External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-October. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK.
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-October Per cent January-October Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002
Total  238 434.0  223 014.6 -6.5  100.0  180 843.9  166 565.3 -7.9  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 64 563.6 61 664.7 -4.5 27.7 42 061.8 41 527.8 -1.3 24.9
EFTA 4 149.9 3 601.5 -13.2 1.6 2 736.1 2 507.8 -8.3 1.5
EU The European Union  159 164.7  152 279.1 -4.3 68.3  126 260.4  114 144.8 -9.6 68.5
OECD countries  204 413.2  189 718.9 -7.2 85.1  159 901.1  146 125.1 -8.6 87.7
                 
Europe  178 646.2  171 909.5 -3.8 77.1  138 867.8  127 015.8 -8.5 76.3
BE Belgium 4 720.3 4 754.2 0.7 2.1 5 607.0 4 698.5 -16.2 2.8
DE Denmark 17 256.1 17 907.1 3.8 8.0 12 020.5 11 945.9 -0.6 7.2
EE Estonia  848.9 1 346.6 58.6 0.6  400.0  376.9 -5.8 0.2
FI Finland 8 527.5 7 688.4 -9.8 3.4 5 436.0 4 863.6 -10.5 2.9
FR France 10 608.4 9 824.5 -7.4 4.4 9 754.7 8 335.1 -14.6 5.0
GR Greece  355.5  346.6 -2.5 0.2 1 008.6  876.2 -13.1 0.5
IE Ireland 3 616.0 3 289.4 -9.0 1.5 2 539.8 2 524.4 -0.6 1.5
IS Iceland  894.3  663.6 -25.8 0.3 1 111.1  724.0 -34.8 0.4
IT Italy 8 293.8 8 853.3 6.7 4.0 5 424.4 5 020.4 -7.4 3.0
LV Latvia  423.0  425.0 0.5 0.2  354.2  362.9 2.5 0.2
LT Lithuania  587.1  851.8 45.1 0.4  409.3  357.4 -12.7 0.2
NL Netherlands 10 649.0 10 726.0 0.7 4.8 11 530.3 9 302.1 -19.3 5.6
PL Poland 2 570.2 2 901.2 12.9 1.3 2 479.3 2 107.4 -15.0 1.3
PT Portugal 1 417.3 1 290.5 -8.9 0.6 3 005.6 2 496.9 -16.9 1.5
RO Romania  607.2  792.6 30.5 0.4  185.7  204.4 10.1 0.1
RU Russia 6 202.4 4 619.0 -25.5 2.1 1 724.4 2 062.9 19.6 1.2
ES Spain 3 157.7 3 357.0 6.3 1.5 4 312.5 4 035.0 -6.4 2.4
GB United Kingdom 19 293.6 16 828.9 -12.8 7.5 21 072.2 17 388.1 -17.5 10.4
CH Switzerland 3 198.5 2 893.2 -9.5 1.3 1 610.9 1 763.9 9.5 1.1
SE Sweden 37 644.0 35 203.1 -6.5 15.8 22 831.9 23 383.5 2.4 14.0
CZ Czech Republic 1 215.9 1 617.3 33.0 0.7  358.3  314.7 -12.2 0.2
TR Turkey  879.8 1 091.9 24.1 0.5 1 449.5 2 003.3 38.2 1.2
DE Germany 31 404.3 30 060.3 -4.3 13.5 20 419.4 18 129.7 -11.2 10.9
UK Ukraine  240.8  198.1 -17.7 0.1  766.2  744.3 -2.9 0.4
HU Hungary  781.2  895.8 14.7 0.4  213.7  228.8 7.1 0.1
AT Austria 2 077.0 1 993.4 -4.0 0.9 1 018.0  968.8 -4.8 0.6
Other countries in Europe 1 176.6 1 490.8 26.7 0.7 1 824.2 1 796.1 -1.5 1.1
                 
Africa 2 009.1 1 730.3 -13.9 0.8 1 933.4 1 837.6 -5.0 1.1
BW Botswana  590.5  453.5 -23.2 0.2 20.4 2.1 -89.8 0.0
ZA South Africa  466.1  497.8 6.8 0.2  203.4  178.9 -12.1 0.1
Other countries in Africa  952.4  779.1 -18.2 0.3 1 695.1 1 634.8 -3.6 1.0
                 
Asia 25 963.3 24 877.6 -4.2 11.2 18 485.5 18 266.4 -1.2 11.0
HK Hong Kong  850.6  782.9 -8.0 0.4 1 382.7  758.3 -45.2 0.5
IN India  767.9  721.1 -6.1 0.3  355.6  261.4 -26.5 0.2
ID Indonesia  701.6  579.5 -17.4 0.3  206.2  215.1 4.3 0.1
IL Israel  490.5  423.8 -13.6 0.2  530.4  431.6 -18.6 0.3
JP Japan 7 632.6 6 543.3 -14.3 2.9 6 665.1 6 072.7 -8.9 3.6
CN China 7 533.6 8 094.5 7.4 3.6 1 767.2 3 033.8 71.7 1.8
KR Korea, Republic of 1 458.0 1 455.2 -0.2 0.7 2 218.0 2 477.3 11.7 1.5
MY Malaysia  946.9 1 038.7 9.7 0.5  401.2  299.3 -25.4 0.2
SG Singapore  712.1  588.8 -17.3 0.3 2 010.9 2 081.5 3.5 1.2
TW Taiwan 2 456.8 2 288.6 -6.8 1.0  693.8  560.4 -19.2 0.3
TH Thailand  772.7  814.3 5.4 0.4  605.7  641.6 5.9 0.4
Other countries in Asia 1 637.5 1 544.6 -5.7 0.7 1 646.5 1 430.6 -13.1 0.9
                 
North America 27 055.1 20 377.2 -24.7 9.1 18 514.0 16 270.1 -12.1 9.8
CA Canada 7 499.8 4 489.5 -40.1 2.0 1 241.3 1 492.1 20.2 0.9
JM Jajunica  991.8 1 135.2 14.5 0.5 56.4 64.1 13.6 0.0
PR Puerto Rico 31.5  129.2  309.7 0.1  481.0  386.1 -19.7 0.2
US United States 17 937.7 14 063.6 -21.6 6.3 13 946.3 12 619.9 -9.5 7.6
Other countries in North America 4.4 5.1 15.0 0.0 61.6 46.8 -24.1 0.0
                 
South America 4 137.3 3 700.2 -10.6 1.7 2 158.9 2 018.8 -6.5 1.2
AR Argentina  244.2  301.2 23.3 0.1 69.4 33.7 -51.5 0.0
BR Brazil 1 889.0 1 320.2 -30.1 0.6 1 407.4 1 570.5 11.6 0.9
SR Suriname  818.9  789.3 -3.6 0.4 6.4 4.7 -26.2 0.0
Other countries in South America 1 777.5 1 846.6 3.9 0.8 3 404.5 2 073.9 -39.1 1.2
                 
Oceania  622.9  419.7 -32.6 0.2  884.3 1 156.7 30.8 0.7
AU Australia  510.5  306.9 -39.9 0.1  727.4  986.0 35.5 0.6
Other countries in Oceania  112.3  112.8 0.4 0.1  156.9  170.7 8.8 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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