas extraction,mining  129 17 186 17 177  270 884  281 290  199 028 76 746 0 52 697
Manufacturing  640 62 422 34 002  197 847  192 314 53 822  137 662 9 271 6 306
Construction  161 16 536 8 599 32 342 31 132 9 954 22 734 1 171  227
Wholesale and retail trade 1 956 67 255 28 089  351 597  109 536 44 089  295 714  244 020 2 786
Hotels and restaurants 56 8 332 2 681 6 660 6 450 3 224 3 495  224  127
Transport, storage and communication  417 27 186 13 703 94 971 94 478 24 736 71 175  495 6 855
Real estate, renting and business activities 1 472 64 942 28 702 80 944 79 431 38 195 43 061 1 749 7 109
                   
All enterprises in the whole business economy  246 346 1 322 219  508 744 3 745 127 2 918 633 1 292 667 2 481 972  874 870  307 957
Oil and gas extraction,mining 1 094 42 779 38 905  914 609  940 508  537 722  397 710 :  138 907
Manufacturing 19 287  261 714  120 277  674 324  617 121  181 786  497 907 71 445 21 466
Construction 39 698  157 850 58 290  234 254  230 227 80 350  155 353 4 482 7 410
Wholesale and retail trade 55 706  355 337  106 523 1 123 033  343 012  158 654  951 356  788 425 14 112
Hotels and restaurants 10 119 83 513 15 958 47 062 46 517 19 698 27 637  562 2 246
Transport, storage and communication 23 232  166 429 63 122  365 662  361 363  126 193  246 506 4 102 45 899
Real estate, renting and business activities 97 210  254 597  105 669  386 183  379 884  188 264  205 502 5 855 77 917
                   
  Per cent
Enterprises under foreign control compared with all enterprises within the whole business economy 2.0 20.0 26.1 27.6 27.2 28.9 26.2 29.4 24.7
Oil and gas extraction,mining 11.8 40.2 44.2 29.6 29.9 37.0 19.3 : 37.9
Manufacturing 3.3 23.9 28.3 29.3 31.2 29.6 27.6 13.0 29.4
Construction 0.4 10.5 14.8 13.8 13.5 12.4 14.6 26.1 3.1
Wholesale and retail trade 3.5 18.9 26.4 31.3 31.9 27.8 31.1 31.0 19.7
Hotels and restaurants 0.6 10.0 16.8 14.2 13.9 16.4 12.6 39.9 5.7
Transport, storage and communication 1.8 16.3 21.7 26.0 26.1 19.6 28.9 12.1 14.9
Real estate, renting and business activities 1.5 25.5 27.2 21.0 20.9 20.3 21.0 29.9 9.1
1  Subsidiary enterprises under direct or indirect control by foreign enterprises.
2  Sections E Electricity, gas and water supply and J Financial intermediation are not included.
3  Aquistion of tangible assets.
4  Figures for 2006 have been amended based on updated information on foreign ownership.

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