3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-July. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK.
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-July Per cent January-July Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 01/02 Share of total 2002
Total  167 054.0  155 401.0 -7.0  100.0  127 499.1  115 781.5 -9.2  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 44 135.1 42 363.9 -4.0 27.3 29 087.8 28 866.4 -0.8 24.9
EFTA 2 833.1 2 526.2 -10.8 1.6 2 014.2 1 717.9 -14.7 1.5
EU The European Union  110 539.7  105 872.3 -4.2 68.1 89 696.0 80 359.2 -10.4 69.4
OECD countries  143 809.8  132 631.1 -7.8 85.3  113 064.9  101 346.5 -10.4 87.5
                 
Europe  123 712.4  119 516.7 -3.4 76.9 98 400.8 89 535.1 -9.0 77.3
BE Belgium 3 245.5 3 324.1 2.4 2.1 4 101.3 3 085.6 -24.8 2.7
DK Denmark 11 623.0 12 005.7 3.3 7.7 8 175.1 8 283.8 1.3 7.2
EE Estonia  593.4  977.3 64.7 0.6  282.8  265.0 -6.3 0.2
FI Finland 5 872.0 5 228.6 -11.0 3.4 3 716.8 3 373.7 -9.2 2.9
FR France 7 535.8 6 915.2 -8.2 4.4 7 305.1 6 068.5 -16.9 5.2
GR Greece  242.0  242.5 0.2 0.2  613.0  673.2 9.8 0.6
IE Ireland 2 610.4 2 337.0 -10.5 1.5 1 938.5 1 677.4 -13.5 1.4
IS Iceland  554.4  445.5 -19.6 0.3  844.4  514.0 -39.1 0.4
IT Italy 5 767.8 6 280.2 8.9 4.0 3 735.1 3 513.9 -5.9 3.0
LV Latvia  309.6  289.1 -6.6 0.2  247.2  243.6 -1.4 0.2
LT Lithuania  363.4  549.3 51.2 0.4  284.5  236.1 -17.0 0.2
NL Netherlands 7 204.4 7 408.0 2.8 4.8 7 914.9 6 551.0 -17.2 5.7
PL Poland 1 688.6 1 905.5 12.8 1.2 1 800.9 1 542.3 -14.4 1.3
PT Portugal  965.0  857.3 -11.2 0.6 2 215.5 1 800.0 -18.8 1.6
RO Romania  343.2  486.7 41.8 0.3 99.2  149.6 50.8 0.1
RU Russia 4 544.8 3 391.3 -25.4 2.2 1 090.4 1 415.8 29.8 1.2
ES Spain 2 321.8 2 546.9 9.7 1.6 3 137.4 2 971.3 -5.3 2.6
GB United Kingdom 13 911.9 11 868.2 -14.7 7.6 15 558.3 12 209.9 -21.5 10.5
CH Switzerland 2 240.3 2 051.1 -8.4 1.3 1 161.3 1 189.3 2.4 1.0
SE Sweden 25 955.4 24 558.4 -5.4 15.8 15 958.4 16 294.7 2.1 14.1
CZ Czech Republic  780.0 1 139.3 46.1 0.7  224.8  214.7 -4.5 0.2
TR Turkey  578.1  776.7 34.4 0.5 1 130.2 1 729.0 53.0 1.5
DE Germany 21 768.2 20 794.2 -4.5 13.4 14 445.0 13 057.3 -9.6 11.3
UA Ukraine 63.8  144.2  126.2 0.1  499.4  467.8 -6.3 0.4
HU Hungary  499.9  604.7 21.0 0.4  149.0  158.6 6.4 0.1
AT Austria 1 423.5 1 390.6 -2.3 0.9  700.6  657.2 -6.2 0.6
Other countries in Europe  706.1  999.1 41.5 0.6 1 071.9 1 191.9 11.2 1.0
                 
Africa 1 409.3 1 103.2 -21.7 0.7 1 416.2 1 260.4 -11.0 1.1
BW Botswana  415.8  227.2 -45.4 0.1 6.2 1.1 -82.0 0.0
ZA South Africa  291.0  338.3 16.3 0.2  144.6  124.4 -13.9 0.1
Other countries in Africa  702.4  537.6 -23.5 0.3 1 254.8 1 120.1 -10.7 1.0
                 
Asia 17 907.5 16 875.7 -5.8 10.9 12 318.1 12 005.9 -2.5 10.4
HK Hongkong  568.9  505.4 -11.2 0.3 1 040.6  531.6 -48.9 0.5
IN India  508.7  490.0 -3.7 0.3  233.3  191.4 -18.0 0.2
ID Indonesia  502.5  408.2 -18.8 0.3  131.8  126.6 -3.9 0.1
IL Israel  378.6  338.5 -10.6 0.2  387.8  309.3 -20.3 0.3
JP Japan 5 520.4 4 633.7 -16.1 3.0 4 298.3 3 392.4 -21.1 2.9
CN China 4 826.2 5 158.8 6.9 3.3 1 161.5 2 058.3 77.2 1.8
KR Korea, Republic of 1 037.5  978.7 -5.7 0.6 1 431.2 1 648.9 15.2 1.4
MY Malaysia  655.6  739.2 12.8 0.5  319.9  207.7 -35.1 0.2
SG Singapore  469.2  423.4 -9.8 0.3 1 388.8 1 698.1 22.3 1.5
TW Taiwan 1 807.7 1 591.5 -12.0 1.0  454.3  402.6 -11.4 0.3
TH Thailand  527.4  546.6 3.6 0.4  398.2  427.4 7.3 0.4
Other countries in Asia 1 103.1 1 060.2 -3.9 0.7 1 071.3 1 010.1 -5.7 0.9
                 
North-America 20 638.6 14 941.2 -27.6 9.6 13 124.7 10 639.5 -18.9 9.2
CA. Canada 5 779.3 3 084.3 -46.6 2.0  863.4  939.7 8.8 0.8
JM Jamaica  623.8  802.2 28.6 0.5 44.5 44.2 -0.5 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 17.5 69.2  295.6 0.0  327.2  309.6 -5.4 0.3
US United States 13 786.0 10 581.2 -23.2 6.8 9 914.7 8 225.9 -17.0 7.1
Other countries in North-America 2.1 3.0 42.5 0.0 37.5 30.7 -18.2 0.0
                 
South-America 2 935.7 2 669.7 -9.1 1.7 1 609.4 1 505.8 -6.4 1.3
AR Argentina  186.7  260.3 39.4 0.2 56.5 21.3 -62.3 0.0
BR Brazil 1 345.6  960.2 -28.6 0.6 1 050.1 1 194.0 13.7 1.0
SR Suriname  618.5  612.9 -0.9 0.4 4.7 3.4 -28.6 0.0
Other countries in South-America 1 216.5 1 239.0 1.9 0.8 2 436.7 1 378.2 -43.4 1.2
                 
Oceania  450.5  294.5 -34.6 0.2  630.0  834.7 32.5 0.7
AU Australia  375.8  215.5 -42.7 0.1  523.4  705.7 34.8 0.6
Other countries in Oceania 74.7 79.0 5.8 0.1  106.6  129.0 21.1 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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