Bankruptcy

3   Bankruptcy proceedings, by industry. 3rd quarter 2001 and 2002
Industry 2001 2002
1.-3. quarter 3. quarter 1.-3. quarter 3. quarter
Total Per cent Total Per cent Total Per cent Total Per cent
Total bankruptcy proceedings 2 656  100.0    757  100.0     3 207  100.0   1 033  100.0
Bankruptcies of self-employed1 1 079 40.6  254 33.5 1 254 39.1  383 37.0
Agriculture, hunting and forestry 12 0.4 6 0.7 15 0.4 7 0.6
Fishing 13 0.4 4 0.5 16 0.5 1 0.1
Mining and quarrying 2 0.0 1 0.1 4 0.1 1 0.1
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas - - - - - - - -
Other mining 2 0.0 1 0.1 4 0.1 1 0.1
Manufacturing, total  194 7.3 61 8.0  214 6.6 76 7.3
Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco 29 1.0 6 0.7 28 0.8 8 0.7
Manufacture of textiles and textile products 7 0.2 4 0.5 5 0.1 3 0.2
Manufacture of leather and leather products 1 0.0 - - 1 0.0 - -
Manufacture of wood and wood products 27 1.0 7 0.9 19 0.5 7 0.6
Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products; publishing and printing 28 1.0 10 1.3 45 1.4 21 2.0
Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel 1 0.0 - - - - - -
Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres 1 0.0 1 0.1 4 0.1 2 0.1
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products 2 0.0 1 0.1 4 0.1 2 0.1
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products 2 0.0 1 0.1 2 0.0 1 0.1
Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products 26 0.9 9 1.1 31 0.9 7 0.6
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. 26 0.9 7 0.9 21 0.6 4 0.3
Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment 10 0.3 2 0.2 22 0.6 7 0.6
Manufacture of transport equipment 12 0.4 5 0.6 14 0.4 6 0.5
Manufacturing n.e.c. 22 0.8 8 1.0 18 0.5 8 0.7
Electricity, gas and water supply - - - - 2 0.0 - -
Construction  151 5.6 43 5.6  198 6.1 61 5.9
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motor cycles and personal and household goods  587 22.1  189 24.9  677 21.1  213 20.6
Hotels and restaurants  165 6.2 40 5.2  183 5.7 52 5.0
Transport, storage and communication 99 3.7 34 4.4  122 3.8 40 3.8
Financial intermediation 3 0.1 1 0.1 7 0.2 - -
Real estate, renting and business activities  278 10.4  100 13.2  411 12.8  162 15.6
Other activities 65 2.4 23 3.0 97 3.0 35 3.3
Unknown2 8 0.3 1 0.1 7 0.2 2 0.1
1  Covering self-employed persons and wage earners.
2  Covering bankruptcy proceedings which can not be put into an industry due to scarcity of information from courts of probate and bankruptcies an from the Statistics Norway's Business Register.

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