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Commercial companies. Bankruptcy proceedings. By main activities (NACE)

Commercial companies. Bankruptcy proceedings. By main activities (CCAE-2009) 2008
Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Agriculture and fishing 0 38 0.0
Industry and energy 171 664 25.8
Construction 244 1,064 22.9
Commerce 116 444 26.1
Transport and storage 19 99 19.2
Hostelry 14 69 20.3
Information and communications 19 42 45.2
Financial and insurance assets 40 130 30.8
Professional and technical activities 30 118 25.4
Administrative activities and auxiliary services 16 72 22.2
Other services 16 84 19.0
Unclassified 20 70 28.6
Total 705 2,894 24.4
Source: INE. Bankruptcy Proceedings Statistics.

Last update: December 18, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Bankruptcy proceedings
When entities or companies in a situation of insolvency present their assets to a meeting of creditors. It is judicial bodies with responsibilities for mercantile affairs that receive and manage the files presented.

Methodological aspects

The statistics for insolvency proceedings drawn up by the INE replace the suspension of payments and bankruptcy declaration statistics, as the Insolvency (Reform) Organic Act 8/2003 and the Insolvency Act 22/2003 came into force on 1 September 2004, and la Llei 22/2003 concursal.

The data on bankruptcy proceedings is obtained from courts with competences regarding commercial issues: the geographical attribution is made on the basis of the place where these proceedings were initiated.These statistics are drawn up based on the information provided by a sample of courts across Spain in questionnaires in which they are asked about the characteristics of declared insolvencies.

Insolvency proceedings admitted/filed: proceedings filed by the debtor or the creditor of this debtor in the event of the insolvency of the company or a financial position in which the debtor's obligations cannot be regularly met.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".