Structural business statistics for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, 2011, final figures

With that, the growth in value added halted somewhat in 2011, after an increase of 7.7 per cent from 2009 to 2010. Value added at factor prices amounted to NOK 181 billion in 2011 compared to NOK 190 billion in 2008.

For mining and quarrying, value added grew by 14.2 per cent up to NOK 5 billion in 2011, approximately the same level as before the financial crisis. The total growth in value added for mining, quarrying and manufacturing was 1.2 per cent from 2010 to 2011, from circa NOK 184 billion up to NOK 186 billion.

Paper and paper products halved

The development in value added differed greatly from industry to industry in 2011. The largest decline in per cent was within production of paper and paper products, where the value added was halved from 2010 to 2011. This has to be seen in connection with a market slowdown, together with shutdowns for maintenance and extraordinary stops (see index of industrial production).

There were approximately 4 900 persons employed within production and paper and paper products in 2011, 6.1 per cent fewer than in 2010. Since 2007, the number of persons employed in this industry has gone down by roughly 1 300 persons, or 21.5 per cent.

Measured in NOK, the largest decline in value added was within manufacture of refined petroleum products, chemicals and pharmaceutical products, where value added went down by 10.8 per cent, from NOK 21.6 billion in 2010 to NOK 19.2 billion in 2011.

Three industries compensated

Most of the decline in production of paper and paper products and manufacture of refined petroleum products, chemicals and pharmaceutical products was compensated for by three industries. Manufacture of rubber, plastic and mineral products, manufacture of metal products as well as manufacture of machinery and other equipment n.e.c. all grew by more than NOK 1 billion from 2010 to 2011 and had a percentual growth of 10.5, 7.1 and 5.7 per cent respectively.

Building of ships, boats and oil platforms increased by 5.5 per cent, from approximately NOK 16 billion up to NOK 16.9 billion. This has to be seen in connection with increased production related to the record high investments made in the Norwegian petroleum sector in 2011 (see index of industrial production and Oil and gas activities, investments).

Rogaland approaching the level of Hordaland

While value added in Rogaland has increased, from circa NOK 19.5 billion to NOK 20.7 billion, the value added in Hordaland has decreased, from NOK 21.3 billion to NOK 20.9 billion. Together these two counties contributed 22.4 per cent of the total value added within mining, quarrying and manufacturing in 2011.

The largest growth measured in NOK was in Vest-Agder, while the largest percentual growth was in Finnmark.

Enterprise turnover of NOK 704 billion

There was approximately 18 000 enterprises within mining, quarrying and manufacturing in 2011. These enterprises employed roughly 233 000 ¹ persons and had a total turnover of NOK 704 billion. Their value added increased by 1.7 per cent from 2010 to 2011, up from NOK 182 billion to NOK 185 billion.

¹ The number was corrected, 28 May 2013.