External trade with commodities

1   Imports of traditional commodities1 in January 2002 and 2003. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
Commodity groups2 January Change in million NOK Percentage change
2002 2003
0-9 Total 22 813.7     21 582.5 -1 231.1 -5.4
         
0 Food and Live animals 1 662.9 1 384.4 -278.5 -16.8
03 Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof  612.3  305.7 -306.4 -50.1
04 Cereals and cereal preparations  171.4  241.8 70.4 41.0
05 Fruit and vegetables  413.6  370.0 -43.5 -10.5
06 Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 79.3 85.2 5.9 7.4
07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof  126.1  124.8 -1.2 -1.0
Other food and live animals  260.3  256.9 -3.3 -1.3
         
1 Beverages and tobacco  168.5  220.2 51.6 30.6
         
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 1 522.8 1 355.3 -167.5 -11.0
22 Oil-seed and oleaginous fruit 63.9  114.3 50.4 78.9
24 Wood, lumber and cork  298.4  261.2 -37.1 -12.5
27 Crude fertilizers and crude minerals n.e.s.  179.1  140.0 -39.0 -21.8
28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap  812.0  680.1 -131.8 -16.2
Other crude materials  169.5  159.7 -9.7 -5.8
         
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials  862.7 1 434.5  571.9 66.3
32 Coal, coke and briquettes 82.4 47.6 -34.7 -42.2
33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials  627.4  748.7  121.3 19.3
34 Gas, natural and manufactured 33.2 39.2 5.9 17.8
35 Electric current  119.6  599.1  479.5  400.9
         
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 68.1 88.9 20.8 30.6
         
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 2 226.4 2 359.3  132.9 6.0
51 Organic chemicals  305.7  360.5 54.9 17.9
52 Inorganic chemicals  138.5  153.9 15.4 11.2
54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products  557.3  662.5  105.3 18.9
57 Plastics in primary forms  216.0  201.6 -14.3 -6.7
58 Plastics in non-primary forms  168.8  170.1 1.3 0.8
Other chemical products  840.2  810.6 -29.5 -3.5
         
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 3 482.9 3 192.7 -290.1 -8.3
64 Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof  579.8  525.8 -53.9 -9.3
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products  347.0  316.9 -30.0 -8.7
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures  300.3  278.0 -22.2 -7.4
67 Iron and steel  624.0  528.6 -95.3 -15.3
68 Non-ferrous metals  422.5  375.6 -46.8 -11.1
69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s.  760.8  745.0 -15.7 -2.1
Other manufactures  448.3  422.6 -25.6 -5.7
         
7 Machinery and transport equipment 8 791.9 7 971.6 -820.2 -9.3
71 Power generating machinery and equipment  546.8  555.8 9.0 1.6
72 Machinery specialized for particular industries  683.5  683.7 0.1 0.0
73 Metalworking machinery 96.9 69.4 -27.5 -28.5
74 General industrial machinery and equipment n.e.s 1 337.1  954.0 -383.0 -28.7
75 Office machines and automatic data processing equipment 1 479.8 1 212.2 -267.5 -18.1
76 Telecommunications apparatus and equipment  853.0  962.3  109.4 12.8
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliences, n.e.s. and electrical parts thereof (including non-electrical counterparts n.e.s of electrical household type equipment 1 277.3 1 149.5 -127.7 -10.0
78 Road vehicles 1 721.7 1 804.9 83.2 4.8
79 Other transport equipment3  795.7  579.9 -215.7 -27.1
         
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3 942.6 3 550.4 -392.0 -9.9
82 Furniture and parts thereof  509.4  489.4 -19.9 -3.9
84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 1 021.5  913.9 -107.5 -10.5
85 Footwear  202.7  193.2 -9.5 -4.7
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s.  458.2  404.0 -54.1 -11.8
88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s. watches and clocks  204.7  195.6 -9.0 -4.5
Other manufactured articles 1 546.0 1 354.5 -191.5 -12.4
         
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITC 84.9 25.3 -59.6 -70.2
1  Imports of traditional commodities: all commodities exclusivce of ships and oil platforms.
2  According to UN's classification of commodities (SITC-Rev.3). EX = part of main group.
3  Excluding ships and oil platforms.

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