Statistics Norway
39 Imports of goods and services. Percentage change in volume from the same period in the previous year
  1997 1998 1999 98:2 98:3 98:4 99:1 99:2 99:3 99:4
Total imports 11.3 9.3 -3.1 3.2 6.9 10.1 -3.8 -2.8 0.7 -6.1
                     
Goods 10.1 9.5 -5.4 2.1 6.8 11.7 -7.1 -5.6 -0.7 -7.6
Ships 111.9 0.7 -18.1 -5.6 -13.0 43.6 -75.7 -31.3 84.8 -2.4
Oil platforms and modules -49.3 145.4 -58.6 -93.5 -65.9 .. -77.5 568.4 .. -99.3
Direct imports related to petroleum activities 21.1 9.9 -44.5 4.4 3.1 10.3 -27.8 -30.9 -53.6 -62.1
Other goods 7.8 8.7 -1.9 5.3 8.5 4.4 0.8 -4.6 -4.6 0.4
Agriculture, forestry and fishing -3.0 4.3 1.1 -9.4 10.2 -11.4 -17.2 7.7 -1.3 20.8
Crude oil 17.0 23.3 13.7 12.9 12.1 25.5 -32.4 42.4 19.6 46.3
Mining and quarrying 8.6 8.4 0.3 -1.9 -2.2 -2.2 -10.6 -5.9 9.1 12.2
Manufacturing products 9.0 8.9 -2.1 5.7 8.5 4.8 2.0 -5.2 -5.0 -0.3
Food products, beverages and tobacco 9.2 6.4 9.8 2.0 5.8 9.3 8.8 10.2 6.4 13.9
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 7.7 4.8 1.2 2.5 1.9 3.8 3.8 -5.8 1.1 4.5
Wood products 18.8 7.9 -1.9 2.9 11.6 -3.8 -4.3 -5.1 -12.1 14.5
Pulp, paper and paper products 9.5 0.4 5.5 -2.9 -0.9 -3.7 -0.1 3.1 4.1 14.6
Printing and publishing 10.2 7.6 5.8 6.5 1.8 6.7 8.7 2.4 4.1 7.4
Refined petroleum products 12.4 -9.2 8.0 -18.7 0.4 -9.3 21.1 8.6 -1.5 5.5
Basic chemicals 6.6 2.2 0.5 -0.5 -5.5 0.1 -10.9 4.9 3.1 4.9
Chemical and mineral products 7.2 7.7 1.1 3.3 8.7 3.6 -0.0 2.1 -1.0 3.1
Basic metals 3.3 7.1 -5.7 13.0 16.0 -9.9 0.2 -11.2 -17.5 5.4
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 13.1 13.8 -4.6 9.2 10.2 10.3 2.8 -7.3 -5.9 -7.5
Other manufacturing products n.e.c 16.1 10.8 4.7 5.8 9.3 9.6 4.3 -0.4 3.6 10.0
Non-competitive imports -7.7 11.7 -13.2 8.7 18.0 11.8 -7.1 -21.1 -16.9 -6.2
Electricity -45.1 -12.8 -19.6 84.0 117.7 48.5 16.4 -21.2 -34.9 -47.2
                     
Services 14.6 8.9 3.1 6.0 6.9 5.7 6.2 4.6 3.8 -1.9
Operating costs shipping, excl. bunkers 5.9 2.1 0.5 -0.9 2.6 2.4 2.1 -2.6 -0.4 2.8
Petroleum actvities, various services 20.1 98.0 34.6 84.5 50.8 111.0 23.1 66.8 58.7 0.4
Operating costs oil drilling, excl. bunkers 37.0 -35.1 36.8 -62.1 -50.3 1.6 31.9 150.3 61.3 -80.8
Travel 8.2 3.8 6.6 0.9 5.2 4.5 10.8 12.5 4.2 1.0
Other services 24.1 20.2 -2.4 27.9 18.3 4.5 3.0 -10.3 -1.4 -0.6
Transport, post and telecommunication 13.1 23.4 -16.5 39.1 34.3 5.8 -18.9 -21.4 -13.7 -11.9
Financial and business services 31.7 12.7 5.0 8.4 10.3 8.4 7.0 4.9 11.0 -1.6
Services n.e.c 18.5 28.4 -6.7 49.1 23.2 -0.4 3.9 -21.4 -10.2 3.6