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Quarterly national accounts, 4. quarter 2008
44 Imports of goods and services. Percentage change in volume from the same period in the previous year
  2007 2008 07:1 07:2 07:3 07:4 08:1 08:2 08:3 08:4
                     
Total imports 7.5 4.2 7.5 5.0 7.7 9.5 7.0 9.1 6.4 -4.6
                     
Goods 8.4 4.3 8.1 6.0 9.0 10.2 6.2 10.0 7.5 -5.3
Crude oil and natural gas 145.3 -40.1 37.2 642.4 190.5 63.5 -38.8 -66.6 -19.9 -15.4
Ships 22.8 28.8 2.0 -56.0 56.4 281.7 126.5 83.6 47.9 -49.8
Oil platforms and modules 36.5 28.7 -87.1 113.1 61.2 .. 122.5 810.7 30.6 -82.5
Direct imports related to petroleum activities 63.5 44.9 92.7 129.0 95.6 -8.5 23.1 -30.1 50.4 143.7
Aircraft and helicopters 255.5 169.0 148.3 139.8 7.2 .. 541.3 305.9 289.0 8.1
Other goods 6.7 3.2 8.5 7.0 6.7 4.7 3.1 8.3 4.8 -3.0
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 11.2 3.1 2.6 9.7 10.7 21.9 11.1 8.4 1.0 -7.0
Mining and quarrying 5.9 -11.3 31.8 -11.9 0.0 10.3 -17.7 -11.1 -4.4 -10.8
Manufacturing products 7.1 3.5 7.9 8.1 7.4 5.1 3.7 8.7 4.8 -2.7
Food products, beverages and tobacco 11.8 5.5 10.8 10.7 12.7 13.0 1.8 7.0 5.7 7.0
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 6.5 -0.1 5.8 4.5 5.6 10.4 2.7 2.7 1.1 -7.2
Wood products 15.5 -9.6 14.9 16.6 16.4 14.3 -5.8 0.8 -10.6 -22.5
Pulp, paper and paper products 4.6 -0.3 4.8 3.6 6.5 3.7 -3.8 3.5 1.3 -1.9
Printing and publishing 0.6 7.0 0.5 -6.7 7.0 1.1 -0.7 22.3 1.1 7.4
Refined petroleum products -26.2 30.6 -28.6 -31.6 -20.8 -23.6 18.2 29.9 24.5 48.6
Basic chemicals 0.8 1.4 6.4 -6.3 -3.1 6.9 -6.3 9.6 5.7 -2.7
Chemical and mineral products 11.0 2.5 14.5 12.7 10.0 7.2 1.0 5.0 6.7 -2.3
Basic metals 4.7 -0.2 5.4 6.9 4.2 2.5 -1.4 1.8 9.0 -9.1
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 11.6 6.0 13.4 14.6 11.0 8.1 6.4 12.6 6.8 -1.0
Furniture and other manufacturing products 11.7 2.3 11.2 12.1 16.7 7.8 4.2 4.9 1.1 -0.5
Non-competitive imports 8.0 -13.1 8.4 13.3 10.1 1.5 5.7 0.3 -17.8 -36.3
Electricity -46.1 -35.4 154.5 -59.7 -93.6 -61.3 -58.5 -27.5 301.3 -30.5
Other goods excluding refined petroleum products 8.9 1.9 11.3 9.7 8.5 6.5 2.4 7.4 3.8 -5.4
                     
Services 5.4 4.1 6.0 2.9 5.1 8.0 9.2 7.0 4.2 -3.0
Operating costs shipping, excluding bunkers 0.9 -0.6 -1.2 3.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 -0.3 0.8 -3.4
Operating cost oil drilling, excluding bunkers 16.8 -2.4 47.6 -0.1 11.0 17.8 -6.2 6.0 -4.0 -3.2
Petroleum activities, various services 17.4 40.3 49.0 -0.4 11.6 18.6 34.2 50.3 39.5 39.2
Travel 7.8 8.3 4.0 7.2 6.8 14.5 19.7 9.4 6.5 -1.6
Other services 3.2 1.2 7.5 -2.5 4.0 4.1 3.9 7.5 2.2 -6.8
Transport, post and telecommunication -6.7 9.7 11.4 -22.3 12.2 -18.6 1.8 12.9 11.2 12.3
Financial and business services -0.0 2.2 1.1 -5.8 -1.4 5.6 5.2 6.2 0.0 -1.5
Services n.e.c 14.5 -2.7 25.6 12.1 18.4 6.0 1.5 9.3 5.8 -22.9