External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-May. 2002 and 2003. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil, condensates and natural gas
  January-May Per cent January-May Per cent
  2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003 2002 2003 Change 2002/2003 Share of total 2003
Total  112 704.6  112 699.8 0.0  100.0 85 505.7 82 214.4 -3.8  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 30 258.0 32 339.6 6.9 28.7 21 548.1 20 110.7 -6.7 24.5
EFTA 1 763.9 1 651.3 -6.4 1.5 1 096.1 1 334.7 21.8 1.6
EU The European Union 75 893.9 77 632.0 2.3 68.9 59 377.2 57 248.2 -3.6 69.6
OECD countries 95 964.9 95 222.6 -0.8 84.5 75 008.8 72 960.2 -2.7 88.7
                 
Europe 85 701.7 87 609.5 2.2 77.7 66 152.4 63 786.5 -3.6 77.6
BE Belgium 2 421.3 2 383.9 -1.5 2.1 2 709.3 2 292.8 -15.4 2.8
DE Denmark 8 422.6 9 292.3 10.3 8.2 5 975.2 5 569.4 -6.8 6.8
EE Estonia  516.7  452.2 -12.5 0.4  199.4  173.5 -13.0 0.2
FI Finland 3 736.2 3 712.2 -0.6 3.3 2 458.9 2 524.1 2.6 3.1
FR France 4 872.8 4 797.2 -1.6 4.3 4 521.1 4 216.3 -6.7 5.1
GR Greece  176.0  171.1 -2.8 0.2  557.5  437.3 -21.6 0.5
IE Ireland 1 772.5 1 679.3 -5.3 1.5 1 208.2 1 385.7 14.7 1.7
IS Iceland  300.2  259.9 -13.4 0.2  358.5  485.8 35.5 0.6
IT Italy 4 501.5 4 619.0 2.6 4.1 2 606.4 2 359.1 -9.5 2.9
LV Latvia  206.4  323.7 56.9 0.3  185.9  242.5 30.4 0.3
LT Lithuania  400.1  446.0 11.5 0.4  181.7  171.7 -5.5 0.2
NL Netherlands 5 306.7 5 035.6 -5.1 4.5 4 895.3 5 631.2 15.0 6.8
PL Poland 1 404.6 1 526.0 8.6 1.4 1 140.1  958.1 -16.0 1.2
PT Portugal  652.1  560.0 -14.1 0.5 1 375.6 1 218.4 -11.4 1.5
RO Romania  310.4  547.7 76.5 0.5  109.3 91.1 -16.7 0.1
RU Russia 2 790.7 2 369.9 -15.1 2.1 1 188.7 1 046.9 -11.9 1.3
ES Spain 2 043.6 1 999.3 -2.2 1.8 2 179.1 2 804.8 28.7 3.4
GB United Kingdom 8 551.6 8 456.6 -1.1 7.5 8 309.5 7 952.6 -4.3 9.7
CH Switzerland 1 441.9 1 366.8 -5.2 1.2  725.6  844.9 16.4 1.0
SE Sweden 17 694.4 19 012.5 7.4 16.9 12 510.0 11 267.3 -9.9 13.7
CZ Czech Republic  797.8  727.0 -8.9 0.6  155.5  193.0 24.1 0.2
TR Turkey  523.8  634.5 21.1 0.6 1 318.2 1 122.8 -14.8 1.4
DE Germany 14 641.1 14 905.6 1.8 13.2 9 507.7 9 068.0 -4.6 11.0
UK Ukraine 95.9 83.2 -13.2 0.1  404.5  314.5 -22.2 0.4
HU Hungary  438.9  535.7 22.1 0.5  117.2  108.8 -7.1 0.1
AT Austria 1 019.0  931.7 -8.6 0.8  453.7  449.4 -1.0 0.5
Other countries in Europe  662.8  780.4 17.7 0.7  800.4  856.8 7.1 1.0
                 
Africa  864.1  980.5 13.5 0.9  889.3  828.9 -6.8 1.0
BW Botswana  183.4  334.3 82.3 0.3 0.7 1.0 47.7 0.0
ZA South Africa  276.8  281.2 1.6 0.2 82.4  121.0 46.8 0.1
Other countries in Africa  404.0  365.0 -9.6 0.3  795.1  698.3 -12.2 0.8
                 
Asia 12 607.3 13 200.9 4.7 11.7 8 434.2 8 344.7 -1.1 10.1
HK Hong Kong  355.7  465.4 30.8 0.4  390.8  353.1 -9.6 0.4
IN India  356.6  371.7 4.2 0.3  126.1  155.7 23.4 0.2
ID Indonesia  290.1  278.9 -3.9 0.2 88.6  109.1 23.1 0.1
IL Israel  277.5  236.9 -14.6 0.2  239.7  197.8 -17.5 0.2
JP Japan 3 410.2 3 271.4 -4.1 2.9 2 337.7 2 672.4 14.3 3.3
CN China 3 879.0 4 555.2 17.4 4.0 1 378.1 1 465.3 6.3 1.8
KR Korea, Republic of  718.6  760.9 5.9 0.7 1 204.0 1 189.4 -1.2 1.4
MY Malaysia  580.9  520.5 -10.4 0.5  157.1  136.4 -13.2 0.2
SG Singapore  323.9  283.8 -12.4 0.3 1 193.1  823.7 -31.0 1.0
TW Taiwan 1 199.7 1 206.9 0.6 1.1  280.4  277.6 -1.0 0.3
TH Thailand  409.4  466.3 13.9 0.4  283.6  221.6 -21.8 0.3
Other countries in Asia  804.6  782.6 -2.7 0.7  753.9  740.6 -1.8 0.9
                 
North America 11 600.1 8 830.1 -23.9 7.8 8 247.8 7 883.0 -4.4 9.6
CA Canada 2 329.7 2 210.8 -5.1 2.0  693.4  748.8 8.0 0.9
JM Jamaica  615.7  417.2 -32.2 0.4 31.7 31.8 0.2 0.0
PR Puerto Rico 63.6 14.5 -77.3 0.0  221.1 54.1 -75.5 0.1
US United States 8 294.7 5 900.7 -28.9 5.2 6 549.0 6 577.7 0.4 8.0
Other countries in North America 1.6 2.0 25.1 0.0 24.0  100.8  319.1 0.1
                 
South America 1 723.0 1 875.7 8.9 1.7 1 130.9  924.5 -18.3 1.1
AR Argentina  176.8  127.1 -28.1 0.1 15.2 30.5  101.4 0.0
BR Brazil  675.9  939.4 39.0 0.8  886.7  648.2 -26.9 0.8
SR Suriname  369.8  321.3 -13.1 0.3 2.3 1.9 -16.3 0.0
Other countries in South America  796.3  773.4 -2.9 0.7  956.3  615.6 -35.6 0.7
                 
Oceania  208.4  203.1 -2.6 0.2  651.1  446.7 -31.4 0.5
AU Australia  164.6  151.1 -8.2 0.1  558.3  397.9 -28.7 0.5
Other countries in Oceania 43.8 52.0 18.6 0.0 92.8 48.8 -47.4 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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