External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-November. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-November Per cent January-November Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002
Total  264 869.4     245 224.6 -7.4  100.0  199 258.7     183 160.4 -8.1  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 71 400.5 68 132.9 -4.6 27.8 46 428.9 45 528.2 -1.9 24.9
EFTA 4 510.8 3 895.0 -13.7 1.6 3 034.5 2 758.6 -9.1 1.5
EU The European Union  178 458.9  167 706.4 -6.0 68.4  138 469.6  125 553.5 -9.3 68.5
OECD countries  227 479.0  208 632.5 -8.3 85.1  175 845.4  160 673.0 -8.6 87.7
                 
Europe  199 901.7  189 144.0 -5.4 77.1  152 902.0  139 813.6 -8.6 76.3
BE Belgium 5 212.0 5 222.1 0.2 2.1 6 047.4 5 142.4 -15.0 2.8
DE Denmark 19 194.4 19 691.6 2.6 8.0 13 305.9 13 037.7 -2.0 7.1
EE Estonia  941.0 1 432.4 52.2 0.6  441.6  429.6 -2.7 0.2
FI Finland 9 471.1 8 420.6 -11.1 3.4 5 935.6 5 429.9 -8.5 3.0
FR France 14 430.1 10 771.1 -25.4 4.4 10 759.6 9 168.9 -14.8 5.0
GR Greece  389.9  380.7 -2.4 0.2 1 092.2  909.9 -16.7 0.5
IE Ireland 4 027.8 3 604.3 -10.5 1.5 2 796.1 2 796.4 0.0 1.5
IS Iceland  935.7  696.2 -25.6 0.3 1 206.8  806.5 -33.2 0.4
IT Italy 9 105.3 9 798.5 7.6 4.0 5 969.3 5 522.6 -7.5 3.0
LV Latvia  455.3  469.4 3.1 0.2  430.6  425.9 -1.1 0.2
LT Lithuania  656.4  929.7 41.6 0.4  464.9  395.0 -15.0 0.2
NL Netherlands 11 767.2 11 755.3 -0.1 4.8 12 468.4 10 425.2 -16.4 5.7
PL Poland 2 860.7 3 169.4 10.8 1.3 2 798.0 2 320.8 -17.1 1.3
PT Portugal 1 528.3 1 387.9 -9.2 0.6 3 330.3 2 870.7 -13.8 1.6
RO Romania  720.5  829.0 15.1 0.3  210.8  221.2 4.9 0.1
RU Russia 6 703.8 5 077.3 -24.3 2.1 2 019.6 2 310.3 14.4 1.3
ES Spain 3 546.1 3 734.1 5.3 1.5 4 784.7 4 614.5 -3.6 2.5
GB United Kingdom 21 145.0 18 225.2 -13.8 7.4 22 914.2 19 055.1 -16.8 10.4
CH Switzerland 3 512.7 3 148.0 -10.4 1.3 1 812.5 1 929.7 6.5 1.1
SE Sweden 41 533.5 39 105.9 -5.8 15.9 25 179.0 25 596.0 1.7 14.0
CZ Czech Republic 1 403.1 1 778.4 26.8 0.7  402.4  346.1 -14.0 0.2
TR Turkey  967.9 1 205.2 24.5 0.5 1 627.0 2 215.5 36.2 1.2
DE Germany 34 611.1 33 207.3 -4.1 13.5 22 444.2 19 718.9 -12.1 10.8
UK Ukraine  260.4  215.1 -17.4 0.1  932.2  790.3 -15.2 0.4
HU Hungary  887.2 1 008.9 13.7 0.4  234.0  251.1 7.3 0.1
AT Austria 2 332.0 2 231.6 -4.3 0.9 1 130.9 1 078.2 -4.7 0.6
Other countries in Europe 1 303.2 1 648.8 26.5 0.7 2 163.9 2 005.1 -7.3 1.1
                 
Africa 2 168.4 1 875.3 -13.5 0.8 2 094.0 2 066.5 -1.3 1.1
BW Botswana  645.2  515.9 -20.0 0.2 21.2 2.1 -90.1 0.0
ZA South Africa  499.4  527.8 5.7 0.2  223.1  198.9 -10.9 0.1
Other countries in Africa 1 023.7  831.6 -18.8 0.3 1 834.0 1 838.8 0.3 1.0
                 
Asia 28 549.6 27 473.4 -3.8 11.2 20 731.3 20 075.3 -3.2 11.0
HK Hong Kong  926.6  888.0 -4.2 0.4 1 500.4  821.4 -45.3 0.4
IN India  829.3  787.4 -5.1 0.3  394.6  277.7 -29.6 0.2
ID Indonesia  749.4  647.6 -13.6 0.3  219.9  210.8 -4.1 0.1
IL Israel  527.2  446.0 -15.4 0.2  588.6  470.3 -20.1 0.3
JP Japan 8 340.8 7 175.7 -14.0 2.9 7 469.3 6 760.1 -9.5 3.7
CN China 8 344.6 9 042.4 8.4 3.7 2 060.9 3 454.1 67.6 1.9
KR Korea, Republic of 1 618.2 1 591.7 -1.6 0.6 2 523.2 2 723.9 8.0 1.5
MY Malaysia 1 069.2 1 157.3 8.2 0.5  446.4  326.7 -26.8 0.2
SG Singapore  797.7  643.9 -19.3 0.3 2 220.7 2 180.4 -1.8 1.2
TW Taiwan 2 713.0 2 526.7 -6.9 1.0  756.7  603.8 -20.2 0.3
TH Thailand  870.6  896.6 3.0 0.4  677.8  697.4 2.9 0.4
Other countries in Asia 1 760.3 1 667.3 -5.3 0.7 1 870.5 1 545.2 -17.4 0.8
                 
North America 28 929.3 22 232.3 -23.1 9.1 20 283.3 17 722.9 -12.6 9.7
CA Canada 7 885.2 5 072.0 -35.7 2.1 1 355.7 1 603.3 18.3 0.9
JM Jajunica 1 048.5 1 245.5 18.8 0.5 68.7 91.7 33.4 0.1
PR Puerto Rico 34.9  132.5  279.6 0.1  581.1  411.6 -29.2 0.2
US United States 19 308.8 15 171.8 -21.4 6.2 15 302.3 13 813.7 -9.7 7.5
Other countries in North America 5.2 5.5 6.1 0.0 65.3 49.6 -24.0 0.0
                 
South America 4 642.6 4 037.8 -13.0 1.6 2 278.9 2 215.8 -2.8 1.2
AR Argentina  260.4  348.0 33.7 0.1 72.5 37.4 -48.3 0.0
BR Brazil 2 190.5 1 475.5 -32.6 0.6 1 484.3 1 703.6 14.8 0.9
SR Suriname  864.9  832.4 -3.8 0.3 7.4 5.0 -32.1 0.0
Other countries in South America 1 976.3 1 989.8 0.7 0.8 3 626.5 2 226.3 -38.6 1.2
                 
Oceania  677.8  461.8 -31.9 0.2  969.2 1 266.3 30.7 0.7
AU Australia  552.9  339.1 -38.7 0.1  798.0 1 073.6 34.5 0.6
Other countries in Oceania  125.0  122.7 -1.8 0.1  171.2  192.7 12.6 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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