External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-September. 2001 and 2002. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-September Per cent January-September Per cent
  2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002 2001 2002 Change 2001/2002 Share of total 2002
Total  212 006.1  197 886.8 -6.7  100.0  161 158.7  149 424.4 -7.3  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 56 952.1 54 435.7 -4.4 27.5 37 495.0 37 181.5 -0.8 24.9
EFTA 3 687.2 3 188.1 -13.5 1.6 2 508.0 2 272.7 -9.4 1.5
EU The European Union  140 896.9  135 070.2 -4.1 68.3  113 415.5  102 686.1 -9.5 68.7
OECD countries  181 833.8  168 283.8 -7.5 85.0  143 049.9  131 239.8 -8.3 87.8
                 
Europe  157 943.1  152 500.8 -3.4 77.1  124 415.5  114 175.3 -8.2 76.4
BE Belgium 4 172.0 4 215.3 1.0 2.1 5 106.6 4 285.4 -16.1 2.9
DE Denmark 15 208.6 15 781.0 3.8 8.0 10 645.4 10 689.8 0.4 7.2
EE Estonia  751.3 1 245.8 65.8 0.6  364.4  332.3 -8.8 0.2
FI Finland 7 580.9 6 801.0 -10.3 3.4 4 808.5 4 312.8 -10.3 2.9
FR France 9 477.5 8 694.9 -8.3 4.4 8 977.1 7 491.2 -16.6 5.0
GR Greece  314.0  311.8 -0.7 0.2  806.3  776.8 -3.7 0.5
IE Ireland 3 239.7 2 865.2 -11.6 1.4 2 388.3 2 294.8 -3.9 1.5
IS Iceland  805.6  607.9 -24.5 0.3 1 032.9  641.9 -37.9 0.4
IT Italy 7 293.3 7 857.0 7.7 4.0 4 756.6 4 459.9 -6.2 3.0
LV Latvia  374.2  370.3 -1.1 0.2  302.4  313.4 3.6 0.2
LT Lithuania  502.5  747.9 48.8 0.4  358.6  308.6 -13.9 0.2
NL Netherlands 9 413.1 9 614.9 2.1 4.9 10 441.6 8 254.1 -20.9 5.5
PL Poland 2 208.1 2 524.5 14.3 1.3 2 213.0 1 902.3 -14.0 1.3
PT Portugal 1 260.0 1 156.6 -8.2 0.6 2 669.2 2 196.0 -17.7 1.5
RO Romania  542.5  668.9 23.3 0.3  164.8  181.5 10.2 0.1
RU Russia 5 565.1 4 216.4 -24.2 2.1 1 378.1 1 777.7 29.0 1.2
ES Spain 2 825.1 3 026.6 7.1 1.5 3 923.9 3 714.0 -5.3 2.5
GB United Kingdom 17 088.2 15 082.3 -11.7 7.6 18 889.8 15 826.1 -16.2 10.6
CH Switzerland 2 830.7 2 541.0 -10.2 1.3 1 463.7 1 611.8 10.1 1.1
SE Sweden 33 200.0 31 091.0 -6.4 15.7 20 431.0 20 969.3 2.6 14.0
CZ Czech Republic 1 037.5 1 428.2 37.7 0.7  318.8  273.6 -14.2 0.2
TR Turkey  766.8  988.6 28.9 0.5 1 369.9 1 892.2 38.1 1.3
DE Germany 27 882.9 26 669.0 -4.4 13.5 18 424.1 16 391.9 -11.0 11.0
UK Ukraine  132.5  188.9 42.6 0.1  599.0  592.0 -1.2 0.4
HU Hungary  684.2  776.4 13.5 0.4  185.7  204.6 10.1 0.1
AT Austria 1 817.5 1 763.5 -3.0 0.9  903.8  862.8 -4.5 0.6
Other countries in Europe  969.4 1 266.0 30.6 0.6 1 492.1 1 618.4 8.5 1.1
                 
Africa 1 793.8 1 497.3 -16.5 0.8 1 702.7 1 655.5 -2.8 1.1
BW Botswana  509.2  378.3 -25.7 0.2 18.9 2.1 -89.0 0.0
ZA South Africa  410.0  419.9 2.4 0.2  180.4  157.3 -12.8 0.1
Other countries in Africa  874.4  699.1 -20.0 0.4 1 490.8 1 477.4 -0.9 1.0
                 
Asia 23 177.2 22 069.2 -4.8 11.2 15 849.3 15 884.4 0.2 10.6
HK Hong Kong  770.9  693.4 -10.0 0.4 1 287.1  683.1 -46.9 0.5
IN India  678.9  635.8 -6.4 0.3  302.5  235.8 -22.0 0.2
ID Indonesia  632.8  528.6 -16.5 0.3  193.0  184.5 -4.4 0.1
IL Israel  455.0  390.1 -14.3 0.2  481.1  381.4 -20.7 0.3
JP Japan 6 881.0 5 879.0 -14.6 3.0 5 379.4 4 980.5 -7.4 3.3
CN China 6 620.6 7 049.4 6.5 3.6 1 501.4 2 641.5 75.9 1.8
KR Korea, Republic of 1 316.6 1 287.2 -2.2 0.7 1 980.3 2 209.4 11.6 1.5
MY Malaysia  826.0  934.1 13.1 0.5  363.1  255.3 -29.7 0.2
SG Singapore  623.5  538.5 -13.6 0.3 1 764.9 1 946.6 10.3 1.3
TW Taiwan 2 217.8 2 024.3 -8.7 1.0  618.3  511.3 -17.3 0.3
TH Thailand  685.3  724.6 5.7 0.4  535.9  566.0 5.6 0.4
Other countries in Asia 1 466.6 1 382.5 -5.7 0.7 1 440.2 1 287.3 -10.6 0.9
                 
North America 24 745.5 18 077.2 -26.9 9.1 16 493.9 14 774.7 -10.4 9.9
CA Canada 6 995.6 3 879.8 -44.5 2.0 1 095.6 1 318.4 20.3 0.9
JM Jajunica  779.6 1 031.7 32.3 0.5 50.3 53.6 6.6 0.0
PR Puerto Rico 26.5 74.5  180.9 0.0  423.9  364.7 -14.0 0.2
US United States 16 399.5 12 574.9 -23.3 6.4 12 513.8 11 482.9 -8.2 7.7
Other countries in North-America 3.2 3.8 18.5 0.0 54.2 40.6 -25.1 0.0
                 
South America 3 780.8 3 353.9 -11.3 1.7 1 900.3 1 840.5 -3.1 1.2
AR Argentina  229.2  293.3 28.0 0.1 63.8 31.0 -51.4 0.0
BR Brazil 1 788.6 1 213.2 -32.2 0.6 1 218.3 1 429.3 17.3 1.0
SR Suriname  728.8  736.2 1.0 0.4 6.0 4.3 -29.5 0.0
Other countries in South America 1 577.6 1 625.3 3.0 0.8 2 969.8 1 892.0 -36.3 1.3
                 
Oceania  565.8  388.5 -31.3 0.2  797.0 1 094.0 37.3 0.7
AU Australia  466.3  288.7 -38.1 0.1  658.3  933.5 41.8 0.6
Other countries in Oceania 99.5 99.8 0.3 0.1  138.7  160.5 15.7 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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