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Weekly Bulletin is. 28-29 1996

Highest sales growth in Oslo

Retail sales in Oslo climbed 7.8 per cent in 1995 compared to 1994. Sales increased an average of 5.3 per cent for the whole country.

Sales by retail businesses in Oslo totalled NOK 32,301 million last year, excluding VAT.

Variations between countries

Buskerud County was also well above average with a 7.4 per cent increase in sales. Akershus, Hedmark, Vestfold, Møre & Rømsdal and Sør-Trøndelag all reported turnover growth rates just above 6 per cent. Finnmark has a sales growth rate of 1.5 per cent, Troms 3.0 per cent and Nordland 3.5 per cent. Oppland County set itself apart with a sales increase of only 0.9 per cent last year, in the wake of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Vest-Agder is also low, with a growth rate of only 1.8 per cent. This county had the highest turnover growth rate in 1994.

NOK 53,208 per capita

Retail sales in 1995 totalled NOK 232,448 million, excluding VAT. This works out to NOK 53,208 per capita on a national basis.

New Statistics

Bimonthly sales statistics. Retail sales, 6th period 1995.
Statistics are published every other month in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Asbjørn Solli, tel. +47 62 88 53 15, e-mail: asa@ssb.no or Solveig Nygårdseter, tel. +47 62 88 51 74, e-mail: snl@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin is. 28-29 1996