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Statistics on Compulsory Winding-up and Bankruptcy for the period 1989 to 12-2008

Year	Month	Bankruptcy		Compulsory Winding-up		Weekly court hearing(Note 2)
Year	Month	Petitions presented	Receiving/Bankruptcy Orders made(Note 1)	Petitions presented	Winding-up Orders made	Weekly court hearing(Note 2)
1989	-	224	177	224	158	-
1990	-	299	209	401	286	-
1991	-	370	283	422	345	-
1992	-	373	295	423	342	-
1993	-	429	329	539	408	-
1994	-	420	306	582	426	-
1995	-	643	455	631	481	-
1996	-	780	543	742	557	48
1997	-	829	639	658	503	49
1998	1	68	43	62	21	3
	2	84	60	81	38	4
	3	110	62	84	38	4
	4	39	75	65	68	5
	5	22	68	88	57	4
	6	50	57	71	104	4
	7	109	48	77	84	4
	8	133	75	90	48	4
	9	157	107	88	69	5
	10	139	73	78	61	4
	11	220	94	76	41	4
	12	231	131	86	94	5
Annual total		1362	893	946	723	50
1999	1	235	123	95	46	4
	2	200	130	72	10	3
	3	292	198	130	81	5
	4	289	153	89	78	4
	5	337	174	83	91	4
	6	347	215	119	88	5
	7	366	268	97	76	5
	8	342	434	96	66	7
	9	329	370	89	42	6
	10	341	302	103	56	5
	11	446	347	84	61	6
	12	352	357	104	100	6
Annual total		3876	3071	1161	795	60
2000	1	362	331	117	68	6
	2	278	311	83	58	6
	3	377	464	105	111	8
	4	334	256	75	69	5
	5	429	430	101	85	7
	6	530	368	109	71	6
	7	455	264	93	75	5
	8	558	538	107	91	8
	9	484	396	120	74	6
	10	490	317	111	68	5
	11	617	538	118	61	8
	12	573	393	102	79	7
Annual total		5487	4606	1241	910	77
2001	1	584	267	107	91	6
	2	768	512	94	102	8
	3	804	649	103	69	8
	4	647	484	92	126	8
	5	938	823	144	120	13
	6	947	660	125	96	14
	7	1036	945	131	81	16
	8	1390	907	181	87	16
	9	1196	716	128	71	14
	10	1395	923	90	81	16
	11	1729	1184	96	65	17
	12	1752	1081	110	77	14
Annual total		13186	9151	1401	1066	150
2002	1	2121	1251	130	232	18
	2	1616	1000	100	70	13
	3	2286	1790	105	67	16
	4	2223	1769	135	67	16
	5	2439	2294	106	62	16
	6	2334	2069	124	84	16
	7	2354	2234	139	148	18
	8	2439	2440	152	128	17
	9	2137	2580	103	90	17
	10	2421	2777	109	125	17
	11	2441	2465	107	151	16
	12	2111	2659	120	68	16
Annual total		26922	25328	1430	1292	196
2003	1	2099	3193	142	95	18
	2	1774	2640	112	133	15
	3	2246	3119	123	138	17
	4	2160	2710	97	110	16
	5	2311	1989	145	81	13
	6	2066	2014	85	89	15
	7	1899	1521	126	90	14
	8	1731	1908	125	102	12
	9	1450	1683	156	85	13
	10	1648	1936	104	115	13
	11	1417	939	122	103	8
	12	1291	1270	114	107	11
Annual total		22092	24922	1451	1248	165
2004	1	1046	1700	105	54	11
	2	1165	1470	154	95	12
	3	1296	1518	145	128	13
	4	983	1134	111	132	9
	5	1048	1042	128	54	8
	6	1069	1260	92	158	9
	7	1041	999	95	128	8
	8	993	1107	111	92	9
	9	858	1005	107	86	9
	10	891	1006	87	102	8
	11	1126	869	73	66	9
	12	973	483	98	52	7
Annual total		12489	13593	1306	1147	112
2005	1	900	852	87	73	8
	2	640	698	75	45	6
	3	857	1151	90	80	10
	4	847	625	84	65	7
	5	810	904	69	70	9
	6	810	881	97	90	9
	7	943	693	90	63	8
	8	930	1063	92	81	10
	9	841	716	93	73	8
	10	795	697	58	69	7
	11	840	980	66	79	10
	12	720	550	54	61	6
Annual total		9933	9810	955	849	98
2006	1	739	969	49	38	8
	2	724	820	54	44	8
	3	1016	736	65	37	9
	4	810	618	49	34	7
	5	959	1048	51	48	9
	6	953	886	67	48	8
	7	856	880	68	32	8
	8	1078	1041	67	54	10
	9	904	778	70	44	8
	10	895	1013	50	56	9
	11	989	882	43	67	9
	12	762	653	41	50	7
Annual total		10685	10324	674	552	100
2007	1	1006	1268	53	29	11
	2	801	645	48	27	6
	3	1064	803	49	41	8
	4	929	873	39	43	8
	5	1027	920	50	39	9
	6	838	826	59	33	8
	7	958	1313	50	42	9
	8	1016	1093	57	51	9
	9	777	1014	43	38	7
	10	931	999	44	40	10
	11	848	695	61	34	8
	12	723	614	30	38	6
Annual total		10918	11063	583	455	99
2008	1	921	1029	46	53	10
	2	757	745	25	22	8
	3	884	659	50	27	8
	4	957	1031	50	48	10
	5	923	850	64	23	8
	6	857	875	63	29	8
	7	1081	949	48	51	10
	8	824	862	49	40	8
	9	873	1152	60	48	9
	10	986	656	66	45	7
	11	1223	778	48	37	8
	12	1334	1193	55	45	10
Annual total		11620	10779	624	468	104

Note 1:	Receiving orders were made upon bankruptcy petitions presented before 1 April 1998 and bankruptcy orders, after that date.
Note 2:	The number of orders made in a particular month is affected by the number of weekly hearings (usually on every Wednesday and ,if necessary, Tuesday commencing July 1999) in the month when cases are heard in Court. Cases are not heard in public holidays.
Note 3:	New statutory provisions came into operation on 1 April 1998.
Note 4:	Petitioners appear to be getting used to new provisions for bankruptcy petitions effective from 1 April 1998.

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