Statistics Norway

Structural statistics. Wholesale and retail trade

9   Gross earnings on merchandise sold, by industry group1. Enterprises. 2004
Industry group Enterprises Merchandise sold
Sales income Cost of goods Gross earnings Gross earnings in percentage of sales income
    NOK million2 Per cent
Total 49 725  889 786.2    661 847.5  227 938.7 25.6
50    Sale, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles; retail sale of automotive fuel 5 147  117 435.5 92 718.5 24 717.0 21.0
50.1  Sale of motor vehicles 2 538 70 197.6 57 322.2 12 875.4 18.3
50.3  Sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories 1 041 13 744.3 9 382.1 4 362.2 31.7
50.4  Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories  312 2 373.6 1 786.4  587.2 24.7
50.5  Retail sale of automotive fuel 1 256 31 119.9 24 227.7 6 892.2 22.1
51    Wholesale trade and commission trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 16 088  508 333.5  386 842.1  121 491.4 23.9
51.2  Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals  289 9 784.0 8 139.7 1 644.3 16.8
51.3  Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco 1 686  153 581.0  128 574.9 25 006.1 16.3
51.4  Wholesale of household goods 4 533 94 641.7 66 570.6 28 071.1 29.7
51.5  Wholesale of non-agricultural intermediate products, waste and scrap 2 844  139 465.7  103 431.3 36 034.4 25.8
51.8   Wholesale of machinery, equipment and supplies 5 448  103 855.9 75 684.1 28 171.8 27.1
51.9   Other wholesale 1 288 7 005.2 4 441.5 2 563.7 36.6
52    Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of personal and household goods 28 490  264 017.3  182 286.9 81 730.3 31.0
52.1  Retail sale in non- specialized stores 6 410  123 827.6 94 769.3 29 058.2 23.5
52.2  Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialized stores 1 084 11 282.3 9 039.8 2 242.5 19.9
52.3  Retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles  618 14 819.9 10 888.9 3 931.0 26.5
52.4  Other retail sale of new goods in specialized stores 16 242  108 408.2 64 886.5 43 521.7 40.1
52.5  Retail sale of second-hand goods in stores  496  283.4  134.5  148.9 52.5
52.6  Retail sale not in stores 3 640 5 395.8 2 567.9 2 827.9 52.4
1  The figures are exclusive of 50.2 Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, 51.1 Wholesale on a fee or contract basis and 52.7 Repair of personal and household goods.
2  VAT is not included.

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