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More unfinished goods
Total stocks remained more or less unchanged throughout the third quarter of 2002. Unfinished goods have increased continuously during the last four quarters with a corresponding fall of stocks of finished goods.
Recorded figures for the third quarter of 2002 show a stable development in total stocks. The stocks of unfinished goods were up for the fourth quarter in a row and are now 19 per cent higher measured in current prices than in the corresponding quarter last year. In fixed prices this amounts to 23 per cent. Finished goods were substantially down and are now well below the level in the third quarter of 2001.
Stock level1 |
Industrial Classification | Change in stock value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2. q. 01-2. q. 02 | 3. q. 01-3. q. 02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 4.4 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic chemicals | -9.1 | -17.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic metals | -30.3 | -22.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Machinery and Equipment | 2.8 | -2.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil Platforms and Modules | 33.7 | 66.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Unadjusted value series. |
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