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Company deregistrations were 52.87 pct up, at 74,189, in the first seven months of 2019 from the same period of 2018, shows statistical data of the National Trade Register Office (ONRC).
Conversely, the counties with the fewest deregistered businesses were Ialomita - 529 (+55.59 pct from the year-ago period), Covasna - 554 (+57.83 pct) and Harghita - 617 (+4.05 pct).
The activity sectors with most company deregistrations were wholesale & retail trade, the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles - with 22,310 struck off companies (+69.85 pct compared to the first 7 months of 2018), agriculture, forestry and fishing - 12,910 (+118.26 pct) and construction - 7,004 (+70.46 pct).
As many as 6,382 businesses were deregistered this July, most of them in Bucharest - 993, and in the counties of Cluj - 341, Timis - 271 and Dolj - 260.
