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Increased imports of traditional goods
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External trade in goods, March 2001

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Increased imports of traditional goods

Norway imported for NOK 71.9 billion in the 1st quarter and exports amounted to 134.3 billion. The trade surplus was 62 billion compared with last year's 52 billion.

Exports of crude oil, condensates and natural gas were 76.5 billion. The deficit of the trade balance looking at traditional exports minus imports shows a slight increase. Exports of traditional commodities amounted to 57.8 billion.

External Trade in Goods, excl. Ships and Oil Platforms
  January-March Change,
per cent 		March Change,
per cent
  2000       2001     2000     2001
1 Imports 65 173 71 899 10,3 24 271 26 692 10,0
2 Exports 116 697 134 291 15,1 41 591 45 097 8,4
Of which            
Crude oil 57 100 61 346 7,4 20 044 19 676 -1,8
Natural gas 8 302 12 805 54,2 3 018 4 146 37,4
Condensates . 2 310 . . 610 .
3 Exports excl. crude oil, natural gas and condensates 51 296 57 831 12,7 18 529 20 664 11,5
4 Trade balance (2-1) 51 524 62 393 21,1 17 320 18 405 6,3
5 Trade balance excl. oil, natural gas and condensates (3-1) -13 877 -14 068 . -5 742 -6 028 .

Fish and cars

Imports of food, beverage and tobacco (SITC 0-1) totalled 4.7 billion in the 1st quarter this year, while the exports of SITC 0-1 products came to 8.9 billion. Fish imports increased by 300 million.

Imports of crude material, fuel and oil (SITC 2-4) summed up to 8.7 billion, where oil products increased by 2.1 billion and imports of ore by 3.1 billion. The value of imports of electric current was more than half a billion. Total exports for these groups amounted to 6.9 billion.

We imported manufactured goods (SITC 5-9) for 58.4 billion - a 9 per cent increase from the 1st quarter 2000. Car imports increased by 20 per cent. The value of telecommunication equipment increased by 637 million, for computers by 562 million and electric machines by 518 million. Exports of manufactured goods were 39.5 billion.

Exports and imports. January-March 2001. Billion NOK

Exports to Eastern Europe(previous Comecon). 1993-2000. Billion NOK

Exports to Eastern Europe

Since 1993 the annual exports to the previous Comecon countries have increased considerably. Fish still dominate, especially regarding Russia and Ukraine. Exports to Poland represent a lot of manufactured goods as well. Exports of natural gas to the Czech Republic started in 2000.

Exports to prev. Comecon and
fish exports. 2000. Million NOK
and per cent
Country Total export Percent fish
Ukraine 589 83
Russia 1 655 63
Lithuania 357 43
Latvia 362 36
Comecon, total 8 468 35
Poland 3 085 30
Estonia 409 16
Czech Rep. 437 6

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