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NOK 13.2 billion in cross border trade
statistikk
2014-06-18T10:00:00.000Z
Wholesale and retail trade and service activities;Transport and tourism
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Cross border tradeQ1 2014

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NOK 13.2 billion in cross border trade

Norwegians spent NOK 13.2 billion on cross border trade on day trips in the last four quarters. This is a 12 per cent increase compared with the previous four-quarter period.

Cross border trade. Shopping spending, and number of trips
TotalPer cent
1st quarter 20131st quarter 20141st quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 2014
Cross Border Trade (NOK million)2 9152 843-2.5
Number of daytrips (1 000)1 6401 556-5.1

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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.