Production of commodities in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, 1999

A large part of the increase in industrial output occurred in the industry oil products refining, where the increase was just over NOK 5.5 billion compared with figures from 1998. This is mainly due to the upsurge in the price of oil in 1999.

The statistics show no or only a small change in sales of domestically produced goods. This applies among other things to the manufacture of wood and wood products (+0.1 per cent), pulp, paper and paper products (+0.5 per cent), chemicals and chemical products (+2.1 per cent), and food, beverages and tobacco (+2.7 per cent).

Marked decline in textiles and textile products, leather and leather products

In particular, the production of textile and textile products, leather and leather products, metal products, machinery and furniture fell in 1999. Both the textile and textile products, leather and leather products and machinery industry saw a 10 per cent decline from 1998 to 1999. The machinery industrys decline comes after a corresponding rise from 1997 to 1998, and pushes it back to the 1997 level. On the other hand, this is the second year in a row that the textile and textile products, leather and leather products industry has seen a major decline. The reduction in sales of domestically produced goods in the furniture industry was nearly eight per cent from 1998 to 1999.

If we compare identical enterprises, i.e. enterprises that were included in the manufacturing statistics in 1998 and 1999, and exclude the oil refineries, the sale of domestically produced commodities fell slightly in the course of 1999.

The commodity figures are based on information from the 2 375 largest enterprises classified under manufacturing and mining and quarrying. These enterprises accounted for just about 90 per cent of the total industrial output in 1999.

The enterprise is the data and analysis unit in the commodity statistics, and is the smallest accountable unit. An enterprise may, however, consist of several companies or production plants active in various industries, while a group may consist of several enterprises.

Tables:

• Table 1 Selected commodity figures for large enterprises, mining, quarrying and manufacturing. 1999
• Table 2 Commodity figures for large enterprises, mining, quarrying and manufacturing 1998 and 1999. 1 000 kroner