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Subjects > Business tendency surveys > Norway
Country: Norway Subject: Business tendency surveys (manufacturing)
| NOR.BS....... | Name of collection/source
Data are derived from the quarterly Business Tendency Survey. The survey is conducted by the Official Statistics of Norway (Norges offisielle statistikk) since 1973. The population is defined by the Business and Enterprise Register.
Direct source
Statistics Norway
Variables collected
The survey comprises several variables. These are variables like production volume, employment, new orders received, utilisation of capacity, bottlenecks in production etc.
Sampling
The population is defined by the Business and Enterprise Register (BoF). The Business Tendency Survey is a quarterly survey established in 1973. The sample comprises about 15 per cent of the population units having all together some 80 per cent of the population sales value. The gross sample includes about 710 units. The sampling plan includes all units with 500 or more employees (panel). Based on a stratification of the units with 10 to 99 employees and using proportional allocation, the other sampled units are drawn by using random sampling. The sampling population does not normally comprise units with 10 or less employees. The survey is based on questionnaires. The survey has an 83 per cent response rate on average. SIC94 is used in the calculations. Furthermore figures are estimated using an EUROSTAT classification - the main industrial grouping - having breakdowns like: intermediate goods, capital goods, consumer goods and energy goods.
Sector coverage
The sample covers enterprises in the manufacturing, mining and quarrying industries (NACE, Rev. 1 D and 13, 14).
Key statistical concept
The Business Tendency Survey for the manufacturing industries is a qualitative survey that outlines the manufacturing leaders' assessment of the business cycle and the prospects for a certain group of variables. For most variables the survey maps the actual changes - from previous to the current quarter and the management assessment of the outlooks for the next quarter. For some variables the respondent is asked to provide a 12-month assessment. In addition the leaders are asked to provide a general assessment of the outlooks for the coming quarter.
Aggregation and consolidation
Data for all series except Firms operating at full capacity are presented as the balance of positive ("improvement", "up", "high", "too high") over negative replies ("deterioration", "down", "low", "too low") expressed as a percentage of total replies.
Weights
Replies are weighted either by the number of persons or the number of employees at the enterprises.
Seasonal adjustment
The series seasonally adjusted by the OECD using the X-12 ARIMA method.
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Country: Norway Subject: Business tendency surveys (manufacturing) > Capacity utilisation > Firms operating at full capacity > National Indicator
| NOR.BSCUFC01....... | Key statistical concept
Data refer to the percentage of firms working at full capacity (at least 95 per cent) at the end of the previous quarter. The utilisation rate of machines and tools and normal hours worked of employees are taken into account.
Quality comments
Data are not available for October 1990.
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Country: Norway Subject: Business tendency surveys (manufacturing) > Production > Future Tendency > National Indicator
| NOR.BSPRFT01....... | Key statistical concept
The question is "How will be the evolution of total production in volume for the next quarter compared to the current quarter. The total production will be (+) better (=) the same (-) worst".
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Country: Norway Subject: Business tendency surveys (manufacturing) > Production > Tendency > National Indicator
| NOR.BSPRTE01....... | Key statistical concept
The question is "How was the evolution of total production in volume during this quarter compared to the previous quarter. The total production was (+) strong (=) average (-) weak".
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