External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-March. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-March Per cent January-March Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002
Total 72 710.4 66 038.8 -9.2 100.0 57 597.7 49 465.0 -14.1 100.0
                 
Nordic countries 19 742.1 17 436.9 -11.7 26.4 13 078.0 11 603.1 -11.3 23.5
EFTA 1 182.3 1 049.8 -11.2 1.6 897.5 796.9 -11.2 1.6
EU The European Union 48 795.4 44 113.3 -9.6 66.8 40 746.6 33 830.6 -17.0 68.4
OECD countries 62 790.9 55 914.1 -11.0 84.7 51 318.0 43 081.4 -16.1 87.1
                 
Europe 54 106.3 49 860.1 -7.8 75.5 44 889.7 38 289.4 -14.7 77.4
BE Belgium 1 438.8 1 438.8 0.0 2.2 1 844.1 1 319.3 -28.5 2.7
DE Denmark 5 158.0 5 061.1 -1.9 7.7 3 587.8 3 444.8 -4.0 7.0
EE Estonia 267.3 313.2 17.2 0.5 128.3 116.6 -9.1 0.2
FI Finland 2 848.1 2 090.5 -26.6 3.2 1 678.9 1 419.9 -15.4 2.9
FR France 3 079.6 2 922.6 -5.1 4.4 3 423.0 2 649.8 -22.6 5.4
GR Greece 111.8 109.0 -2.5 0.2 366.5 373.4 1.9 0.8
IE Ireland 1 262.4 1 052.5 -16.6 1.6 726.8 642.5 -11.6 1.3
IS Iceland 206.7 177.7 -14.0 0.3 380.5 215.7 -43.3 0.4
IT Italy 2 373.6 2 540.1 7.0 3.8 1 811.4 1 636.8 -9.6 3.3
LV Latvia 135.5 108.0 -20.3 0.2 114.1 108.9 -4.6 0.2
LT Lithuania 171.2 231.5 35.2 0.4 140.1 121.3 -13.4 0.2
NL Netherlands 3 016.8 3 081.5 2.1 4.7 3 523.3 2 963.6 -15.9 6.0
PL Poland 735.8 837.5 13.8 1.3 920.4 785.5 -14.7 1.6
PT Portugal 460.9 427.0 -7.3 0.6 907.2 772.6 -14.8 1.6
RO Romania 125.3 223.0 77.9 0.3 49.5 67.4 36.2 0.1
RU Russia 1 593.6 1 561.4 -2.0 2.4 571.7 891.6 55.9 1.8
ES Spain 1 100.5 1 137.6 3.4 1.7 1 423.3 1 347.0 -5.4 2.7
GB United Kingdom 6 361.7 5 137.6 -19.2 7.8 6 242.2 4 831.6 -22.6 9.8
CH Switzerland 956.5 859.6 -10.1 1.3 511.4 577.0 12.8 1.2
SE Sweden 11 456.6 10 029.1 -12.5 15.2 7 274.6 6 379.5 -12.3 12.9
CZ Czech Republic 296.2 459.1 55.0 0.7 88.3 86.3 -2.2 0.2
TR Turkey 278.6 330.2 18.5 0.5 455.8 686.0 50.5 1.4
DE Germany 9 492.3 8 421.6 -11.3 12.8 7 520.8 5 722.4 -23.9 11.6
UK Ukraine 28.7 58.1 102.3 0.1 289.0 302.4 4.6 0.6
HU Hungary 233.2 255.7 9.7 0.4 77.3 75.5 -2.3 0.2
AT Austria 602.2 615.0 2.1 0.9 303.8 256.3 -15.6 0.5
Other countries in Europe 314.2 381.2 21.3 0.6 529.6 495.8 -6.4 1.0
                 
Africa 583.9 513.8 -12.0 0.8 800.3 542.1 -32.3 1.1
BW Botswana 214.7 124.2 -42.1 0.2 1.4 0.6 -56.0 0.0
ZA South Africa 144.2 154.1 6.9 0.2 54.5 49.6 -9.1 0.1
Other countries in Africa 224.9 235.5 4.7 0.4 741.8 482.9 -34.9 1.0
                 
Asia 8 399.3 7 653.8 -8.9 11.6 5 278.0 4 843.8 -8.2 9.8
HK Hongkong 283.8 214.2 -24.5 0.3 358.5 236.2 -34.1 0.5
IN India 223.9 202.3 -9.7 0.3 68.7 77.3 12.5 0.2
ID Indonesia 226.3 179.7 -20.6 0.3 59.1 67.5 14.2 0.1
IL Israel 177.2 184.5 4.2 0.3 176.1 155.5 -11.7 0.3
JP Japan 2 546.8 1 949.4 -23.5 3.0 2 024.1 1 399.3 -30.9 2.8
CN China 2 256.0 2 440.1 8.2 3.7 574.4 578.7 0.7 1.2
KR Korea. Republic of 535.2 452.3 -15.5 0.7 573.9 776.9 35.4 1.6
MY Malaysia 316.3 370.6 17.2 0.6 106.1 104.2 -1.8 0.2
SG Singapore 215.6 210.8 -2.2 0.3 495.5 589.9 19.1 1.2
TW Taiwan 863.5 705.7 -18.3 1.1 186.7 168.0 -10.0 0.3
TH Thailand 238.7 247.3 3.6 0.4 199.6 188.9 -5.4 0.4
Other countries in Asia 515.0 496.5 -3.6 0.8 455.0 500.7 10.0 1.0
                 
North-America 8 188.0 6 842.4 -16.4 10.4 5 516.7 4 589.2 -16.8 9.3
CA. Canada 2 170.3 1 182.3 -45.5 1.8 381.6 412.9 8.2 0.8
JM Jamaica 182.6 398.2 118.0 0.6 27.6 24.3 -11.8 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 4.6 59.3 1 196.5 0.1 173.2 140.2 -19.1 0.3
US United States 5 635.9 5 044.7 -10.5 7.6 4 301.3 3 595.9 -16.4 7.3
Other countries in North-America 0.8 1.0 24.5 0.0 17.8 16.3 -8.9 0.0
                 
South-America 1 232.0 1 052.3 -14.6 1.6 797.9 799.0 0.1 1.6
AR Argentina 62.0 95.1 53.5 0.1 26.0 11.0 -57.5 0.0
BR Brazil 464.4 424.3 -8.6 0.6 578.1 621.5 7.5 1.3
SR Suriname 389.6 250.6 -35.7 0.4 2.2 1.1 -49.7 0.0
Other countries in South-America 510.7 439.5 -13.9 0.7 807.2 565.9 -29.9 1.1
                 
Oceania 200.8 116.5 -42.0 0.2 315.0 401.4 27.4 0.8
AU Australia 183.6 97.4 -47.0 0.1 268.5 345.3 28.6 0.7
Other countries in Oceania 17.2 19.1 10.9 0.0 46.5 56.1 20.5 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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