6   International transports from Norway. Tonnage carried and transport performances, by commodity. Quarter
Commodity1 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Total 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
  1 000 tons
Tonnage carried                  
                   
Total 1 933,2 1 993,4 1 950,7 1 826,3 472,5 436,4 453,9 463,4 466,8
Agricultural products and fertilizers 314,7 161,5 283,8 104,7 23,6 12,4 45,8 23,0 49,0
Food products and animal food 313,2 347,5 440,0 411,2 88,5 110,6 88,7 123,4 67,0
Coal, coke, oil and chemical products 328,1 367,8 310,0 255,9 65,7 57,2 82,0 51,1 84,5
General goods, metal products, manufactured goods, crude industrial products etc. 953,3 1 089,3 889,5 1 001,0 290,1 242,2 221,2 247,6 244,1
Gravel, sand, cement, soil, stone etc. 23,9 27,3 27,7 53,4 4,6 14,1 16,3 18,3 22,2
  Mill. ton-kms
Transport performances                  
                   
Total 1 506,8 1 719,3 1 604,0 1 692,7 392,5 431,8 406,5 462,0 362,6
Agricultural products and fertilizers 42,6 44,9 51,8 42,9 6,2 19,2 10,4 7,1 4,0
Food products and animal food 502,9 552,7 606,6 602,8 139,1 144,9 128,3 190,4 89,0
Coal, coke, oil and chemical products 200,8 243,2 216,0 195,0 48,9 38,6 66,0 41,5 53,1
General goods, metal products, manufactured goods, crude industrial products etc. 746,5 851,3 713,8 817,6 194,9 214,1 193,7 214,9 201,8
Gravel, sand, cement, soil, stone etc. 14,0 27,2 15,7 34,4 3,3 14,9 8,0 8,1 14,7
1  The commodities are classified according to the transport nomenclature NST/R.

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