External trade with commodities

1   Imports of traditional commodities2 in March and January to March 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
Commodity groups 1 March January-March Change in million NOK Percentage change
2001 2002 2001 2002
0-9 Total 27 321.9    21 174.2    72 710.4    66 038.8    -6 671.5 -9,2
             
0 Food and Live animals 1 455.4 1 377.7 4 274.8 4 402.1 127.2 3.0
03 Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof 367.2 354.4 1 348.2 1 311.7 -36.4 -2.7
04 Cereals and cereal preparations 180.4 169.5 472.9 525.4 52.5 11.1
05 Fruit and vegetables 392.6 432.7 1 040.1 1 224.5 184.4 17.7
06 Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 93.2 71.6 237.7 227.7 -9.9 -4.2
07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof 152.3 118.2 409.7 370.6 -39.0 -9.5
Other food and live animals 269.7 231.2 766.2 742.2 -23.9 -3.1
             
1 Beverages and tobacco 179.8 187.6 478.3 518.2 39.8 8.3
             
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 2 031.9 1 561.7 5 319.3 4 433.7 -885.6 -16.6
22 Oil-seed and oleaginous fruit 65.8 65.4 216.2 247.9 31.8 14.7
24 Wood, lumber and cork 348.9 276.5 967.2 821.5 -145.6 -15.1
27 Crude fertilizers and crude minerals n.e.s. 173.5 131.3 484.1 435.8 -48.2 -10.0
28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap 1 229.5 905.9 3 054.1 2 400.4 -653.5 -21.4
Other crude materials 214.3 182.6 597.8 528.1 -69.7 -11.7
             
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 1 293.0 606.6 3 162.7 2 163.2 -999.3 -31.6
32 Coal, coke and briquettes 117.4 67.5 352.5 218.0 -134.5 -38.2
33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials 853.8 411.0 2 133.1 1 488.5 -644.5 -30.2
34 Gas, natural and manufactured 42.6 67.9 156.8 172.8 16.1 10.3
35 Electric current 279.2 60.3 520.3 283.9 -236.2 -45.4
             
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 115.5 52.2 260.0 230.0 -29.9 -11.5
             
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 2 572.5 2 071.1 7 113.2 6 549.9 -563.3 -7.9
51 Organic chemicals 379.7 291.7 1 053.3 925.1 -128.1 -12.2
52 Inorganic chemicals 195.5 141.6 496.5 435.6 -60.8 -12.3
54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products 584.5 492.2 1 661.8 1 640.8 -20.9 -1.3
57 Plastics in primary forms 271.8 204.1 802.1 641.3 -160.7 -20.1
58 Plastics in non-primary forms 204.2 166.3 555.6 498.8 -56.7 -10.2
Other chemical products 936.9 775.1 2 544.0 2 408.3 -135.5 -5.3
             
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 3 918.3 3 551.7 10 954.7 10 574.2 -380.4 -3.5
64 Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof 612.9 483.8 1 765.3 1 577.9 -187.3 -10.6
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products 426.8 360.7 1 151.6 1 084.7 -66.8 -5.8
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures 362.6 311.2 972.5 937.0 -35.3 -3.6
67 Iron and steel 705.1 539.4 2 026.4 1 809.0 -217.3 -10.7
68 Non-ferrous metals 426.8 553.5 1 400.4 1 399.2 -1.1 -0.1
69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s. 867.5 797.7 2 280.5 2 341.1 60.6 2.7
Other manufactures 516.8 505.3 1 357.9 1 425.1 67.2 5.0
             
7 Machinery and transport equipment 11 544.8 7 877.0 29 240.1 25 299.6 -3 940.4 -13.5
71 Power generating machinery and equipment 499.0 391.8 1 228.5 1 336.4 107.9 8.8
72 Machinery specialized for particular industries 843.2 867.5 2 322.2 2 266.6 -55.5 -2.4
73 Metalworking machinery 117.0 87.7 266.1 257.8 -8.2 -3.1
74 General industrial machinery and equipment n.e.s 1 272.4 1 115.7 3 383.0 3 568.0 184.9 5.5
75 Office machines and automatic data processing equipment 1 503.8 1 105.5 4 264.0 3 791.9 -472.0 -11.1
76 Telecommunications apparatus and equipment 1 276.6 824.7 3 424.8 2 536.3 -888.5 -25.9
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliences, n.e.s. and electrical parts thereof (including non-electrical counterparts n.e.s of electrical household type equipment) 1 496.6 1 113.8 4 213.0 3 566.5 -646.4 -15.3
78 Road vehicles 2 954.5 1 997.5 6 856.7 5 628.3 -1 228.3 -17.9
79 Other transport equipment3 1 581.7 372.7 3 281.9 2 347.9 -933.9 -28.5
             
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 4 147.7 3 824.3 11 728.3 11 655.3 -73.0 -0.6
82 Furniture and parts thereof 603.0 559.0 1 593.3 1 614.6 21.4 1.3
84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 1 085.1 976.9 3 176.0 3 053.6 -122.3 -3.9
85 Footwear 227.7 217.6 639.0 662.0 23.0 3.6
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. 443.2 411.7 1 248.8 1 284.0 35.2 2.8
88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s. watches and clocks 216.9 171.8 605.2 582.4 -22.7 -3.8
Other manufactured articles 1 571.8 1 487.3 4 466.1 4 458.6 -7.3 -0.2
             
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITC 62.8 64.3 178.8 212.7 33.9 19.0
1  According to UN's classification of commodities (SITC-Rev.3). EX = part of main group.
2  Imports of traditional commodities: all commodities exclusivce of ships and oil platforms.
3  Excluding ships and oil platforms.

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