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NOK 13.3 billion in cross border trade
statistikk
2014-03-04T10:00:00.000Z
Wholesale and retail trade and service activities;Transport and tourism
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Cross border trade is defined as Norwegians trips and shopping spending abroad in connection with outbound daytrips. Norwegians spent NOK 13.3 billion on cross border trade on day trips in 2013.

Cross border trade, Q4 2013

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NOK 13.3 billion in cross border trade

Norwegians spent NOK 13.3 billion on cross border trade on day trips in 2013. This is an increase of 15 per cent compared with 2012.

Cross border trade. Shopping spending, and number of tripsPublished 4 March 2014
TotalPer cent
4th quarter 20124th quarter 20134th quarter 2012 - 4th quarter 2013
Cross Border Trade (NOK million)3 0893 69319.6
Number of daytrips (1 000)1 5731 96124.7

Source: Statistics Norway

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The cross border trade statistics are based on a sample of Norwegian persons aged 16-79. The figures are therefore uncertain by about half a billion NOK. If the total cross border trade is NOK 2 billion in a given quarter, it is 95 per cent certain that the true value is within the interval NOK 1.5 to 2.5 billion. Comparing two quarterly figures that are both uncertain entails an even greater uncertainty. Statistics Norway is therefore cautious when describing the development of cross border trade based on quarterly figures.

Figures for a year or four-quarter period have an uncertainty measured in absolute figures (NOK) twice the uncertainty of the quarterly figures. As a percentage, the uncertainty of the annual figure is only half of the uncertainty of the quarterly figures.