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About the statistics
Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Index of stocks in manufacturing (discontinued)
Topic: Energy and manufacturing
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Responsible division
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Division for Manufacturing and R&D statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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Local unit (establishment) : An enterprise or part of an enterprise that is located in one particular place and can be identified geographically
Enterprise : The smallest combination of legal units that is an organisational unit producing goods or services and that benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision making.
IDUN : Statistics Norway's web service for electronic reporting of data.
NACE : Standard for industrial classification used by EUROSTAT. It is based on the UN's international standard for industrial classification, ISIC Rev. 3.
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) The standard is primarily a statistical standard. It forms the basis for classifying units according to main activity in the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises (CRE). The use of common standards is essential in enabling the comparison and analysis of statistical data at national/international level and over time. The standard is identical to NACE. However, a fifth figure (subclass) is added to the standard to create a national Norwegian level.
Imputation : An estimated value for a missing observation.
Processing level : The most detailed level of the statistics.
Seasonal adjusted figures : Time series for which calendar and seasonal effects have been removed. X12-ARIMA is used to calculate these figures.
Unadjusted figures : Raw data figures with primary information from the respondent.
Elementary index : A formula where the estimated value of a variable is divided by the average annual value for the same variable for a previous (base) year - e.g. 2005.
Stock : Stock includes finished goods and work in progress.
Stock of goods : The total stock of finished goods and work in progress at the end of the period. Raw material and merchandise produced by other establishments are not included. The value reported is the expected sales price excluding taxes.
Finished goods : Sales value of the stock of finished goods.
Work in progress : The value of all goods in progress and semi-manufactured articles in stock at the end of the period.
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Standard classifications
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The survey is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification 2007 (SIC2007). This is a Norwegian adaptation of NACE Rev. 2. SIC2007 forms the basis for coding units according to principal activity in the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises. The use of common standards is essential in enabling comparison and analysis of statistical data at national/international level and over time.