External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January 2002 and 2003. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January Per cent January Per cent
  2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003 2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003
Total 22 813.7 21 582.5 -5.4  100.0 16 888.8 15 966.4 -5.5  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 5 863.3 6 114.2 4.3 28.3 4 128.9 3 884.2 -5.9 24.3
EFTA  308.3  316.2 2.6 1.5  383.1  188.5 -50.8 1.2
EU The European Union 15 136.9 14 504.8 -4.2 67.2 11 755.5 11 180.6 -4.9 70.0
OECD countries 19 189.3 18 023.8 -6.1 83.5 14 847.2 14 241.8 -4.1 89.2
                 
Europe 17 109.1 16 508.1 -3.5 76.5 13 266.6 12 283.0 -7.4 76.9
BE Belgium  459.9  463.9 0.9 2.1  429.5  436.4 1.6 2.7
DE Denmark 1 698.4 1 942.8 14.4 9.0 1 151.3 1 027.0 -10.8 6.4
EE Estonia  197.8 83.9 -57.6 0.4 34.3 31.8 -7.2 0.2
FI Finland  709.0  683.7 -3.6 3.2  535.1  525.3 -1.8 3.3
FR France 1 090.8  898.7 -17.6 4.2  885.6  857.4 -3.2 5.4
GR Greece 40.3 25.0 -37.9 0.1 70.6  115.6 63.9 0.7
IE Ireland  458.8  389.5 -15.1 1.8  272.0  285.0 4.8 1.8
IS Iceland 34.1 53.0 55.3 0.2 86.3 81.4 -5.7 0.5
IT Italy  884.7  860.8 -2.7 4.0  630.3  458.7 -27.2 2.9
LV Latvia 43.5 75.6 73.9 0.4 45.6 52.4 14.9 0.3
LT Lithuania 75.2 82.1 9.2 0.4 28.8 31.1 8.1 0.2
NL Netherlands  965.9  946.8 -2.0 4.4 1 081.1  969.4 -10.3 6.1
PL Poland  314.0  288.2 -8.2 1.3  323.4  166.6 -48.5 1.0
PT Portugal  134.5  113.2 -15.8 0.5  247.6  203.9 -17.7 1.3
RO Romania 96.9  224.1  131.3 1.0 17.3 11.1 -36.2 0.1
RU Russia  463.7  353.7 -23.7 1.6  245.2  203.7 -16.9 1.3
ES Spain  415.8  396.9 -4.6 1.8  408.9  464.1 13.5 2.9
GB United Kingdom 1 934.9 1 567.9 -19.0 7.3 1 696.0 1 599.7 -5.7 10.0
CH Switzerland  269.2  259.3 -3.7 1.2  295.2  105.4 -64.3 0.7
SE Sweden 3 386.3 3 412.0 0.8 15.8 2 295.1 2 203.9 -4.0 13.8
CZ Czech Republic  166.5  151.9 -8.8 0.7 28.1 47.3 68.6 0.3
TR Turkey 97.9  147.2 50.5 0.7  144.9  161.8 11.7 1.0
DE Germany 2 727.2 2 623.0 -3.8 12.2 1 929.9 1 938.6 0.5 12.1
UK Ukraine 11.1 15.4 38.6 0.1 91.2 52.2 -42.8 0.3
HU Hungary 73.1 94.7 29.6 0.4 22.2 18.2 -18.2 0.1
AT Austria  211.2  168.3 -20.3 0.8 91.6 77.5 -15.4 0.5
Other countries in Europe  148.5  186.3 25.5 0.9  179.5  157.5 -12.3 1.0
                 
Africa  164.5  171.1 4.0 0.8 98.4  132.7 34.9 0.8
BW Botswana 47.2 39.7 -15.9 0.2 0.5 0.9 78.3 0.0
ZA South Africa 44.5 56.5 26.9 0.3 15.0 20.1 33.8 0.1
Other countries in Africa 72.7 74.9 3.0 0.3 80.8  111.5 37.9 0.7
                 
Asia 2 681.5 2 655.2 -1.0 12.3 1 520.3 1 663.7 9.4 10.4
HK Hongkong 79.9 95.1 19.1 0.4  124.6 53.0 -57.5 0.3
IN India 68.1 60.9 -10.6 0.3 28.4 22.6 -20.3 0.1
ID Indonesia 63.3 49.9 -21.2 0.2 36.9 7.6 -79.4 0.0
IL Israel 47.7 43.6 -8.6 0.2 56.8 39.6 -30.3 0.2
JP Japan  651.4  653.4 0.3 3.0  426.2  516.4 21.2 3.2
CN China  895.2  931.2 4.0 4.3  173.3  339.0 95.6 2.1
KR Korea, Republic of  154.3  164.0 6.3 0.8  252.9  276.8 9.4 1.7
MY Malaysia  144.3  119.4 -17.3 0.6 31.8 18.4 -42.3 0.1
SG Singapore 82.9 64.2 -22.6 0.3  170.1  163.0 -4.2 1.0
TW Taiwan  241.7  246.5 2.0 1.1 57.1 58.2 1.9 0.4
TH Thailand 86.0 89.6 4.2 0.4 31.4 50.7 61.3 0.3
Other countries in Asia  166.7  137.3 -17.6 0.6  130.3  118.5 -9.1 0.7
                 
North-America 2 410.5 1 759.1 -27.0 8.2 1 470.6 1 689.1 14.9 10.6
CA. Canada  304.8  302.9 -0.6 1.4 97.9  119.0 21.5 0.7
JM Jamaica  170.4 93.6 -45.0 0.4 11.8 7.4 -37.5 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 4.1 2.8 -30.1 0.0 37.3 33.8 -9.2 0.2
US United States 1 891.5 1 300.2 -31.3 6.0 1 136.4 1 451.4 27.7 9.1
Other countries in North-America 0.4 0.6 32.6 0.0 9.0 2.5 -71.9 0.0
                 
South-America  407.8  445.2 9.2 2.1  378.5  141.5 -62.6 0.9
AR Argentina 42.7 26.6 -37.8 0.1 2.9 5.1 73.4 0.0
BR Brazil  159.8  261.4 63.6 1.2  314.2 93.5 -70.2 0.6
SR Suriname 97.2 71.2 -26.8 0.3 0.5 0.6 31.8 0.0
Other countries in South-America  147.4  145.1 -1.6 0.7  239.5  117.4 -51.0 0.7
                 
Oceania 40.4 43.8 8.6 0.2  154.4 56.4 -63.5 0.4
AU Australia 33.4 36.8 10.1 0.2  135.7 44.0 -67.5 0.3
Other countries in Oceania 6.9 7.0 1.0 0.0 18.8 12.4 -34.1 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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