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Accounting statistics, non-financial enterprises foreign financing
The statistics gives an overview over Norwegian non-financial enterprises’ assets, liabilities, ownership, financial income and financial expenses abroad.
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- Assets and liabilities in foreign countries. NOK million. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Assets and liabilities in foreign countries. NOK million. Preliminary figures
4th quarter 2024 Change in per cent 3rd quarter 2024 - 4th quarter 2024 4th quarter 2023 - 4th quarter 2024 Total assets 2 375 768 0.9 -4.1 Fixed assets 1 583 003 -2.5 -2.1 Current assets 792 765 8.2 -7.7 Total liabilities 1 646 387 4.8 2.5 Long-term liabilities 1 076 618 3.8 6.9 Short-term liabilities 569 769 6.8 -5.0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, yearly figures by category. NOK millionDownload table as ...Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, yearly figures by category. NOK million1
2020 2021 2022 2023 Total assets 1 822 181 2 335 843 2 669 493 2 791 020 Fixed assets 1 310 902 1 474 811 1 628 373 1 805 852 Intangible fixed assets abroad 328 367 203 242 Tangible fixed assets abroad 31 097 32 537 35 376 39 427 Financial fixed assets abroad 1 279 477 1 441 908 1 592 794 1 766 183 Investment in subsidiaries, other group companies or associated companies abroad 925 549 1 014 658 1 158 720 1 275 823 Loans to group companies 329 743 396 600 401 105 446 259 Current assets 511 280 861 031 1 041 120 985 168 Debitors abroad 343 648 599 133 693 916 607 431 Investments abroad 149 314 239 155 304 817 322 354 Bank deposits abroad 18 318 22 744 42 387 55 383 Total liabilities 1 555 259 1 636 005 1 743 346 1 770 217 Long term liabilities 1 095 532 1 010 890 1 069 468 1 086 093 Bond loans abroad 472 902 418 094 509 510 528 379 Liabilities to foreign financial institutions 205 789 182 275 157 837 158 413 Long-term liabilities to group companies abroad 369 056 357 068 353 617 341 307 Short-term liabilities 459 727 625 114 673 878 684 125 Short-term liabilities to group companies abroad 310 730 361 735 421 307 418 609 1Figures from last year are preliminary. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, by continent. NOK million. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, by continent. NOK million. Preliminary figures
2023 Total assets Fixed assets Current assets Total liabilities Long-term liabilities Short-term liabilities Total 2 791 020 1 805 852 985 168 1 770 217 1 086 093 684 125 Europe except Nordic countries 1 944 320 1 135 199 809 121 1 162 458 742 506 419 953 Of which Belgium 16 042 7 743 8 299 104 405 .. .. Sweden 378 724 246 836 131 888 174 223 95 910 78 313 United Kingdom 301 782 142 152 159 630 271 996 195 574 76 423 Germany 157 206 80 265 76 941 98 150 52 257 45 894 Netherlands 293 040 259 924 33 115 127 089 69 648 57 441 Denmark 182 378 127 323 55 055 63 597 28 066 35 531 Russia 2 528 1 739 790 1 141 .. .. France 165 392 25 762 139 630 30 838 17 912 12 927 Switzerland 35 229 9 374 25 854 28 955 11 228 17 727 Finland 106 812 68 548 38 264 61 005 25 555 35 450 Ireland 76 808 29 163 47 645 44 807 34 214 10 594 Cyprus 7 458 5 357 2 101 2 325 1 338 987 Luxembourg 44 585 20 173 24 412 107 319 100 027 7 292 Iceland 12 078 11 077 1 001 1 477 .. .. Northern, Central America and the Caribbean 367 470 298 113 69 357 426 178 292 511 133 667 Of which United States 316 750 268 466 48 284 394 213 271 821 122 392 Bermuda 12 850 8 818 4 032 5 024 3 452 1 572 Canada 25 332 15 007 10 325 19 056 14 003 5 053 Asia 205 941 138 889 67 052 79 109 32 144 46 965 Of which Singapore 101 387 79 570 21 817 30 779 6 156 24 623 South Korea 20 645 10 965 9 681 1 523 .. .. China 16 630 13 006 3 625 15 202 .. .. Africa 23 909 15 511 8 398 16 474 68 16 405 Of which Angola 3 217 1 760 1 457 7 951 0 7 951 Algeria 4 308 .. .. .. 0 .. South America 210 257 202 714 7 543 4 850 636 4 214 Of which Brazil 185 241 180 442 4 799 2 655 572 2 082 Oceania 22 334 8 670 13 664 5 143 1 570 3 573 Of which Australia 18 727 6 165 12 562 4 639 1 496 3 143 Unknown 16 788 6 757 10 032 76 006 16 658 59 348 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, quarterly figures by category. NOK millionDownload table as ...Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, quarterly figures by category. NOK million
Total assets Fixed assets Current assets Total liabilities Long-term liabilities Short-term liabilities 4th quarter 20231 2 476 055 1 617 228 858 827 1 606 752 1 007 308 599 444 1st quarter 20241 2 461 452 1 662 304 799 148 1 567 592 1 068 432 499 160 2nd quarter 20241 2 410 275 1 648 883 761 391 1 581 871 1 050 144 531 727 3rd quarter 20241 2 355 478 1 622 786 732 692 1 570 619 1 037 074 533 546 4th quarter 20241 2 375 768 1 583 003 792 765 1 646 387 1 076 618 569 769 1The figures are preliminary. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 23 April 2021.
The units below are regarded as Norwegian in the statistics:
Legal persons registered as Norwegian, excluding their affiliates abroad. The definition is valid regardless of the owner’s nationality. Hence, foreign-owned companies registered as Norwegian are regarded as Norwegian units.
Affiliates in Norway of foreign registered legal persons. Physical persons permanently residing in Norway, regardless of citizenship. The following units are regarded as foreign in the statistics:
Legal persons registered abroad, including Norwegian-owned companies that are registered abroad.
Norwegian companies’ affiliates abroad.
Physical persons permanently residing abroad, regardless of citizenship.
Fixed assets in foreign countries cover assets that are mainly included in the company’s long-term creation of value and are intended for permanent ownership or use. They also include receivables and securities scheduled for repayment later than one year after the time of the settlement. They include tangible fixed assets, long-term receivables and investments. Investments include securities, shares and loans to other companies within the same group.
Current assets are assets relating to the company’s sales of goods and services (stocks of goods are not included, but assets and liabilities concerning sales of goods are), and assets which are expected to have a functional period of less than one year in production. This includes cash and short-term capital in foreign countries, foreign receivables and inventories.
The data are based on accounting legislation, and the values do not necessarily give a good picture of the real or the market value of the assets.
Liabilities cover all obligations that may limit the company’s future use of its resources. They are divided into short-term and long-term liabilities to foreign countries. Long-term liabilities are legal or financial obligations not meant to be redeemed during the coming accounting period. They are not related to the company’s short-term sales of goods and services. Short-term liabilities are liabilities that fall due for payment within one year from the time of settlement. Liabilities which are directly related to the company’s short-term sales of goods and services also fall in this category.
Companies applying the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) classify proposed dividends as a part of the equity, and not as a short-term liability.
In the statistics, assets and liabilities are grouped into assets and liabilities in companies within own group and assets and liabilities in companies that are not in own group.
The annual statistics are broken-down by groups of countries.
Groups of countries are based on the ISO standard 3166.
Name: Accounting statistics, non-financial enterprises foreign financing
Topic: Establishments, enterprises and accounts
Division for Business Dynamics Statistics
The annual statistics are divided into countries or groups of countries.
Annually and quarterly statistics on non-financial companies’ foreign financial income, foreign financial expenses and foreign balance sheet items. The quarterly statistics are published 10 weeks after the quarter’s end, while the annual statistics are published within one year after the fiscal year.
The statistics are part of the basis for the Balance of Payment of non-financial companies, and partly the basis for reporting of Foreign Direct Investment to international organizations as IMF, OECD and Eurostat.
Statistical files are stored.
The purpose of the statistics is to give an overview over Norwegian non-financial companies’ foreign economy (assets, liabilities, ownership, financial income and financial expenses).
Parts of the earlier basis for the Balance of Payments statistics were closed, and this statistics was established to replace parts of the basis. The statistics also gives information on non-financial companies’ foreign assets and liabilities was previously collected as a part of the Financial Census.
The Accounting Statistics, non-financial companies foreign financing, are a part of the Balance of Payment.
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Accounting statistics, non-financial companies' foreign financing, is part of the basis of the Balance of Payment. The statistics is also part of the international reporting of assets and liabilities to foreign countries. The data collection is partly joint with the statistics on import and export of services.
The quarterly statistics cover the sample, and do not give figures for the entire population. The statistics is not directly comparable with the Balance of Payment.
Statistics Act Sections 10 and 20.
Council Regulation (EF) 184/2005.
The statistics are based on a survey of the 600 largest non-financial companies. The size of the company is measured by assets and liabilities in foreign countries, foreign shares and foreign ownership.
The population is based on the Financial Census of 2003 and taxation data.
Data are collected from non-financial companies, and are matched with information from the accounting statistics, stock statistics and the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises.
The data are collected quarterly from the about 600 largest companies quarterly. The annual statistics cover approximately 3000 companies, where the 600 largest are included.
The data are collected by electronic questionnaires. The respondents must report within 30 days after the quarter, but have longer time to report the annual data.
The data are checked when reported to Statistics Norway, and for some types of errors, the respondent is contacted to get the errors corrected. The data are also verified by comparing them with data from other sources, like previous reports and accounting data.
Figures are not published in a way which makes it possible to identify particular units in the statistics.
Revisions in the accounting legislation may cause less comparability over time.
The reported data are based on the tax questionnaire on accounting. The interpretation of figures concerning Norwegian amounts and amounts toward foreign countries may vary from company to company, and cause missing values. There may also be errors in reporting. One of the most common errors stem from differences between variables as defined by Statistics Norway and as they are in the company’s accounting system or general ledger. The separation of the figures into Norwegian and foreign may also cause errors.
Non-response weakens the quality of the statistics. To minimize non-response, missing data are imputed electronically.
To secure high relevance at low cost, ensuring that the largest companies are in the sample is emphasised. There is no complete register covering all units in the population. Due to this, it might be units in the population not covered by the sample.