Structural business statistics for manufacturing, mining and quarrying, 2012, preliminary figures

Manufacturing and mining revenues were almost NOK 710 billion in 2012. This is an increase of NOK 6 billion or 0.8 per cent compared with 2011.

Turnover within mining and quarrying rose by one per cent to NOK 13.8 billion from NOK 13.7 billion in 2011.

In manufacturing, the turnover increased by 0.8 per cent from NOK 690 billion in 2011 to NOK 696 billion in 2012.

As in 2010 and 2011, food and beverages had the highest turnover, with about 24 per cent of the total turnover within manufacturing.

Industries with significant changes in turnover

The machinery and equipment industry contributed to a growth of approximately NOK 13 billion from NOK 64 billion to NOK 77 billion. This must be seen in context with the weak trend observed from 2010 to 2011.

Building of ships and oil platforms increased by approximately NOK 10 billion from NOK 66 billion in 2011.

The paper and paper products industry had the largest decrease. Nearly a third of the revenue was lost from 2011 to 2012, mainly because of several large closures over the past two years.

The refined petroleum, chemical and pharmaceutical industry and the metal industry both saw a fall in turnover of over 10 per cent from 2011 to 2012.

Small changes in number of employees and investments

There was an overall increase of almost 2 500 employees or about 1 per cent for manufacturing and mining from 2011 to 235 915 employees in 2012. Building of ships and oil platforms accounted for most of this. The other sectors together showed zero growth, but with great differences between them. The large decline in paper and paper products was offset by a large increase in machinery and equipment. Seven out of 17 industries reported higher employment than the year before.