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External trade in goods, indices of volume and price

Volume and price indices for external trade in goods (UHVP) use the data from external trade to compile volume and price indices. Thus the indices measure the development in volume and price for exported and imported goods over time.

Updated: 15 May 2025
Next update: 25 July 2025

Selected figures from the statistics

  • Indices of volume and price for external trade in goods, excl. ships and oil platforms. Change in per cent from previous quarter
    Indices of volume and price for external trade in goods, excl. ships and oil platforms. Change in per cent from previous quarter1
    Volume indexPrice index
    1st quarter 2025 /4th quarter 20241st quarter 2025 /4th quarter 2024
    ExportsImportsExportsImports
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms-4.4-4.66.6-0.5
    Food, beverages and tobacco-21.5-3.510.93.8
    Crude materials except fuels-1.50.50.3-3.7
    Fuels-3.65.27.42.7
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco1.6-6.33.0-0.4
    1Groups according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC-Rev. 4).
    Explanation of symbols
  • Imports and exports. Volume and Price indices. 2000=100
    Imports and exports. Volume and Price indices. 2000=1001
    202320241st quarter 20242nd quarter 20243rd quarter 20244th quarter 20241st quarter 2025
    Commodity group (SITC)
    Imports, volume indices
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms174.1180.6163.7189.1183.7185.8177.3
    Food, beverages and tobacco193.4198.2185.7208.0197.1202.0194.9
    Crude materials except fuels161.6166.7153.4166.2171.7175.4176.2
    Fuels182.9176.5160.4196.8204.3144.6152.1
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco169.9178.0160.5186.1178.6186.9175.2
    Imports, price indices
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms207.6207.6204.9207.3204.6213.2212.1
    Food, beverages and tobacco260.7267.5260.9260.4270.8277.7288.3
    Crude materials except fuels235.3231.7214.1232.7237.0240.7231.9
    Fuels422.1357.7361.2380.1348.2336.9346.1
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco193.5196.5195.2195.7193.0201.7200.8
    Exports, volume indices
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms115.3118.1117.6118.7113.8122.1116.7
    Exports excl. crude oil and natural gas162.8165.9157.3162.9165.1178.5168.2
    Food, beverages and tobacco199.1201.8172.1171.6224.1239.4188.0
    Crude materials except fuels172.5181.3172.9195.4172.4184.6181.8
    Fuels90.992.794.793.488.793.990.5
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco170.0176.7172.9188.3163.0182.7185.6
    Exports, price indices
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms316.8295.5279.7295.7292.0313.9334.7
    Exports excl. crude oil and natural gas201.0198.0199.2204.0191.8197.2209.1
    Food, beverages and tobacco270.9270.6290.9292.0245.7264.0292.8
    Crude materials except fuels213.6221.8217.8221.9222.5224.5225.1
    Fuels419.4378.5349.8373.2377.2414.0444.8
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco154.0153.2148.6155.2153.4155.2159.8
    1Groups according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC-Rev. 4).
    Explanation of symbols
  • Imports and exports. Price and volume indices. Change from previous year. Per cent.
    Imports and exports. Price and volume indices. Change from previous year. Per cent.
    2023 / 20222024 / 20231st quarter 2024 / 1st quarter 20232nd quarter 2024 / 2nd quarter 20233rd quarter 2024 / 3rd quarter 20234th quarter 2024 / 4th quarter 20231st quarter 2025 / 1st quarter 2024
    Commodity group (SITC)
    Imports, volume indices
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms-6.03.7-7.15.99.96.48.3
    Food, beverages and tobacco-3.02.51.610.5-2.10.35.0
    Crude materials except fuels4.53.213.30.4-0.81.714.9
    Fuels-5.2-3.5-13.914.614.3-25.7-5.2
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco-7.84.8-9.44.812.712.39.2
    Imports, price indices
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms6.20.0-1.0-1.20.61.53.5
    Food, beverages and tobacco13.62.60.1-1.46.94.710.5
    Crude materials except fuels-8.6-1.6-15.3-4.06.16.38.3
    Fuels-14.6-15.3-17.7-10.7-15.1-18.6-4.2
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco10.51.62.80.60.81.72.9
    Exports, volume indices
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms-0.12.4-2.18.06.4-1.7-0.7
    Exports excl. crude oil and natural gas3.51.9-2.82.61.86.16.9
    Food, beverages and tobacco-2.61.4-5.2-1.36.93.59.2
    Crude materials except fuels-1.25.13.49.68.0-0.25.1
    Fuels-0.72.0-1.18.46.7-4.5-4.5
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco4.73.9-1.39.21.56.27.3
    Exports, price indices
    Goods excl. ships and oil platforms-29.2-6.7-18.0-4.5-4.01.019.7
    Exports excl. crude oil and natural gas-0.2-1.5-4.0-1.40.7-1.25.0
    Food, beverages and tobacco16.1-0.11.8-1.4-1.92.20.7
    Crude materials except fuels10.03.84.01.14.36.03.3
    Fuels-38.6-9.8-24.9-5.9-5.20.327.2
    Manufactured goods except food, beverages and tobacco2.1-0.5-4.9-0.92.01.87.5
    Explanation of symbols
  • Imports and exports by groups of end use. BEC. Volume and price indices. 2000 = 100
    Imports and exports by groups of end use. BEC. Volume and price indices. 2000 = 1001
    202320241st quarter 20242nd quarter 20243rd quarter 20244th quarter 20241st quarter 2025
    Imports, volume indices
    Goods for fixed capital formation, excl. ships and oil platforms198.4214.3187.0228.3208.0233.7205.4
    Intermediate comsumption156.2163.8152.3170.0166.8166.1162.5
    Building and construction articles191.5187.3165.8204.9190.8187.7193.1
    Energy products194.2186.7171.9206.1216.9151.9162.1
    Consumer goods160.5166.4159.5168.9165.8171.4167.9
    Imports, price indices
    Goods for fixed capital formation, excl. ships and oil platforms167.6175.0178.4172.4168.3180.7181.1
    Intermediate comsumption212.1212.2204.9212.6212.8217.9217.1
    Building and construction articles213.0217.2213.2222.4211.6220.8220.4
    Energy products417.3355.1358.5379.0344.2334.7344.4
    Consumer goods194.7199.3196.4195.1198.3207.0204.9
    Exports, volume indices
    Goods for fixed capital formation, excl. ships and oil platforms316.6363.6316.1421.5308.9408.0417.6
    Intermediate comsumption138.8141.2141.6146.8135.4141.1143.3
    Building and construction articles234.3255.4255.7271.1227.5267.2255.4
    Energy products91.092.894.893.588.894.090.6
    Consumer goods188.0190.7165.1165.8207.0224.8181.1
    Exports, price indices
    Goods for fixed capital formation, excl. ships and oil platforms100.7105.1101.2109.3105.2103.7110.3
    Intermediate comsumption190.4187.0181.4187.8187.7191.0193.8
    Building and construction articles103.9104.2103.2105.1103.2105.1109.3
    Energy products419.1378.2349.5373.0376.9413.7444.5
    Consumer goods248.4249.7266.5267.1228.6244.1269.1
    1Broad Economic Categories
    Explanation of symbols
  • Imports and exports by groups of end use. BEC. Volume and price indices. Change from previous year. Per cent.
    Imports and exports by groups of end use. BEC. Volume and price indices. Change from previous year. Per cent.1
    2023 / 20222024 / 20231st quarter 2024 / 1st quarter 20242nd quarter 2024 / 2nd quarter 20233rd quarter 2024 / 3rd quarter 20234th quarter 2024 / 4th quarter 20231st quarter 2025 / 1st quarter 2024
    Imports, volume indices
    Goods for fixed capital formation, excl. ships and oil platforms-1.38.0-4.39.411.914.79.8
    Intermediate comsumption-4.14.93.15.86.83.66.7
    Building and construction articles-9.0-2.2-13.1-1.24.51.416.5
    Energy products-5.1-3.9-14.114.115.7-27.3-5.7
    Consumer goods-8.43.7-4.47.84.96.85.3
    Imports, price indices
    Goods for fixed capital formation, excl. ships and oil platforms13.34.48.32.12.05.41.5
    Intermediate comsumption4.50.0-5.6-1.33.53.66.0
    Building and construction articles11.22.01.93.92.0-0.23.4
    Energy products-15.4-14.9-17.7-9.8-14.9-18.2-3.9
    Consumer goods13.22.42.90.43.32.64.3
    Exports, volume indices
    Goods for fixed capital formation, excl. ships and oil platforms24.414.8-5.730.84.929.832.1
    Intermediate comsumption1.11.70.13.82.90.41.2
    Building and construction articles-7.59.04.515.98.37.5-0.1
    Energy products-0.72.0-1.18.56.6-4.6-4.4
    Consumer goods-1.91.4-5.0-0.15.63.99.7
    Exports, price indices
    Goods for fixed capital formation, excl. ships and oil platforms9.74.42.5-44.34.2-0.19.0
    Intermediate comsumption-0.5-1.8-7.584.31.73.76.8
    Building and construction articles9.10.31.3-77.41.6-3.15.9
    Energy products-38.6-9.8-24.943.5-5.20.327.2
    Consumer goods15.60.52.5-20.3-1.32.31.0
    1Broad Economic Categories
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 23 April 2021.

Definition of the main concepts

Price indices

The price indices are Paasche-indices.

Volume indices

The volume indices are Laspeyres-indices.

Base year and reference year

Base year: the previous year.
Current reference year: 2000.

Computation level

Price indices are estimated for all SITC commodity groups on a three-digit level (SITC- 3) based on price relatives for all representative goods for each commodity group. Goods that are not among the representative goods get the price index of their SITC-3 commodity group as an imputed price relative.

The Terms of Trade

The ratio of the price indices for exports and imports.

Definition of the main variables

Commodity

The Norwegian commodity classification for customs declarations and statistical purposes follows the international customs and statistics nomenclature (Harmonised System, HS).

Partner country

Imports: country of origin.
Exports: country of destination.

Quantity

Net mass in kilogram and, for certain commodities, quantity in supplementary units in accordance with the Norwegian customs nomenclature. To deal with commodity codes where both net mass and supplementary unit are defined, the calculation method uses a common quantity unit.

Commodity classification

The Norwegian customs' and statistical commodity nomenclature follows the HS down to the sixth digit, mainly determined by the type of material of the goods. The seventh and eighth digits are national ones, determined by customs' and statistical considerations. The nomenclature is published at the beginning of each year in the NOS Commodity List, paper edition and on the Internet: http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/09/05/nos_com_list/ .

The United Nations' (UN) Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) by level of processing, (SITC-Rev. 4).

The NA (National Accounts) CPA (Classifications of productivity by Activity) that is used in the National accounts statistics classifies goods by sections. The (NA) CPA is based on the central product classification system of the EU (Statistical Classifications of productivity by Activity in the European Community).

Country classification

The country classification follows the international standard ISO-3166.

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