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Small increase in forestry income
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2012-02-17T10:00:00.000Z
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Forest owners' income, 2010

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Small increase in forestry income

In 2010, forestry income for forest owners with profit from forestry was NOK 35 000. Four in five of them had less profit than the average.

Average entrepreneurial income from forestry for personal forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income, by size of productive forest area. 2010. NOK

Average income for personal forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income from forestry. 2010: Per cent

In 2010, the number of personal forest owners with positive forestry income was 23 300. Of these, 7 per cent had an entrepreneurial income from forestry exceeding NOK 100 000.

Forestry income totalled NOK 899 million

There are 110 500 personal forest owners with a productive forest area of 25 decares or more. In 2010, their accumulated entrepreneurial income from forestry was NOK 815 million. In addition, spouses of forest owners had NOK 84 million in income from forestry in the same year. In 2009, the corresponding income was NOK 901 million and NOK 84 million respectively.

Average entrepreneurial income from forestry for forest owners with positive entrepreneurial income, by county. 2010. NOK

Average gross income increased

The average gross income of forest owners with entrepreneurial income from forestry was NOK 502 000; an increase of NOK 36 000 compared with 2009. Income from forestry accounted for 7 per cent of the gross income, while other entrepreneurial income accounted for 32 per cent. Income from wages and salaries accounted for 42 per cent, and the remainder was made up of pensions and other income.

Personal forest owner

When the forest is owned by an individual owner, the owner is called a personal forest owner. The majority of forest owners in Norway are personal forest owners. Some properties have several personal owners. In such cases, the statistics refer to one reference person.

Impersonal forest owners

Impersonal forest owners comprise central government, common forests, local government, limited companies, foundations etc.

5-years average income

Tax is imposed on the average entrepreneurial income from forestry over the last five years.

Income statistics

The income statistics are based on the registers of tax assessment and personal tax return.

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