38109_not-searchable
/en/utenriksokonomi/statistikker/muh/arkiv
38109
Continued increase in trade
statistikk
2004-10-15T10:00:00.000Z
External economy
en
muh, External trade in goods, import, export, balance of trade (export minus import), mainland exports, imports excluding ships and oil platforms, trade ( between countries, continents and trade regions), international product groups (for example hs, sitc and bec), product groups (for example food, crude oil and metals)External trade , External economy
false

External trade in goods, September 2004

Variants of the statistics:

Content

Published:

This is an archived release.

Go to latest release

Continued increase in trade

Exports of goods came to NOK 48.7 billion in September 2004, an increase of 28 per cent compared with September last year. Imports of goods came to NOK 28.4 billion, an increase of 14.1 per cent. The Norwegian trade surplus was NOK 20.3 billion in September.

In September, the total export value of crude oil, natural gas and condensates came to NOK 27.7 billion, an increase of NOK 8.2 billion compared with September last year. The export value of crude oil came to NOK 22.6 billion, an increase of 58.1 per cent. The crude oil price averaged NOK 294 per barrel, compared with NOK 200 per barrel in September last year.

Seasonally adjusted figures

Adjusted for seasonality, the export value of crude oil, natural gas and condensates increased by 3.7 per cent compared with the April to June period. Similar figures for traditional exports and imports show an increase of 7.7 and 4.3 per cent respectively.

External Trade in Goods, excl. Ships and Oil Platforms. NOK Million
  January-September Change in per cent September Change in per cent
  2003 2004 2003 2004
Imports  202 538      235 352 16.2      24 855     28 371 14.1
Exports  345 382  401 525 16.3 38 036 48 689 28.0
Of which            
Crude oil  146 622  180 466 23.1 14 272 22 563 58.1
Natural gas 44 275 48 894 10.4 4 644 4 368 -5.9
Condensates 7 431 7 565 1.8  582  791 35.8
Exports excl. crude oil, natural gas and condensates  147 053  164 600 11.9 18 538 20 967 13.1
Trade balance (2-1)  142 844  166 173 16.3 13 181 20 319 54.1
Trade balance excl. oil, natural gas and condensates (3-1) -55 485 -70 752 . -6 317 -7 403 .

Increase in exports of fish, petroleum products, propane and butanes

The export value of traditional goods was NOK 21 billion in September, compared with NOK 18.5 billion in September last year. This is an increase of NOK 2.5 billion. This development was mainly due to an increase in the export value of fish and petroleum products, which both increased by NOK 455 million, and liquefied propane and butanes and non-ferrous metals, which both increased by NOK 320 million.

Increase in imports of cars, iron and steel

In September, imports of traditional goods amounted to NOK 28.4 billion compared with NOK 24.9 billion in September 2003, an increase of NOK 3.5 billion, or 14.5 per cent. This development was mainly due to an increase in the import value of cars of NOK 575 million. The import value of iron and steel increased by NOK 510 million.

Tables: