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2 NEWS 5.5.2022 IN 2021, registered units within the statistical business register amounted to 133,156, an increase of 1.2 per cent, or 1,521 registered units, over 2020. Registered units in Whole- sale and retail trade (Section G) accounted for 14.3 per cent of the total registered units in 2021; Financial and insurance activities (Section K) account- ed for 13.4 per cent; Profes- sional, scientific and technical activities (Section M) ac- counted for 13.1 per cent; and Administrative and support service activities (Section N) accounted for 8.1 per cent. Most of the business units (97.4 per cent) employed 0-9 persons (micro). e popu- lation of small (10-49) and medium (50-249) businesses accounted for 2,766 (2.1 per cent) and 549 (0.4 per cent) units respectively. e large businesses which employ over 250 amounted to 134 (0.1 per cent). e number of registered units that em- ployed 0-9 persons, increased by 1,284 units, an increase of 1.0 per cent, when compared with 2020. e registered units that employed between 10 and 49 persons, increased by 241 units, an increase of 9.5 per cent, when compared with 2020. In 2021, 53.5 per cent of the registered units were sole owners or partnerships, 42.5 per cent were limited liability or public limited companies, while 4.0 per cent were gov- ernmental, non-profit or oth- er types of legal organisations. New registrations in 2021 amounted to 11,888 units, whilst deregistrations amounted to 8,603 units. Registered business units amounted to 133,156 in 2021, up 1.2% from 2020 2 2019 2020 2021 year Sole Ownership/ Partnership Limited Liability/ Plc Government/ Non-Profit/ Other 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 2019 2020 2021 number of business units year Chart 3. Newly registered and deregistered business units New registrations Deregistrations In2021,53.5percentoftheregisteredunitsweresoleownersorpartnerships,42.5percentwerelimitedliability orpubliclimitedcompanies,while4.0percentweregovernmental,non-profitorothertypesoflegalorganisations (Chart2,Table2). Newregistrationsin2021amountedto11,888units,whilstderegistrationsamountedto8,603units.(Chart3,Table 3,MethodologicalNote9). Newly registered and deregistered business units IN March 2022, industrial producer prices rose by 5.3% in the euro area and by 5.4% in the EU, compared with February 2022, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2022, prices increased by 1.1% in both the euro area and the EU. In March 2022, compared with March 2021, industrial producer pric- es increased by 36.8% in the euro area and by 36.5% in the EU. Monthly comparison Industrial producer prices in the euro area in March 2022, compared with February 2022, increased by 11.1% in the energy sector, by 2.8% for intermediate goods, by 2.4% for non-durable consumer goods and by 0.8% for capital goods and durable consumer goods. Prices in total in- dustry excluding energy increased by 2.1%. In the EU, industrial producer prices increased by 11.6% in the energy sec- tor, by 2.9% for intermediate goods, by 2.6% for non-durable consumer goods and by 1.0% for capital goods and du- rable consumer goods. Prices in total industry excluding energy increased by 2.3%. The highest monthly increases in industrial producer prices were re- corded in Ireland (+36.1%), Greece (+8.8%) and Portugal (+8.4%). The only decrease was observed in Slovakia (-1.1%) while in Malta the industrial producer prices remained unchanged. Annual comparison Industrial producer prices in the euro area in March 2022, compared with March 2021, increased by 104.1% in the energy sector, by 22.6% for inter- mediate goods, by 8.7% for non-durable consumer goods, by 7.9% for durable consumer goods and by 6.5% for capital goods. Prices in total industry excluding en- ergy increased by 13.6%. In the EU, industrial producer prices increased by 101.3% in the energy sec- tor, by 22.8% for intermediate goods, by 9.5% for non-durable consumer goods, by 8.4% for durable consumer goods and by 6.9% for capital goods. Prices in total industry excluding energy in- creased by 14.1%. e industrial producer prices in- creased in all Member States, with the highest yearly increases being regis- tered in Ireland (+106.1%), Romania (+67.6%) and Denmark (+62.0%). March industrial producer prices up 5.4% in the EU Up by 36.8% in the euro area and by 36.5% in the EU compared with March 2021