Production of commodities in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, 2007

For manufacturing, mining and quarrying, sales of manufactured goods went up from NOK 543 billion in 2006 to NOK 613 billion in 2007, which is an increase of 13 per cent. This is slightly higher than the 9 per cent increase published earlier in national accounts.

Biggest contribution from basic metals

Production of basic metals grew by NOK 14.2 billion or 22 per cent in 2007. Hence, basic metals together with machinery and equipment contributed to 40 per cent of the total growth seen in 2007 for sales of goods manufactured in Norway. The machinery and equipment industries had a growth of 14.1 billion, or 34 per cent. Sales in enterprises producing transport equipment other than motor vehicles , grew by 13 per cent, the production of ships is the main contributor here. This industry thus contributed to 14 per cent to the total growth.

Production of food, beverages and tobacco is still the largest manufacturing industry. Sales of these products went up by 8 per cent, from NOK 96 billion to NOK 104 billion. Sales of products from oil refining and basic chemicals totaled NOK 102 billion in 2007, up 5 per cent from 2006.

Slump in paper industry continues

Production of pulp and paper products went down by 6 per cent, from NOK 16 billon in 2006 to NOK 15 billion in 2007. This continues the trend from 2005 to 2006 when production was down 5 per cent.

The commodity statistics is an annual survey and is based on information from the 2773 largest enterprises classified under manufacturing, mining and quarrying. These enterprises contributed to 90 per cent of the total production in these sectors.

Tables:

• Table 1 Sales of goods for selected commodities for large enterprises, mining, quarrying and manufacturing. 2007
• Table 2 Sales of manufactured goods for large enterprises, mining, quarrying and manufacturing. 2006-2007. NOK 1 000