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

Commercial companies. Bankruptcy proceedings. By main activities (CCAE-2009) 2011
Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Agriculture and fishing 4 64 6.3
Industry and energy 274 1,125 24.4
Construction 396 1,914 20.7
Commerce 257 1,049 24.5
Transport and storage 55 265 20.8
Hostelry 20 188 10.6
Information and communications 30 100 30.0
Financial and insurance assets 37 189 19.6
Professional and technical activities 57 263 21.7
Administrative activities and auxiliary services 52 192 27.1
Other services 35 189 18.5
Unclassified 71 372 19.1
Total 1,288 5,910 21.8
Source: INE. Bankruptcy Proceedings Statistics.

Last update: February 6, 2013.

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 "..".