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Norwegian assets abroad still rising
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Accounting statistics, non-financial enterprises’ foreign financing shows Norwegian enterprises’ total assets and debt abroad.

Accounting statistics, non-financial enterprises foreign financing, 2014

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Norwegian assets abroad still rising

Norwegian enterprises’ asset holdings abroad rose by 6.6 per cent to NOK 1 700 billion from 2013 to 2014.

Assets and liabilities in foreign countries. NOK million. Preliminary figures12Published 27 October 2015
NOK millionPer cent
20142013 - 20142011 - 2014
1A new institutional sector classification has been introduced from 2012. This may affect comparability with the previous periods.
2Preliminary figures.
Total assets1 678 6666.67.7
Fixed assets1 179 4801.46.6
Current assets499 18521.510.4
 
Total liabilities1 447 90910.026.0
Long term liabilities982 2516.131.7
Short-term liabilities465 65819.215.4

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Assets abroad

While the current assets were almost unchanged during last year, the value of the fixed assets abroad increased 4.6 per cent due to growth in investment in subsidiaries, other group companies or associated companies abroad and loans to group companies.

Assets in Europe rose substantially

Norwegian asset holdings in Europe rose by 9 per cent, or about NOK 94 billion. The largest share of the assets was in Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Norwegian assets in Asia, Oceania and South America also increased, but assets in Africa and Central America decreased.

Liabilities abroad increased

Total liabilities in foreign countries went up 10 per cent from 2013 to NOK 1 447 billion in 2014, with short-term liabilities contributing most to the increase.

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A new institutional sector classification was introduced in 2012. This may affect comparability with the previous periods.