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07318: Imports of principal commodities (quantity) (closed series) 1828 - 1975
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utenrikshandel@ssb.no
Øyvind Hagen, Statistics Norway
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oyh@ssb.no
Updated
2025-06-26 08:00
Unit
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mainly tonnes (for exact unit see commodity text)
Reference time
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31.12.
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Statistics Norway
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External PROD
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Meat, fresh, chilled or frozen (tonnes)
Cattle (tonnes)
Meat (tonnes)
Pork (tonnes)
Butter, prior to 1886 both butter and margarine (tonnes)
Cheese (tonnes)
Fish, fresh, chilled or frozen (tonnes)
Fish, salted, dried or smoked (tonnes)
Wheat, prior to 1953 only unmilled wheat (tonnes)
Barley, prior to 1953 only unmilled barley (tonnes)
Maize, prior to 1953 only unmilled maize (tonnes)
Flour, rye (tonnes)
Rye, from 1953 only unmilled rye (tonnes)
Flour, wheat (tonnes)
Oranges, mandarines etc. (number in 1000 before 1860, then tonnes)
Other citrus fruit (tonnes)
Bananas (tonnes)
Apples (tonnes)
Grapes (tonnes)
Nuts, unshelled and shelled, exc. oil nuts (tonnes)
Groundnuts (tonnes)
Pears (tonnes)
Dried fruit and berries (tonnes)
Fruit and fruit preparations (tonnes)
Tomatoes, fresh (tonnes)
Vegetables, fresh, excl. tomatoes (tonnes)
Refined sugar (tonnes)
Molasses (tonnes)
Sugar (tonnes)
Syrup (tonnes)
Coffee, from 1906 only green coffee (tonnes)
Cocoa beans (tonnes)
Tea (tonnes)
Linseed cake, oilcake and meal (tonnes)
Oilcake and meal (tonnes)
Lard (tonnes)
Wine of fresh grapes (1000 l)
Wine (1000 l)
Destilled alcoholic beverages, prior to 1953 spirits (1000 l)
Tobacco, unmanufactured (tonnes)
Tobacco leaf (tonnes)
Cigarettes (tonnes)
Hides and skins, with the hair, undressed (tonnes)
Skins, other (tonnes)
Hides, skins (tonnes)
Skins, with the hair, undressed (tonnes)
Skins, without hair, tanned (tonnes)
Bovine and equine hides other than calf skins (tonnes)
Fur skins, undressed (tonnes before 1959, then number in 1000)
Groundnuts (tonnes)
Copra (tonnes)
Soya beans (tonnes)
Linseed, prior to 1882 seeds from lin hemp and rape (tonnes)
Natural rubber (tonnes)
Synthetic rubber and rubber substitues (tonnes)
Logs and wood for the manufacture of paper pulp (m³ solid volume)
Timber (tonnes)
Sawlogs and veneer logs (m³ solid volume)
Lumber, sawn and planed, conifer (m³ solid volume)
Lumber, sawn and planed, non-conifer (m³ solid volume)
Sulphate wood pulp (converted to dry weight) (tonnes)
Other unworked wood (tonnes)
Sulphite wood pulp (converted to dry weight) (tonnes)
Mechanical wood pulp, wet basis (tonnes)
Chemical wood pulp, dry basis (tonnes)
Wood pulp (tonnes)
Wools, prior to 1932 including shoddfy and waste (tonnes)
Wool and shoddy (tonnes)
Wool and other animal hair (tonnes)
Cotton (tonnes)
Jute (tonnes)
Linen, hemp, jute (tonnes)
Vegetable fibres, except cotton and jute (tonnes)
Synthetic and artificial textile fibres (tonnes)
Waste materials from textile fabrics (tonnes)
Natural phosphates (tonnes)
Common salt (tonnes before 1866, then 1000 tonn)
Common salt and rock salt for industrial use (1000 tonnes)
Sulphur (tonnes)
Phosphates (tonnes)
Clay etc., including chamotte and dinas earths (tonnes)
Salt (tonnes)
Iron and steel scrap (tonnes)
Bauxites, prior to 1921: bauxite, cryolite etc. (tonnes)
Nickel matte (tonnes)
Zinc ore and concentrates, dry weight, prior to 1953 zinc ore (tonnes)
Manganese ore and consentrates, prior to 1953 manganese ore(tonnes)
Chromium ore and concentrates, prior to 1953 chrome ore (tonnes)
Bark and tanning extr. (tonnes)
Illuminating oils (tonnes)
Fuel oils (tonnes)
Coal (tonnes before 1953, then 1000 tonnes)
Coke and cinders (tonnes before 1953, then 1000 tonnes)
Coal, coke and cinders (tonnes before 1866, then 1000 tonnes)
Illuminating oil etc. (tonnes)
Crude petroleum (tonnes)
Gasoline (tonnes)
Lamp oil and white spirit (tonnes)
Fuel oils (tonnes)
Lubricating oils and greases, mineral (tonnes)
Pitch (tonnes)
Petroleum coke (tonnes)
Illuminating (tonnes)
Oleo oil, prior to 1888 tallow only (tonnes)
Herring oil, crude (tonnes)
Other fish and marine animal oil (tonnes)
Oils, (tonnes)
Acids and their derivates (tonnes)
Aluminium oxide (tonnes)
Synthetic organic dyestuffs and natural indigo (tonnes)
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (tonnes)
Washing preparations (tonnes)
Potassium chloride (tonnes)
Potash fertilizers (tonnes)
Nitrophoska fertilizers, prior to 1953: other fertilizers (tonnes)
Fertilizer (tonnes)
Explosives (tonnes)
Plastic materials, condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition prod. (tonnes)
Plastic materials, polymerisation and copolymerisation products (NOK 1000 before 1959, then tonnes)
Plastic materials, regenerated cellulose, chemical derivatives of cellulose (tonnes)
Disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides and similar preparations (tonnes)
Leather (tonnes)
Fur skins, tanned or dressed (tonnes)
Materials of rubber (tonnes)
Rubber tyres and tubes for vehicles and aircraft (tonnes)
Veneer sheets (tonnes)
Plywood etc. (tonnes)
Paper and paperboard (tonnes)
Articles made of paper pulp, of paper and of paperboard (tonnes)
Yarn, artificial silk, starting 14.5.1927, prior to 1927 natural and art. silk (tonnes)
Silk manufact. (tonnes)
Yarn of wool (tonnes)
Cotton yarn and thread (tonnes)
Cotton manufactures (tonnes)
Yarn, cotton (tonnes)
Yarn and thread of synthetic and regenerated (artificial) fibres (tonnes)
Cotton fabrics, woven (tonnes)
Wool manufactures (tonnes)
Linen, hemp and jute manufactures (tonnes)
Hats and caps (number before 1948, then number in 1000)
Woollen fabrics, woven (tonnes)
Fabrics woven, of synthetic and of regenerated (artificial) fibres (tonnes)
Cordage, cable, rope, twine (tonnes)
Linoleum, from 1953 also coverings prepared on a textile base (tonnes)
Carpets, rugs and the like (tonnes)
Electrodes, graphite and carbon (tonnes)
Glass (tonnes)
Glassware (tonnes)
Pottery (tonnes)
Pig iron (tonnes)
Ingots and other primary forms of iron and steel (tonnes)
Wire rod of iron or steel (tonnes)
Bars and rods of iron or steel (tonnes)
Angles and shapes of steel (tonnes)
Steel (tonnes)
Iron bars and hoop iron (tonnes)
Iron plates (tonnes)
Plates and sheets of iron or steel: universals of iron and steel (tonnes)
Hoop and strip of iron or steel (tonnes)
Iron and steel wire (excluding wire rod) (tonnes)
Tubes, pipes and fittings of iron or steel (tonnes)
Silver, unworked and partly worked (kg)
Copper and -alloys, worked (tonnes)
Copper and -allays, unwrought (tonnes)
Nickel-coppermatte (tonnes)
Aluminium and -alloys, unwrought, prior to 1953: aluminium, raw (tonnes)
Aluminium and -alloys, worked in bars, plates etc. (tonnes)
Lead and alloys, unwrought, prior to 1953: lead (tonnes)
Zinc and -alloys, unwrought, prior to 1953 zinc ore(tonnes)
Tin and -alloys. Prior to 1953: tin (tonnes)
Structures of iron and steel (tonnes)
Nails, screws, nuts, bolts, rivets and similar articles of iron, steel, copper (tonnes)
Iron and (NOK 1000 before 1906, then tonnes)
Machinery (NOK 1000)
Machinery, apparatus, tools (tonnes)
Non-electrical machinery (NOK 1000 before 2016, then tonnes)
Internal combustion engines, other than for aircraft (number )
Agricultural machinery and appliances for harvesting, threshing and sorting (NOK 1000)
Agricultural tractors (number)
Typewriters (number)
Calculating machines (number)
Machines, calculating from punched cards or tape (NOK 1000)
Machine-tools for working metals (NOK 1000 before 1965, then number)
Sewing mach., other than for footwearind. (number)
Machinery for making or finishing cellulosic pulp, paper and paperboard (NOK 1000)
Printing and bookbinding machinery (NOK 1000)
Excavating and mining machinery (NOK 1000)
Pumps and centrifuges, filtering mach. (NOK 1000)
Lifting, loading and unloading machinery (NOK 1000)
Fork lift trucks etc. (NOK 1000)
Ball, roller and needle-roller bearings (NOK 1000)
Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances (tonnes)
Transmission shafts and cranks etc.(tonnes)
Electrical machinery and apparatus (tonnes)
Electric power machinery (NOK 1000)
Switchgear etc. (NOK 1000)
Insulated wire and cable (tonnes)
TV (number)
Radio (number)
Refrigerators for domestic use, including non-electrical (number)
Clothes-washing machines for domestic use (NOK 1000 before 1957, then number)
Thermionic valves and tubes, transistors etc. (NOK 1 000)
Electrical measuring and control instruments n.e.s. (number)
Passenger cars (number)
Motorcycles (number)
Lorries and vans, motor buses (number)
Chassis with engines mounted (number)
Parts for motor vehicles other than for motorcycles (tonnes)
Aircraft (tonnes before 1953, then number)
Parts of aircraft (NOK 1000 before 1959, then tonnes)
Ships, new (gross tonnes), 1953-1958 skip more than 25 gross tonnes., 1959-1966 more than 100 gross tonnes
Ships, second hand (gross tonnes), 1953-1958 skip more than 25 gross tonnes, 1959-1966 more than 100 gross tonnes
Steamships of steel (prior to 1933 ton register, later gross tonnes)
Ships, steam and motor (prior to 1933 ton register, starting 1933 gross tonnes)
Sailships (prior to 1933 ton register, starting 1933 gross tonnes)
Furniture (tonnes)
Outer garments, not knitted (tonnes before 1961, then number in 1000)
Under garments, not knitted (tonnes before 1961, then number in 1000)
Stockings (tonnes before 1967, then dozen pairs)
Outer garments. knitted (tonnes)
Under garments, knitted (tonnes)
Footwear (tonnes before 1967, then 1000 pairs)
Footwear of skin or leather (tonnes before 1936, then 1000 pairs)
Pocket watches, wrist watches and similar watches (number)
Articles of artificial plastic materials n.e.s. (tonnes)
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Footnotes
commodity group
Hides and skins, with the hair, undressed (tonnes)
Excluding fur skins.
Timber (tonnes)
For the years 1866-1868, 1880-1914 'Other unworked wood' is included in 'Timber'.
Timber (tonnes)
For the years 1880-1888 'Wood pulp' is included in 'Timber'.
Other unworked wood (tonnes)
For the years 1866-1868, 1880-1914 'Other unworked wood' is included in 'Timber'.
Mechanical wood pulp, wet basis (tonnes)
For the years 1906-1918 and 1920 'Chemical wood pulp, dry basis' is included in 'Mechanical wood pulp, wet basis'.
Chemical wood pulp, dry basis (tonnes)
For the years 1906-1918 and 1920 'Chemical wood pulp, dry basis' is included in 'Mechanical wood pulp, wet basis'.
Wood pulp (tonnes)
For the years 1880-1888 'Wood pulp' is included in 'Timber'.
Common salt and rock salt for industrial use (1000 tonnes)
Prior to 1916 common salt only.
Bauxites, prior to 1921: bauxite, cryolite etc. (tonnes)
For the years 1910-1916 'Bauxites' is included in 'Aluminium oxide'.
Aluminium oxide (tonnes)
For the years 1910-1916 'Bauxites' is included in 'Aluminium oxide'.
Plastic materials, condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition prod. (tonnes)
For the years 1953-1960 'Plastic materials, condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition prod.' and 'Plastic materials, regenerated cellulose, chemical derivatives of cellulose' are included in 'Plastic materials, polymerisation and copolymerisation products'.
Plastic materials, polymerisation and copolymerisation products (NOK 1000 before 1959, then tonnes)
1953-1958: Moulding powder and other plastic materials in primary forms. Figures are not comparable with succeeding years.
Plastic materials, polymerisation and copolymerisation products (NOK 1000 before 1959, then tonnes)
For the years 1953-1960 'Plastic materials, condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition prod.' and 'Plastic materials, regenerated cellulose, chemical derivatives of cellulose' are included in 'Plastic materials, polymerisation and copolymerisation products'.
Plastic materials, regenerated cellulose, chemical derivatives of cellulose (tonnes)
For the years 1953-1960 'Plastic materials, condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition prod.' and 'Plastic materials, regenerated cellulose, chemical derivatives of cellulose' are included in 'Plastic materials, polymerisation and copolymerisation products'.
Silk manufact. (tonnes)
Beginning 1939 new grouping of silk, wool and cotton manufactures. Beginning 1939 cotton manufactures also include clothing of linen.
Cotton manufactures (tonnes)
Beginning 1939 new grouping of silk, wool and cotton manufactures. Beginning 1939 cotton manufactures also include clothing of linen.
Wool manufactures (tonnes)
Beginning 1939 new grouping of silk, wool and cotton manufactures. Beginning 1939 cotton manufactures also include clothing of linen.
Hats and caps (number before 1948, then number in 1000)
For the years 1883-1892 the figures refer to hats and caps of silk, felt and cloth. Other years, only felt.
Electrodes, graphite and carbon (tonnes)
Prior to 1937 including carbon electrodes for arc lamps and electrode carbon.
Iron and (NOK 1000 before 1906, then tonnes)
Beginning 1939: 'Manufactures of base metals.' Figures are not comparable with preceding years.
Non-electrical machinery (NOK 1000 before 2016, then tonnes)
For the years 1906-1927 'Electrical machinery and apparatus' is included in 'Non-electrical machinery'.
Excavating and mining machinery (NOK 1000)
For the years 1953-1960 'Lifting, loading and unloading machinery' is included in 'Excavating and mining machinery'.
Lifting, loading and unloading machinery (NOK 1000)
For the years 1953-1960 'Lifting, loading and unloading machinery' is included in 'Excavating and mining machinery'.
Electrical machinery and apparatus (tonnes)
For the years 1906-1927 'Electrical machinery and apparatus' is included in 'Non-electrical machinery'.
Radio (number)
For 1953-1966: Radio-broadcasting reception appartus, incorporating a record-player.
Refrigerators for domestic use, including non-electrical (number)
Prior to 1959: Including only refrigerators up to 0,284 m³.
Passenger cars (number)
For the years 1906-1919 'Motorcycles' and 'Lorries and vans, motor buses' are included in 'Passenger cars'.
Motorcycles (number)
For the years 1906-1919 'Motorcycles' and 'Lorries and vans, motor buses' are included in 'Passenger cars'.
Lorries and vans, motor buses (number)
For the years 1906-1919 'Motorcycles' and 'Lorries and vans, motor buses' are included in 'Passenger cars'.
Ships, steam and motor (prior to 1933 ton register, starting 1933 gross tonnes)
For import the figures are for motorships of steel (ton register).