External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-June. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK.
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-June Per cent January-June Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002
Total  145 442.8  134 132.6 -7.8  100.0  112 510.4  101 419.7 -9.9  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 38 812.6 36 787.4 -5.2 27.4 25 836.9 25 622.3 -0.8 25.3
EFTA 2 399.4 2 158.7 -10.0 1.6 1 757.4 1 460.3 -16.9 1.4
EU The European Union 96 029.9 90 951.6 -5.3 67.8 79 267.5 70 323.6 -11.3 69.3
OECD countries  125 596.8  114 521.1 -8.8 85.4 99 780.7 88 783.7 -11.0 87.5
                 
Europe  107 337.0  102 680.4 -4.3 76.6 87 035.2 78 451.7 -9.9 77.4
BE Belgium 2 807.5 2 881.3 2.6 2.1 3 649.5 2 706.0 -25.9 2.7
DE Denmark 10 140.3 10 185.9 0.4 7.6 7 136.4 7 270.5 1.9 7.2
EE Estonia  534.0  847.8 58.8 0.6  255.3  235.1 -7.9 0.2
FI Finland 5 214.8 4 515.7 -13.4 3.4 3 280.9 2 934.8 -10.5 2.9
FR France 6 380.8 5 957.1 -6.6 4.4 6 569.0 5 416.6 -17.5 5.3
GR Greece  209.1  205.9 -1.5 0.2  567.6  625.4 10.2 0.6
IE Ireland 2 248.3 2 022.8 -10.0 1.5 1 810.7 1 439.7 -20.5 1.4
IS Iceland  438.1  369.6 -15.6 0.3  733.4  429.5 -41.4 0.4
IT Italy 4 851.6 5 308.4 9.4 4.0 3 312.0 3 066.0 -7.4 3.0
LV Latvia  270.3  258.1 -4.5 0.2  224.2  227.8 1.6 0.2
LT Lithuania  317.5  473.3 49.1 0.4  264.1  209.2 -20.8 0.2
NL Netherlands 6 184.5 6 387.2 3.3 4.8 6 998.6 5 810.4 -17.0 5.7
PL Poland 1 465.2 1 651.3 12.7 1.2 1 613.5 1 328.1 -17.7 1.3
PT Portugal  830.8  738.6 -11.1 0.6 1 946.7 1 630.8 -16.2 1.6
RO Romania  269.8  382.1 41.7 0.3 84.7  130.7 54.2 0.1
RU Russia 3 893.2 2 918.5 -25.0 2.2  989.7 1 300.3 31.4 1.3
ES Spain 2 056.4 2 214.2 7.7 1.7 2 751.2 2 648.5 -3.7 2.6
GB United Kingdom 12 071.7 9 830.8 -18.6 7.3 13 555.4 10 209.2 -24.7 10.1
CH Switzerland 1 925.8 1 763.0 -8.5 1.3 1 016.2 1 017.5 0.1 1.0
SE Sweden 22 909.9 21 600.6 -5.7 16.1 14 343.5 14 658.5 2.2 14.5
CZ Czech Republic  681.0  984.1 44.5 0.7  195.0  187.6 -3.8 0.2
TR Turkey  490.8  658.6 34.2 0.5 1 016.0 1 563.8 53.9 1.5
DE Germany 18 835.9 17 806.4 -5.5 13.3 12 562.7 11 216.2 -10.7 11.1
UK Ukraine 51.3  131.2  155.7 0.1  455.7  434.7 -4.6 0.4
HU Hungary  436.8  510.8 17.0 0.4  126.0  136.4 8.3 0.1
AT Austria 1 213.4 1 200.0 -1.1 0.9  619.2  562.3 -9.2 0.6
Other countries in Europe  608.2  877.1 44.2 0.7  957.8 1 055.9 10.2 1.0
                 
Africa 1 008.5  967.1 -4.1 0.7 1 276.6 1 176.9 -7.8 1.2
BW Botswana  319.5  199.5 -37.5 0.1 6.1 1.1 -81.8 0.0
ZA South Africa  268.2  301.2 12.3 0.2  109.7  107.1 -2.4 0.1
Other countries in Africa  420.6  466.3 10.9 0.3 1 151.5 1 055.2 -8.4 1.0
                 
Asia 15 657.8 14 570.5 -6.9 10.9 10 820.4 10 279.5 -5.0 10.1
HK Hong Kong  493.3  416.6 -15.6 0.3  882.0  470.3 -46.7 0.5
IN India  451.8  430.9 -4.6 0.3  187.3  156.7 -16.4 0.2
ID Indonesia  443.4  342.4 -22.8 0.3  120.8  115.8 -4.2 0.1
IL Israel  342.6  307.5 -10.2 0.2  342.5  273.1 -20.3 0.3
JP Japan 4 888.2 4 012.8 -17.9 3.0 3 863.9 2 984.5 -22.8 2.9
CN China 4 107.6 4 411.8 7.4 3.3  993.7 1 691.2 70.2 1.7
KR Korea, Republic of  924.3  848.6 -8.2 0.6 1 232.0 1 463.3 18.8 1.4
MY Malaysia  574.9  662.8 15.3 0.5  296.3  189.4 -36.1 0.2
SG Singapore  402.5  370.7 -7.9 0.3 1 197.3 1 354.8 13.2 1.3
TW Taiwan 1 625.0 1 376.8 -15.3 1.0  398.3  334.1 -16.1 0.3
TH Thailand  453.9  474.6 4.6 0.4  361.6  355.5 -1.7 0.4
Other countries in Asia  948.6  913.7 -3.7 0.7  943.7  889.6 -5.7 0.9
                 
North-America 18 519.6 13 426.3 -27.5 10.0 11 324.7 9 425.7 -16.8 9.3
CA Canada 5 162.8 2 697.0 -47.8 2.0  734.7  817.9 11.3 0.8
JM Jajunica  501.4  708.9 41.4 0.5 40.8 36.7 -10.1 0.0
PR Puerto Rico 15.6 66.9  328.6 0.0  304.7  297.8 -2.3 0.3
US United States 12 464.9 9 599.4 -23.0 7.2 8 573.6 7 276.2 -15.1 7.2
Other countries in North-America 1.8 2.1 15.2 0.0 30.9 28.0 -9.6 0.0
                 
South America 2 542.4 2 246.9 -11.6 1.7 1 489.8 1 338.6 -10.1 1.3
AR Argentina  159.1  231.0 45.2 0.2 52.1 17.6 -66.2 0.0
BR Brazil 1 136.9  840.0 -26.1 0.6  988.8 1 056.9 6.9 1.0
SR Suriname  554.3  574.4 3.6 0.4 4.2 2.8 -32.0 0.0
Other countries in South America 1 066.9  954.8 -10.5 0.7 2 085.5 1 231.6 -40.9 1.2
                 
Oceania  377.6  241.5 -36.0 0.2  563.8  747.3 32.6 0.7
AU Australia  321.9  180.3 -44.0 0.1  472.3  638.3 35.2 0.6
Other countries in Oceania 55.7 61.2 9.8 0.0 91.5  109.1 19.2 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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