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

Commercial companies. Bankruptcy proceedings. By main activities (CCAE-2009) 2013
Catalonia Spain % Cat./Spa.
Agriculture and fishing 11 83 13.3
Industry and energy 360 1,575 22.9
Construction 434 2,430 17.9
Commerce 373 1,687 22.1
Transport and storage 69 316 21.8
Hostelry 78 400 19.5
Information and communications 49 217 22.6
Financial and insurance assets 93 373 24.9
Professional and technical activities 126 573 22.0
Administrative activities and auxiliary services 71 455 15.6
Other services 87 360 24.2
Unclassified 120 674 17.8
Total 1,866 9,143 20.4
Source: INE. Bankruptcy Proceedings Statistics.

Last update: February 6, 2014.

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 "..".