Good times for floor layers and paperhangers

Sales in private building and construction increased by nearly NOK 11 billion in the first 10 months of 1997 compared to the same period in 1996. Floor layers and paperhangers did particularly well.

Total sales in the building and construction sector in the first 10 months of 1997 came to NOK 87.6 billion. Companies active in ground work, the main group in this sector, increased their sales the most, with 18.1 per cent. Sales of companies involved in building installation rose 14.3 per cent while those dealing in the finishing of buildings and structures increased theirs 12.4 per cent in the same period. At a more detailed level sales in floor covering and paperhanging soared 21.2 per cent in the 10 first months of 1997 compared to the same period the year before.

New Statistics

Sales statistics. Building and construction, 4th and 5th period 1997.
Statistics are published bi-monthly in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. For more information, contact: Solveig Nygårdseter, tel. +47 62 88 51 74, e-mail: solveig.nygardseter@ssb.no or Live Reidun Sletmoen, tel. +47 62 88 54 36, e-mail:
liv.reidun.sletmoen@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin issue no. 13, 1998