External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-May. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK.
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-May Per cent January-May Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002
Total  121 452.4  112 272.0 -7.6  100.0 93 447.6 84 329.4 -9.8  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 32 297.7 30 269.4 -6.3 27.0 21 511.5 20 849.6 -3.1 24.7
EFTA 2 001.7 1 793.8 -10.4 1.6 1 416.2 1 252.8 -11.5 1.5
EU The European Union 80 431.4 75 756.2 -5.8 67.5 65 868.7 58 360.8 -11.4 69.2
OECD countries  104 841.0 95 671.5 -8.7 85.2 82 789.3 73 806.4 -10.9 87.5
                 
Europe 89 514.7 85 466.9 -4.5 76.1 72 324.1 65 304.0 -9.7 77.4
BE Belgium 2 330.1 2 423.6 4.0 2.2 3 111.7 2 264.4 -27.2 2.7
DE Denmark 8 416.4 8 429.2 0.2 7.5 5 911.0 5 997.0 1.5 7.1
EE Estonia  443.6  516.6 16.4 0.5  207.9  201.4 -3.2 0.2
FI Finland 4 432.9 3 739.8 -15.6 3.3 2 695.4 2 454.4 -8.9 2.9
FR France 5 324.3 4 958.5 -6.9 4.4 5 608.9 4 536.5 -19.1 5.4
GR Greece  178.0  176.0 -1.2 0.2  493.3  557.6 13.0 0.7
IE Ireland 1 947.2 1 759.7 -9.6 1.6 1 445.0 1 209.1 -16.3 1.4
IS Iceland  352.0  300.7 -14.6 0.3  583.1  358.6 -38.5 0.4
IT Italy 4 050.7 4 505.4 11.2 4.0 2 762.3 2 609.0 -5.5 3.1
LV Latvia  236.2  206.4 -12.6 0.2  190.4  185.4 -2.7 0.2
LT Lithuania  271.0  400.5 47.8 0.4  223.4  181.9 -18.5 0.2
NL Netherlands 5 163.8 5 315.4 2.9 4.7 5 783.5 4 891.4 -15.4 5.8
PL Poland 1 198.7 1 403.2 17.1 1.2 1 386.6 1 142.8 -17.6 1.4
PT Portugal  735.0  653.2 -11.1 0.6 1 708.5 1 382.2 -19.1 1.6
RO Romania  194.3  310.7 59.9 0.3 74.2  109.4 47.4 0.1
RU Russia 2 924.6 2 669.4 -8.7 2.4  862.5 1 194.4 38.5 1.4
ES Spain 1 733.7 1 882.4 8.6 1.7 2 350.6 2 193.5 -6.7 2.6
GB United Kingdom 10 286.8 8 431.6 -18.0 7.5 10 836.8 8 371.0 -22.8 9.9
CH Switzerland 1 618.6 1 471.3 -9.1 1.3  827.1  882.3 6.7 1.0
SE Sweden 19 003.3 17 700.8 -6.9 15.8 12 058.7 11 794.3 -2.2 14.0
CZ Czech Republic  571.3  798.0 39.7 0.7  156.4  150.9 -3.5 0.2
TR Turkey  423.4  524.3 23.8 0.5  753.4 1 318.3 75.0 1.6
DE Germany 15 746.0 14 667.7 -6.8 13.1 10 447.8 9 536.4 -8.7 11.3
UK Ukraine 46.4 95.9  106.8 0.1  435.8  404.5 -7.2 0.5
HU Hungary  371.0  438.8 18.3 0.4  108.9  117.3 7.8 0.1
AT Austria 1 020.9 1 030.5 0.9 0.9  510.3  454.5 -10.9 0.5
Other countries in Europe  494.6  657.5 32.9 0.6  790.4  805.8 1.9 1.0
                 
Africa  886.5  859.2 -3.1 0.8 1 105.6  893.5 -19.2 1.1
BW Botswana  311.2  183.4 -41.1 0.2 2.8 0.7 -76.0 0.0
ZA South Africa  221.7  275.8 24.4 0.2 89.5 82.2 -8.1 0.1
Other countries in Africa  353.5  400.1 13.2 0.4 1 005.4  798.3 -20.6 0.9
                 
Asia 13 454.0 12 604.8 -6.3 11.2 8 922.8 8 448.0 -5.3 10.0
HK Hongkong  429.1  357.3 -16.7 0.3  727.6  393.1 -46.0 0.5
IN India  393.2  356.5 -9.3 0.3  132.3  126.3 -4.5 0.1
ID Indonesia  384.3  290.0 -24.5 0.3  107.9 89.4 -17.2 0.1
IL Israel  304.5  277.9 -8.7 0.2  279.0  240.2 -13.9 0.3
JP Japan 4 144.6 3 416.2 -17.6 3.0 3 331.6 2 342.9 -29.7 2.8
CN China 3 583.7 3 864.4 7.8 3.4  841.4 1 374.8 63.4 1.6
KR Korea, Republic of  807.8  718.7 -11.0 0.6  948.5 1 209.6 27.5 1.4
MY Malaysia  468.9  580.1 23.7 0.5  237.7  157.1 -33.9 0.2
SG Singapore  341.4  329.0 -3.6 0.3  883.9 1 193.1 35.0 1.4
TW Taiwan 1 389.4 1 198.6 -13.7 1.1  336.0  281.6 -16.2 0.3
TH Thailand  392.8  409.3 4.2 0.4  334.7  283.0 -15.4 0.3
Other countries in Asia  812.8  805.7 -0.9 0.7  761.5  755.8 -0.8 0.9
                 
North-America 15 139.8 11 414.8 -24.6 10.2 9 348.3 7 898.3 -15.5 9.4
CA. Canada 4 214.5 2 317.1 -45.0 2.1  615.9  697.8 13.3 0.8
JM Jamaica  501.4  615.7 22.8 0.5 36.5 31.7 -13.1 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 8.1 63.6  681.5 0.1  229.9  221.1 -3.8 0.3
US United States 10 101.2 8 122.3 -19.6 7.2 6 994.7 6 191.1 -11.5 7.3
Other countries in North-America 1.6 1.9 15.2 0.0 23.5 24.5 4.3 0.0
                 
South-America 2 122.8 1 717.6 -19.1 1.5 1 276.6 1 132.3 -11.3 1.3
AR Argentina  134.2  176.5 31.5 0.2 45.7 15.3 -66.6 0.0
BR Brazil  926.8  670.4 -27.7 0.6  844.5  886.6 5.0 1.1
SR Suriname  516.2  370.1 -28.3 0.3 3.8 2.3 -40.1 0.0
Other countries in South-America  860.1  796.0 -7.5 0.7 1 831.1  961.5 -47.5 1.1
                 
Oceania  334.6  208.7 -37.6 0.2  470.2  653.3 38.9 0.8
AU Australia  296.0  164.7 -44.4 0.1  402.6  559.9 39.1 0.7
Other countries in Oceania 38.6 44.0 14.0 0.0 67.6 93.4 38.0 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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