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Decrease in external liabilities
At the end of the third quarter of 2007, the largest non-financial Norwegian companies had total external liabilities valued at NOK 562 billion. This is NOK 29 billion less than at the end of the second quarter.
Compared with the third quarter of 2006, there has been an increase in external liabilities of NOK 18 billion, or 3 per cent.
While long-term external liabilities decreased by NOK 7.5 billion from the second to the third quarter, the decline in short-term external liabilities was almost NOK 21 billion.
At the end of the third quarter, two thirds of the short-term external liabilities represented debt to group companies. For long-term external liabilities this figure was almost 55 per cent.
About the statistical basisThe statistics are based on a survey of the 500 largest non-financial companies in Norway. The size of the companies is measured by assets and liabilities in foreign countries, foreign shares and foreign ownership.
The data are based accounting values pursuant to the accounting legislation, and do not necessarily give a correct picture of the real or market value of the assets. |
Tables:
- Table 1 Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, by category. NOK million . Preliminary figures
- Table 2 Assets and liabilities in foreign countries, by category. Percentage distribution. Preliminary figures
- Table 3 Liabilities in foreign countries, by category. Percentage distribution. Preliminary figures
- Table 4 Assets in foreign countries, by category. Percentage distribution. Preliminary figures
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Contact
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Glenn Cato Andersen
E-mail: glenn.andersen@ssb.no
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Salah Eddine Ziade
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tel.: (+47) 21 09 48 35
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Simen Jansen Maal
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