External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-December. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-December Per cent January-December Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002
Total  285 265.4  268 953.7 -5.7  100.0  216 094.2  198 473.3 -8.2  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 77 096.8 74 207.3 -3.7 27.6 50 508.5 48 952.5 -3.1 24.7
EFTA 4 831.9 4 255.9 -11.9 1.6 3 231.4 2 964.6 -8.3 1.5
EU The European Union  192 401.1  183 920.0 -4.4 68.4  149 159.5  134 850.5 -9.6 67.9
OECD countries  245 276.3  229 060.1 -6.6 85.2  190 540.6  173 642.9 -8.9 87.5
                 
Europe  215 412.6  207 447.8 -3.7 77.1  164 860.4  150 420.2 -8.8 75.8
BE Belgium 5 607.0 5 623.0 0.3 2.1 6 576.6 5 469.1 -16.8 2.8
DE Denmark 20 830.6 21 678.0 4.1 8.1 14 211.7 13 952.0 -1.8 7.0
EE Estonia 1 048.0 1 522.3 45.3 0.6  475.6  470.6 -1.1 0.2
FI Finland 10 214.7 9 130.3 -10.6 3.4 6 310.3 5 934.2 -6.0 3.0
FR France 15 290.8 12 873.3 -15.8 4.8 11 458.5 9 902.0 -13.6 5.0
GR Greece  417.5  409.6 -1.9 0.2 1 287.4 1 009.8 -21.6 0.5
IE Ireland 4 395.1 3 978.4 -9.5 1.5 3 020.0 2 958.2 -2.0 1.5
IS Iceland  995.5  761.6 -23.5 0.3 1 275.9  891.6 -30.1 0.4
IT Italy 9 844.1 10 656.5 8.3 4.0 6 347.6 5 989.0 -5.6 3.0
LV Latvia  494.5  504.4 2.0 0.2  469.7  484.0 3.0 0.2
LT Lithuania  723.1  999.7 38.3 0.4  487.8  436.7 -10.5 0.2
NL Netherlands 12 748.2 12 871.5 1.0 4.8 13 158.2 11 210.7 -14.8 5.6
PL Poland 3 074.9 3 470.6 12.9 1.3 3 017.3 2 501.0 -17.1 1.3
PT Portugal 1 619.7 1 480.8 -8.6 0.6 3 539.4 3 110.0 -12.1 1.6
RO Romania  773.7 1 073.8 38.8 0.4  230.5  259.0 12.3 0.1
RU Russia 7 031.1 5 482.6 -22.0 2.0 2 318.1 2 543.0 9.7 1.3
ES Spain 3 897.7 4 166.1 6.9 1.5 5 217.2 4 994.9 -4.3 2.5
GB United Kingdom 22 652.4 19 905.2 -12.1 7.4 24 546.5 20 491.2 -16.5 10.3
CH Switzerland 3 770.7 3 440.3 -8.8 1.3 1 939.6 2 049.6 5.7 1.0
SE Sweden 44 758.6 42 394.2 -5.3 15.8 27 849.2 27 475.9 -1.3 13.8
CZ Czech Republic 1 537.4 1 990.4 29.5 0.7  430.3  378.5 -12.0 0.2
TR Turkey 1 038.5 1 296.2 24.8 0.5 1 853.2 2 433.2 31.3 1.2
DE Germany 37 386.3 36 129.4 -3.4 13.4 24 090.0 21 016.4 -12.8 10.6
UK Ukraine  268.3  221.7 -17.4 0.1  979.7  890.9 -9.1 0.4
HU Hungary  963.1 1 101.5 14.4 0.4  255.1  267.9 5.0 0.1
AT Austria 2 556.3 2 441.4 -4.5 0.9 1 216.8 1 138.7 -6.4 0.6
Other countries in Europe 1 474.9 1 844.8 25.1 0.7 2 298.1 2 162.3 -5.9 1.1
                 
Africa 2 346.9 2 118.9 -9.7 0.8 2 234.1 2 372.9 6.2 1.2
BW Botswana  677.5  604.9 -10.7 0.2 21.2 2.3 -89.3 0.0
ZA South Africa  527.0  551.2 4.6 0.2  235.5  217.5 -7.7 0.1
Other countries in Africa 1 142.2  962.7 -15.7 0.4 1 960.2 2 124.5 8.4 1.1
                 
Asia 30 611.3 29 681.5 -3.0 11.0 23 422.9 22 610.4 -3.5 11.4
HK Hongkong  974.2  968.7 -0.6 0.4 1 585.6  893.5 -43.6 0.5
IN India  870.9  834.4 -4.2 0.3  416.9  311.1 -25.4 0.2
ID Indonesia  805.6  700.0 -13.1 0.3  224.8  240.6 7.0 0.1
IL Israel  560.4  484.2 -13.6 0.2  626.7  514.3 -17.9 0.3
JP Japan 8 993.1 7 764.4 -13.7 2.9 8 991.6 7 801.2 -13.2 3.9
CN China 8 931.1 9 733.4 9.0 3.6 2 284.8 4 023.9 76.1 2.0
KR Korea, Republic of 1 710.5 1 700.1 -0.6 0.6 2 825.4 3 028.3 7.2 1.5
MY Malaysia 1 180.0 1 279.8 8.5 0.5  506.9  372.1 -26.6 0.2
SG Singapore  854.4  712.6 -16.6 0.3 2 374.9 2 325.9 -2.1 1.2
TW Taiwan 2 921.7 2 764.8 -5.4 1.0  831.9  665.4 -20.0 0.3
TH Thailand  947.0  978.0 3.3 0.4  732.3  722.4 -1.4 0.4
Other countries in Asia 1 859.2 1 757.2 -5.5 0.7 2 018.6 1 707.8 -15.4 0.9
                 
North-America 31 218.3 24 791.3 -20.6 9.2 22 071.3 19 375.2 -12.2 9.8
CA. Canada 8 465.1 5 694.9 -32.7 2.1 1 475.5 1 702.0 15.4 0.9
JM Jajunica 1 085.3 1 367.5 26.0 0.5 75.0 98.8 31.8 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 37.0  134.3  262.7 0.0  612.7  449.1 -26.7 0.2
US United States 20 935.5 16 940.6 -19.1 6.3 16 433.4 15 207.5 -7.5 7.7
Other countries in North-America 5.9 5.7 -2.6 0.0 67.3 55.2 -17.9 0.0
                 
South-America 4 964.6 4 427.5 -10.8 1.6 2 446.8 2 357.3 -3.7 1.2
AR Argentina  329.1  419.4 27.4 0.2 76.2 38.9 -48.9 0.0
BR Brazil 2 288.9 1 646.5 -28.1 0.6 1 563.7 1 759.1 12.5 0.9
SR Suriname  921.4  890.1 -3.4 0.3 7.7 5.2 -33.0 0.0
Other countries in South-America 2 117.8 2 123.3 0.3 0.8 4 208.2 2 420.4 -42.5 1.2
                 
Oceania  711.7  486.7 -31.6 0.2 1 058.7 1 337.2 26.3 0.7
AU Australia  581.4  357.3 -38.5 0.1  875.5 1 135.1 29.7 0.6
Other countries in Oceania  130.3  129.5 -0.7 0.0  183.2  202.1 10.3 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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