External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-August. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-August Per cent January-August Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002
Total  189 855.5  175 820.3 -7.4  100.0  143 717.9  131 609.0 -8.4  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 50 528.4 48 115.5 -4.8 27.4 33 520.7 32 916.1 -1.8 25.0
EFTA 3 239.5 2 861.9 -11.7 1.6 2 266.7 1 986.8 -12.3 1.5
EU The European Union  125 780.0  119 920.9 -4.7 68.2  101 423.8 91 406.9 -9.9 69.5
OECD countries  162 741.1  149 636.8 -8.1 85.1  127 567.9  115 688.6 -9.3 87.9
                 
Europe  140 947.1  135 462.7 -3.9 77.0  111 196.8  101 640.2 -8.6 77.2
BE Belgium 3 712.4 3 732.0 0.5 2.1 4 540.1 3 928.9 -13.5 3.0
DE Denmark 13 506.7 13 940.1 3.2 7.9 9 590.3 9 397.2 -2.0 7.1
EE Estonia  669.3 1 173.0 75.3 0.7  317.9  297.3 -6.5 0.2
FI Finland 6 740.9 5 966.3 -11.5 3.4 4 290.7 3 815.6 -11.1 2.9
FR France 8 524.1 7 780.1 -8.7 4.4 8 194.0 6 736.3 -17.8 5.1
GR Greece  280.9  279.5 -0.5 0.2  717.0  712.5 -0.6 0.5
IE Ireland 2 948.8 2 569.6 -12.9 1.5 2 103.9 2 000.6 -4.9 1.5
IS Iceland  676.6  535.9 -20.8 0.3  939.6  587.9 -37.4 0.4
IT Italy 6 557.0 7 114.1 8.5 4.0 4 169.0 3 902.6 -6.4 3.0
LV Latvia  341.8  327.9 -4.1 0.2  272.7  281.6 3.3 0.2
LT Lithuania  424.4  646.4 52.3 0.4  324.5  260.5 -19.7 0.2
NL Netherlands 8 208.7 8 427.1 2.7 4.8 8 846.4 7 362.8 -16.8 5.6
PL Poland 1 926.1 2 213.4 14.9 1.3 1 982.0 1 724.6 -13.0 1.3
PT Portugal 1 151.6 1 047.1 -9.1 0.6 2 419.5 1 976.8 -18.3 1.5
RO Romania  503.1  595.2 18.3 0.3  122.1  166.7 36.5 0.1
RU Russia 5 132.5 3 781.2 -26.3 2.2 1 219.0 1 573.6 29.1 1.2
ES Spain 2 618.1 2 793.1 6.7 1.6 3 505.8 3 309.0 -5.6 2.5
GB United Kingdom 15 557.2 13 422.1 -13.7 7.6 17 260.8 13 992.3 -18.9 10.6
CH Switzerland 2 517.2 2 292.1 -8.9 1.3 1 317.2 1 382.3 4.9 1.1
SE Sweden 29 462.9 27 540.5 -6.5 15.7 18 233.5 18 623.9 2.1 14.2
CZ Czech Republic  890.0 1 253.7 40.9 0.7  275.4  239.5 -13.0 0.2
TR Turkey  685.4  889.9 29.8 0.5 1 250.2 1 801.0 44.1 1.4
DE Germany 24 776.6 23 602.7 -4.7 13.4 16 571.6 14 730.3 -11.1 11.2
UK Ukraine 94.6  160.3 69.5 0.1  523.9  501.6 -4.2 0.4
HU Hungary  588.6  690.8 17.4 0.4  168.3  179.4 6.6 0.1
AT Austria 1 625.1 1 579.1 -2.8 0.9  781.9  766.8 -1.9 0.6
Other countries in Europe  826.3 1 109.4 34.3 0.6 1 259.6 1 388.5 10.2 1.1
                 
Africa 1 629.1 1 315.9 -19.2 0.7 1 553.6 1 355.3 -12.8 1.0
BW Botswana  487.8  311.0 -36.2 0.2 18.4 1.1 -93.9 0.0
ZA South Africa  356.2  393.9 10.6 0.2  162.4  140.3 -13.6 0.1
Other countries in Africa  784.9  611.0 -22.2 0.3 1 361.2 1 198.9 -11.9 0.9
                 
Asia 20 689.9 19 462.7 -5.9 11.1 13 984.0 13 373.4 -4.4 10.2
HK Hongkong  688.7  599.5 -13.0 0.3 1 212.6  600.0 -50.5 0.5
IN India  600.7  560.3 -6.7 0.3  269.6  211.3 -21.6 0.2
ID Indonesia  585.9  469.1 -19.9 0.3  145.5  133.0 -8.6 0.1
IL Israel  425.6  362.1 -14.9 0.2  431.9  342.9 -20.6 0.3
JP Japan 6 208.4 5 270.1 -15.1 3.0 4 749.1 3 897.9 -17.9 3.0
CN China 5 768.0 6 097.9 5.7 3.5 1 270.2 2 246.0 76.8 1.7
KR Korea, Republic of 1 202.5 1 152.4 -4.2 0.7 1 728.0 1 863.3 7.8 1.4
MY Malaysia  745.1  836.0 12.2 0.5  343.3  220.5 -35.8 0.2
SG Singapore  535.6  479.3 -10.5 0.3 1 587.4 1 809.2 14.0 1.4
TW Taiwan 2 014.4 1 776.8 -11.8 1.0  563.8  449.3 -20.3 0.3
TH Thailand  607.7  634.7 4.5 0.4  459.7  485.8 5.7 0.4
Other countries in Asia 1 305.3 1 223.1 -6.3 0.7 1 221.0 1 112.6 -8.9 0.8
                 
North-America 22 633.6 16 283.4 -28.1 9.3 14 569.2 12 584.2 -13.6 9.6
CA. Canada 6 173.5 3 210.0 -48.0 1.8  951.7 1 105.5 16.2 0.8
JM Jajunica  779.0  951.5 22.1 0.5 48.6 51.0 4.8 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 25.4 71.6  181.8 0.0  382.3  328.8 -14.0 0.2
US United States 15 161.7 11 575.8 -23.7 6.6 11 028.5 9 755.1 -11.5 7.4
Other countries in North-America 2.7 3.4 23.0 0.0 40.8 38.2 -6.4 0.0
                 
South-America 3 425.0 2 958.1 -13.6 1.7 1 712.8 1 664.7 -2.8 1.3
AR Argentina  209.9  277.0 32.0 0.2 60.8 23.3 -61.8 0.0
BR Brazil 1 562.0 1 051.2 -32.7 0.6 1 101.1 1 290.2 17.2 1.0
SR Suriname  705.2  682.6 -3.2 0.4 5.2 3.7 -27.8 0.0
Other countries in South-America 1 441.2 1 419.7 -1.5 0.8 2 664.3 1 654.8 -37.9 1.3
                 
Oceania  530.8  337.5 -36.4 0.2  701.5  991.2 41.3 0.8
AU Australia  443.4  249.4 -43.7 0.1  578.4  853.1 47.5 0.6
Other countries in Oceania 87.4 88.1 0.8 0.1  123.2  138.1 12.1 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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