Statistics Norway
40 Imports of goods and services. Percentage change in prices from the same period in the previous year
  1997 1998 1999 99:1 99:2 99:3 99:4 0:1
Total imports 0.6 1.7 -0.3 -0.9 -1.0 -0.8 1.4 5.4
                 
Goods 0.0 0.9 -2.0 -2.7 -2.0 -3.4 -0.2 4.7
Ships 4.8 -5.8 -6.4 -19.8 -8.2 0.9 6.6 11.7
Oil platforms and modules 21.2 -8.7 0.4 -12.3 -5.3 0.0 4.7 9.6
Direct imports related to petroleum activities 5.1 3.6 1.3 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.0 4.6
Other goods -0.6 1.4 -2.1 -2.4 -1.9 -3.1 -1.1 5.0
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 6.1 4.2 -7.1 -2.1 -6.7 -10.2 -8.2 -6.2
Crude oil -10.0 -26.4 43.9 -15.4 15.1 63.8 108.7 152.1
Mining and quarrying 7.6 -3.2 -4.8 5.9 -13.3 -3.0 -9.5 14.3
Manufacturing products -0.6 1.6 -2.1 -2.4 -1.5 -3.2 -1.2 4.9
Food products, beverages and tobacco 2.9 9.5 -4.4 3.2 -3.8 -8.8 -6.8 -3.4
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 1.3 3.5 -2.6 0.1 -1.0 -4.3 -5.2 -3.1
Wood products -0.1 0.1 -3.4 -4.1 -3.2 2.1 -7.6 -1.1
Pulp, paper and paper products -7.0 2.1 -1.2 0.2 -1.6 -2.0 -1.6 4.3
Printing and publishing -4.6 1.6 -0.9 -2.5 5.0 -0.6 -3.8 -5.5
Refined petroleum products 0.5 -16.2 8.1 -17.7 1.1 22.0 29.8 69.8
Basic chemicals -0.5 1.0 -3.9 0.2 -2.2 -9.4 -3.9 -4.3
Chemical and mineral products 0.9 3.1 -0.5 1.9 0.1 -2.3 -1.6 1.7
Basic metals 2.0 -3.1 -13.6 -21.9 -12.6 -8.4 -9.5 19.2
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c -2.9 2.2 -1.3 1.5 -1.2 -5.4 -0.4 1.5
Other manufacturing products n.e.c -0.2 3.4 -2.4 -2.2 -0.2 -2.4 -4.3 -1.2
Non-competitive imports 5.3 5.8 5.6 -0.0 9.2 6.7 5.4 12.3
Electricity -28.1 -11.3 -9.5 -11.5 -18.6 -8.2 0.8 -5.7
                 
Services 2.2 4.0 3.8 3.9 1.1 4.7 5.5 7.4
Operating costs shipping, excl. bunkers 8.9 -0.6 13.4 2.3 5.3 25.1 20.8 20.7
Petroleum actvities, various services 3.7 5.2 1.2 3.3 1.0 -0.2 1.7 3.2
Operating costs oil drilling, excl. bunkers 5.0 3.5 1.2 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.0 4.6
Travel -0.3 5.7 0.5 6.9 0.3 -0.6 -2.4 -1.1
Other services -0.0 5.2 1.7 3.2 -0.3 0.8 3.3 5.7
Transport, post and telecommunication 0.9 2.4 0.1 2.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.3 6.0
Financial and business services -3.1 4.7 1.9 3.9 -0.4 0.5 3.7 8.5
Services n.e.c 3.7 6.4 1.8 2.9 0.4 1.2 3.3 2.3