External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-February. 2002 and 2003. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil and natural gas
  January-February Per cent January-February Per cent
  2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003 2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003
Total 44 883.7   43 130.2 -3.9  100.0   33 711.8    31 739.6 -5.9  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 11 594.5 12 249.7 5.7 28.4 8 395.6 7 624.4 -9.2 24.0
EFTA  671.3  661.8 -1.4 1.5  602.4  427.0 -29.1 1.3
EU The European Union 29 665.8 29 636.6 -0.1 68.7 23 329.8 21 662.1 -7.1 68.2
OECD countries 38 084.3 36 317.2 -4.6 84.2 29 474.8 28 069.8 -4.8 88.4
                 
Europe 33 422.3 33 571.8 0.4 77.8 26 465.8 24 148.4 -8.8 76.1
BE Belgium  938.5  954.6 1.7 2.2  904.1  872.4 -3.5 2.7
DE Denmark 3 363.3 3 735.9 11.1 8.7 2 330.8 2 115.2 -9.3 6.7
EE Estonia  299.0  162.3 -45.7 0.4 66.9 65.8 -1.6 0.2
FI Finland 1 380.7 1 372.3 -0.6 3.2  966.0  951.1 -1.5 3.0
FR France 2 040.0 1 824.2 -10.6 4.2 1 701.2 1 540.3 -9.5 4.9
GR Greece 69.0 64.3 -6.8 0.1  300.7  208.7 -30.6 0.7
IE Ireland  775.4  738.9 -4.7 1.7  466.4  567.1 21.6 1.8
IS Iceland  123.7  106.8 -13.6 0.2  162.5  165.7 1.9 0.5
IT Italy 1 709.2 1 763.7 3.2 4.1 1 101.3  972.6 -11.7 3.1
LV Latvia 73.8  107.8 46.0 0.2 73.5  134.5 82.9 0.4
LT Lithuania  145.4  181.8 25.1 0.4 70.2 64.4 -8.3 0.2
NL Netherlands 1 938.3 1 868.0 -3.6 4.3 2 093.6 1 974.8 -5.7 6.2
PL Poland  577.1  549.7 -4.8 1.3  591.7  354.4 -40.1 1.1
PT Portugal  276.4  233.9 -15.4 0.5  475.3  401.9 -15.4 1.3
RO Romania  137.0  301.8  120.3 0.7 38.3 40.0 4.6 0.1
RU Russia  857.1  877.6 2.4 2.0  576.4  448.5 -22.2 1.4
ES Spain  793.9  782.5 -1.4 1.8  972.4  991.9 2.0 3.1
GB United Kingdom 3 589.5 3 371.9 -6.1 7.8 3 180.7 3 026.1 -4.9 9.5
CH Switzerland  538.3  545.9 1.4 1.3  437.2  258.6 -40.8 0.8
SE Sweden 6 681.0 6 997.2 4.7 16.2 4 832.4 4 301.6 -11.0 13.6
CZ Czech Republic  315.8  308.4 -2.4 0.7 54.1 83.6 54.6 0.3
TR Turkey  247.3  264.7 7.0 0.6  504.2  391.9 -22.3 1.2
DE Germany 5 658.7 5 543.1 -2.0 12.9 3 774.9 3 544.4 -6.1 11.2
UK Ukraine 50.3 23.3 -53.7 0.1  201.5  126.5 -37.3 0.4
HU Hungary  168.5  184.8 9.6 0.4 46.8 39.9 -14.6 0.1
AT Austria  417.1  359.2 -13.9 0.8  176.3  163.1 -7.5 0.5
Other countries in Europe  257.7  347.3 34.8 0.8  366.1  343.6 -6.1 1.1
                 
Africa  329.9  417.1 26.4 1.0  342.9  213.1 -37.9 0.7
BW Botswana 92.6  164.6 77.8 0.4 0.6 0.9 53.6 0.0
ZA South Africa 83.6  104.5 25.0 0.2 32.4 35.6 9.9 0.1
Other countries in Africa  153.7  148.0 -3.7 0.3  307.9  173.8 -43.6 0.5
                 
Asia 5 228.1 5 135.3 -1.8 11.9 3 116.5 3 250.0 4.3 10.2
HK Hong Kong  140.8  177.5 26.0 0.4  182.6  116.5 -36.2 0.4
IN India  137.1  133.8 -2.4 0.3 46.5 61.1 31.3 0.2
ID Indonesia  114.8  102.1 -11.1 0.2 42.0 22.6 -46.1 0.1
IL Israel  116.8 77.3 -33.8 0.2  102.8 79.0 -23.2 0.2
JP Japan 1 336.2 1 231.8 -7.8 2.9  864.3 1 068.6 23.6 3.4
CN China 1 675.8 1 801.7 7.5 4.2  347.5  603.5 73.7 1.9
KR Korea, Republic of  307.5  307.9 0.2 0.7  548.1  501.7 -8.5 1.6
MY Malaysia  274.6  225.9 -17.7 0.5 73.8 47.6 -35.6 0.1
SG Singapore  148.3  121.6 -18.0 0.3  353.5  260.5 -26.3 0.8
TW Taiwan  467.0  486.4 4.2 1.1  121.4  110.7 -8.9 0.3
TH Thailand  166.8  172.7 3.6 0.4  124.2  104.7 -15.8 0.3
Other countries in Asia  342.3  296.5 -13.4 0.7  309.0  273.3 -11.5 0.9
                 
North America 5 076.8 3 254.4 -35.9 7.5 2 851.7 3 394.1 19.0 10.7
CA Canada  730.4  647.7 -11.3 1.5  230.6  333.1 44.4 1.0
JM Jamaica  271.1  143.8 -47.0 0.3 15.8 14.2 -10.2 0.0
PR Puerto Rico 56.9 4.5 -92.1 0.0  107.5 36.2 -66.3 0.1
US United States 3 904.2 2 355.0 -39.7 5.5 2 211.0 2 802.2 26.7 8.8
Other countries in North America 0.7 1.0 48.3 0.0 13.1 45.5  247.1 0.1
                 
South America  742.2  668.5 -9.9 1.5  623.8  457.4 -26.7 1.4
AR Argentina 72.6 36.6 -49.6 0.1 6.5 10.8 65.9 0.0
BR Brazil  318.2  343.0 7.8 0.8  503.0  331.8 -34.0 1.0
SR Suriname  183.6  102.0 -44.4 0.2 0.6 1.0 59.1 0.0
Other countries in South America  281.5  289.4 2.8 0.7  388.1  277.0 -28.6 0.9
                 
Oceania 84.3 83.1 -1.5 0.2  311.0  276.5 -11.1 0.9
AU Australia 70.8 66.0 -6.7 0.2  276.7  256.8 -7.2 0.8
Other countries in Oceania 13.6 17.1 25.8 0.0 34.3 19.7 -42.5 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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