External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-April. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK.
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-April Per cent January-April Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002
Total 95 356.2    90 166.3 -5.4 100.0    74 124.7    67 485.2 -9.0 100.0
                 
Nordic countries 25 734.8 24 095.2 -6.4 26.7 17 224.9 16 437.3 -4.6 24.4
EFTA 1 590.6 1 406.8 -11.6 1.6 1 136.3 1 030.2 -9.3 1.5
EU The European Union 64 092.6 60 563.5 -5.5 67.2 51 714.3 46 551.9 -10.0 69.0
OECD countries 81 833.8 76 477.8 -6.5 84.8 65 630.1 59 091.0 -10.0 87.6
                 
Europe 71 396.9 68 313.4 -4.3 75.8 57 091.3 52 293.3 -8.4 77.5
BE Belgium 1 853.5 1 933.6 4.3 2.1 2 330.7 1 815.9 -22.1 2.7
DE Denmark 6 715.3 6 769.0 0.8 7.5 4 625.2 4 750.9 2.7 7.0
EE Estonia 348.1 425.2 22.1 0.5 172.1 161.8 -6.0 0.2
FI Finland 3 584.9 3 007.5 -16.1 3.3 2 184.6 1 970.7 -9.8 2.9
FR France 4 212.7 4 009.8 -4.8 4.4 4 507.7 3 666.1 -18.7 5.4
GR Greece 142.8 148.6 4.1 0.2 409.4 480.6 17.4 0.7
IE Ireland 1 585.1 1 448.5 -8.6 1.6 1 135.2 925.8 -18.5 1.4
IS Iceland 288.5 246.8 -14.4 0.3 459.6 285.6 -37.9 0.4
IT Italy 3 181.0 3 569.4 12.2 4.0 2 214.4 2 129.1 -3.9 3.2
LV Latvia 177.0 176.3 -0.4 0.2 143.4 140.6 -2.0 0.2
LT Lithuania 219.2 305.7 39.4 0.3 185.1 157.4 -15.0 0.2
NL Netherlands 4 034.8 4 224.3 4.7 4.7 4 441.4 4 042.3 -9.0 6.0
PL Poland 965.8 1 124.9 16.5 1.2 1 154.2 975.0 -15.5 1.4
PT Portugal 625.8 555.4 -11.2 0.6 1 300.1 1 076.1 -17.2 1.6
RO Romania 172.2 284.8 65.4 0.3 63.3 93.9 48.3 0.1
RU Russia 2 362.3 2 090.8 -11.5 2.3 730.5 1 048.9 43.6 1.6
ES Spain 1 404.3 1 506.8 7.3 1.7 1 887.8 1 741.1 -7.8 2.6
GB United Kingdom 8 267.8 6 789.5 -17.9 7.5 7 997.3 6 637.1 -17.0 9.8
CH Switzerland 1 277.1 1 143.4 -10.5 1.3 671.2 733.6 9.3 1.1
SE Sweden 15 059.8 13 981.0 -7.2 15.5 9 748.4 9 232.5 -5.3 13.7
CZ Czech Republic 443.5 624.6 40.8 0.7 121.7 114.0 -6.4 0.2
TR Turkey 360.7 436.7 21.1 0.5 703.8 1 044.0 48.3 1.5
DE Germany 12 574.4 11 719.4 -6.8 13.0 8 412.1 7 651.4 -9.0 11.3
UK Ukraine 42.2 88.9 110.8 0.1 357.1 335.8 -6.0 0.5
HU Hungary 286.6 344.9 20.3 0.4 87.7 92.1 5.0 0.1
AT Austria 801.7 832.1 3.8 0.9 407.2 341.3 -16.2 0.5
Other countries in Europe 409.9 525.5 28.2 0.6 640.2 649.7 1.5 1.0
                 
Africa 700.3 679.3 -3.0 0.8 893.9 667.3 -25.4 1.0
BW Botswana 251.5 140.0 -44.3 0.2 1.4 0.7 -52.5 0.0
ZA South Africa 172.5 193.1 11.9 0.2 73.0 66.8 -8.4 0.1
Other countries in Africa 276.2 346.2 25.4 0.4 816.3 588.6 -27.9 0.9
                 
Asia 10 986.1 10 308.1 -6.2 11.4 7 022.5 6 645.0 -5.4 9.8
HK Hongkong 353.6 291.2 -17.7 0.3 553.4 320.4 -42.1 0.5
IN India 327.1 289.7 -11.4 0.3 102.5 97.9 -4.5 0.1
ID Indonesia 319.4 235.4 -26.3 0.3 98.1 79.1 -19.4 0.1
IL Israel 240.9 238.9 -0.8 0.3 220.0 189.5 -13.9 0.3
JP Japan 3 334.4 2 671.0 -19.9 3.0 2 706.2 1 876.9 -30.6 2.8
CN China 2 957.7 3 221.8 8.9 3.6 712.2 964.8 35.5 1.4
KR Korea. Republic of 655.7 591.6 -9.8 0.7 730.5 1 036.3 41.9 1.5
MY Malaysia 398.0 484.9 21.8 0.5 126.2 135.9 7.7 0.2
SG Singapore 282.9 283.0 0.1 0.3 704.0 832.9 18.3 1.2
TW Taiwan 1 129.4 979.9 -13.2 1.1 252.3 226.5 -10.2 0.3
TH Thailand 315.8 336.2 6.5 0.4 224.2 256.2 14.3 0.4
Other countries in Asia 670.1 683.6 2.0 0.8 592.3 627.8 6.0 0.9
                 
North-America 10 299.0 9 253.1 -10.2 10.3 7 813.8 6 355.7 -18.7 9.4
CA. Canada 2 582.7 1 579.8 -38.8 1.8 519.3 532.3 2.5 0.8
JM Jamaica 437.9 546.9 24.9 0.6 34.1 27.4 -19.6 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 4.9 61.5 1 160.6 0.1 185.5 182.8 -1.4 0.3
US United States 7 021.0 6 820.8 -2.9 7.6 5 724.7 4 982.5 -13.0 7.4
Other countries in North-America 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.0 20.0 20.4 1.8 0.0
                 
South-America 1 691.1 1 452.8 -14.1 1.6 935.2 965.3 3.2 1.4
AR Argentina 98.8 143.7 45.3 0.2 39.2 12.7 -67.5 0.0
BR Brazil 765.8 555.1 -27.5 0.6 657.7 753.9 14.6 1.1
SR Suriname 428.9 346.2 -19.3 0.4 2.7 1.9 -31.0 0.0
Other countries in South-America 649.9 651.4 0.2 0.7 1 566.3 808.0 -48.4 1.2
                 
Oceania 282.8 159.7 -43.5 0.2 368.0 558.6 51.8 0.8
AU Australia 256.2 128.3 -49.9 0.1 313.0 493.1 57.6 0.7
Other countries in Oceania 26.6 31.4 18.0 0.0 55.1 65.5 19.0 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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