Table 2 Fiscal value and depreciation for joint-stock companies, by depreciation groups. 2003. NOK million

2	Fiscal value and depreciation for joint-stock companies, by depreciation groups. 2003. NOK million

	Total	Office machines	Goodwill	Trailers, trucks, cars etc.	Ships, aircrafts and helicopters	Commercial buildings and other real estate


Opening amount per 1 January 2003	486 147	16 706	26 369	141 341	26 630	275 101

+ Purchase price of investments	85 230	4 590	7 333	36 795	5 351	31 161
+ Improvements of existing assets	3 920	105	50	608	299	2 859
- Depreciation and write-down¹	2 122	195	209	151	36	1 531
- Rest compensation by realisation²	33 386	1 272	2 582	9 347	5 005	15 181

Basis for this year's depreciation	539 789	19 934	30 961	169 246	27 239	292 409

Transferred to profit and loss account	7 002	.	1 908	.	1 423	3 671
- This year's depreciation	55 796	5 608	5 650	31 891	3 579	9 066

Closing amount by 31 December 2003	490 996	14 326	27 219	137 354	25 082	287 014

Number of forms in the sample	128 490	24 469	6 706	63 985	2 346	30 984

¹	Includes downwritten value by separation of non-financial current assets, amount of downwriting with sales profit and government subsidies.
²	Includes compensation for realisation/value of turnover at withdrawal of non-financial current assets minus amount included in income 2003.