Bankruptcy

3   Bankruptcy proceedings, by industry. 2. quarter 2001 and 2002
Næring 2001 2002
1.-2. quarter 2. quarter 1.-2. quarter 2. quarter
Total Per cent Total Per cent Total Per cent Total Per cent
Total bankruptcy proceedings 1 899  100.0  854  100.0 2 174  100.0 1 196  100.0
                 
Bankruptcies of self-employed1  825 43.4  351 41.1  871 40.0  521 43.5
Agriculture, hunting and forestry 6 0.3 3 0.3 8 0.3 3 0.2
Fishing 9 0.4 4 0.4 15 0.6 8 0.6
Mining and quarrying 1 0.0 - - 3 0.1 1 0.0
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas - - - - - - - -
Other mining 1 0.0 - - 3 0.1 1 0.0
Manufacturing, total  133 7.0 58 6.7  138 6.3 70 5.8
Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco 23 1.2 10 1.1 20 0.9 11 0.9
Manufacture of textiles and textile products 3 0.1 - - 2 0.0 2 0.1
Manufacture of leather and leather products 1 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.0 1 0.0
Manufacture of wood and wood products 20 1.0 10 1.1 12 0.5 7 0.5
Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products; publishing and printing 18 0.9 5 0.5 24 1.1 14 1.1
Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel 1 0.0 1 0.1 - - - -
Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres - - - - 2 0.0 1 0.0
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 1 0.0 - - 2 0.0 - -
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 1 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.0 1 0.0
Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products 17 0.9 8 0.9 24 1.1 13 1.0
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 19 1.0 7 0.8 17 0.7 9 0.7
Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment 8 0.4 3 0.3 15 0.6 4 0.3
Manufacture of transport equipment 7 0.3 3 0.3 8 0.3 4 0.3
Manufacturing n.e.c. 14 0.7 9 1.0 10 0.4 3 0.2
Electricity, gas and water supply - - - - 2 0.0 2 0.1
Construction  108 5.6 47 5.5  137 6.3 71 5.9
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motor cycles and personal and household goods  398 20.9  180 21.0  464 21.3  237 19.8
Hotels and restaurants  125 6.5 61 7.1  131 6.0 61 5.1
Transport, storage and communication 65 3.4 32 3.7 82 3.7 40 3.3
Financial intermediation 2 0.1 1 0.1 7 0.3 4 0.3
Real estate, renting and business activities  178 9.3 92 10.7  249 11.4  140 11.7
Other activities 42 2.2 22 2.5 62 2.8 36 3.0
Unknown5 7 0.3 3 0.3 5 0.2 2 0.1
1  Covering self-employed persons and wage earners.
5  Covering bankruptcy proceedings which can not be put into an industry due to scarcity of information from courts of probate and bankruptcies an from the Statistics Norways Business register.

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