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USA, Sweden and France important owners
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Foreign subsidiaries in Norway, 2000-2007

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USA, Sweden and France important owners

Foreign-controlled enterprises, especially from the USA, Sweden and France, had a large share of the value added in Norway in 2007.

Value added in per cent of total business economy

Personnel costs per employee

The USA was the most important owner measured in value added, with a share of 35 per cent of the foreign-controlled enterprises, followed by Sweden and France, with 14 per cent each. Measured in number of enterprises and employees, Sweden was the largest owner. A total of 32 per cent of the foreign-controlled enterprises were controlled from Sweden, and these Swedish-controlled enterprises comprised 27 per cent of the employment.

In 2007, value added for the foreign-controlled enterprises was NOK 362 billion. This equals about 27 per cent of total value added in Norway. Value added per employee in the foreign-controlled enterprises was NOK 1 285 000, compared with approximately NOK 950 000 for the whole business economy. Foreign-controlled enterprises within oil and gas extraction, wholesale and retail trade and manufacturing accounted for 36, 29 and 27 per cent respectively of total value added in these industries.

Foreign-controlled enterprises by country of ultimate owner. Per cent.

FATS (Foreign Affiliates Statistics):

The FATS statistics show the economic activity of foreign-controlled enterprises in a country. A foreign-controlled enterprise is defined as a company that is controlled by an enterprise or other economic unit abroad through an ownership interest of more than 50 per cent.

Foreign-controlled enterprises are large enterprises

About 5 000 enterprises were foreign-controlled in 2007, which equals 2 per cent of all enterprises in Norway. These enterprises accounted for 33 per cent of all enterprises with more than 100 employees in the whole business economy.

Further, it was especially the large enterprises, with more than 100 employees, where the share of employees in foreign-controlled enterprises was high - close to 40 per cent. These large enterprises accounted for 40 per cent of value added for 2007.

In 2007, about every fifth employee worked for a foreign-controlled enterprise. Within oil and gas extraction, as much as 44 per cent were employed in a foreign-controlled enterprise. The share was 26 per cent for real estate, renting and business activities, and 22 per cent for manufacturing.

Average personnel costs per employee were also higher for the foreign-controlled enterprises, on average NOK 508 000 for 2007. The corresponding figure for the whole business economy was NOK 415 000.

Comparisons with the national accounts:

The FATS statistics are based on enterprises (legal entities), whereas the national accounts use establishments /production unit) as unit. In addition, differences in the definition of characteristics and variables entail that the figures are not fully comparable with industry figures for the national accounts. .

Important announcement:

New industry classificationA new version of Norwegian industry classification (SIC2007) was implemented in January 2009. The FATS statistics will be affected as of the publishing of figures for 2009, which will be published in August 2010.

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