Statistics Norway

External trade with commodities

1   Imports of traditional commodities1 in January 2003 and 2004. Preliminary figures. NOK million
Commodity groups 2 January Change in NOK million Percentage change
            2003             2004
0-9 Total 21 928.9 21 329.8 -599.0 -2.7
         
0 Food and Live animals 1 376.0 1 339.9 -36.0 -2.6
03 Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof  301.4  289.1 -12.2 -4.1
04 Cereals and cereal preparations  241.2  179.7 -61.4 -25.5
05 Fruit and vegetables  370.0  406.6 36.6 9.9
06 Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 83.6 62.6 -20.9 -25.2
07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof  124.7  111.4 -13.3 -10.7
Other food and live animals  255.0  290.6 35.5 13.9
         
1 Beverages and tobacco  219.6  180.9 -38.6 -17.6
         
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 1 360.6 1 570.6  210.0 15.4
22 Oil-seed and oleaginous fruit  115.7 10.6 -104.9 -90.8
24 Wood, lumber and cork  260.8  254.1 -6.5 -2.5
27 Crude fertilizers and crude minerals n.e.s.  140.7  121.8 -18.8 -13.4
28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap  679.7 1 035.8  356.1 52.4
Other crude materials  163.8  148.3 -15.5 -9.5
         
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 1 847.0  738.4 -1 108.5 -60.0
32 Coal, coke and briquettes 49.3 68.5 19.3 39.1
33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials 1 020.4  386.8 -633.5 -62.1
34 Gas, natural and manufactured 38.3 40.7 2.4 6.2
35 Electric current  739.1  242.4 -496.6 -67.2
         
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 89.1 91.9 2.9 3.2
         
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 2 359.9 2 289.1 -70.6 -3.0
51 Organic chemicals  362.7  295.4 -67.2 -18.6
52 Inorganic chemicals  153.2  170.6 17.4 11.3
54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products  662.6  615.8 -46.8 -7.1
57 Plastics in primary forms  200.6  223.2 22.7 11.3
58 Plastics in non-primary forms  168.5  178.9 10.4 6.2
Other chemical products  812.2  805.2 -6.9 -0.9
         
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 3 184.1 3 348.5  164.5 5.2
64 Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof  525.6  505.0 -20.4 -3.9
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products  316.3  310.8 -5.5 -1.8
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures  275.2  310.9 35.8 13.0
67 Iron and steel  528.0  577.3 49.3 9.3
68 Non-ferrous metals  377.4  433.0 55.7 14.7
69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s.  739.4  766.2 26.8 3.6
Other manufactures  422.2  445.2 23.0 5.4
         
7 Machinery and transport equipment 7 924.3 8 108.7  184.4 2.3
71 Power generating machinery and equipment  558.5  425.0 -133.4 -23.9
72 Machinery specialized for particular industries  681.8  670.4 -11.3 -1.7
73 Metalworking machinery 69.2 77.4 8.2 11.8
74 General industrial machinery and equipment n.e.s  946.3 1 053.7  107.5 11.4
75 Office machines and automatic data processing equipment 1 182.6 1 357.1  174.5 14.8
76 Telecommunications apparatus and equipment  956.9 1 013.0 56.1 5.9
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliences, n.e.s. and electrical parts thereof (including non-electrical counterparts n.e.s of electrical household type equipment 1 147.6 1 252.8  105.2 9.2
78 Road vehicles 1 801.0 1 980.2  179.1 9.9
79 Other transport equipment3  580.5  279.2 -301.3 -51.9
         
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3 543.3 3 650.2  106.9 3.0
82 Furniture and parts thereof  488.7  504.4 15.7 3.2
84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories  912.1  880.6 -31.4 -3.5
85 Footwear  193.0  200.0 7.0 3.6
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s.  403.7  431.1 27.3 6.8
88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s. watches and clocks  197.2  181.2 -15.9 -8.1
Other manufactured articles 1 348.5 1 452.8  104.3 7.7
         
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITC 25.1 11.5 -13.5 -54.2
1  Imports of traditional commodities: all commodities exclusive 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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