External trade with commodities

1   Imports of traditional commodities1 in March and January-March 2002 and 2003. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
Commodity groups2 March January-March Change in million NOK Percentage change
2002 2003 2002 2003
0-9 Total 21 161.0      24 143.8      66 044.7      67 442.1 1 397.4 2.1
             
0 Food and Live animals 1 380.6 1 299.7 4 432.2 3 942.0 -490.0 -11.1
03 Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof  358.4  189.9 1 344.8  716.4 -628.2 -46.7
04 Cereals and cereal preparations  169.0  178.5  523.1  596.4 73.3 14.0
05 Fruit and vegetables  431.7  427.3 1 221.7 1 192.7 -28.8 -2.4
06 Sugar, sugar preparations and honey 71.6 81.3  230.2  234.6 4.4 1.9
07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof  118.2  137.5  370.6  390.6 19.9 5.4
Other food and live animals  231.9  285.3  741.7  811.3 69.5 9.4
             
1 Beverages and tobacco  187.6  240.4  516.2  682.2  166.0 32.2
             
2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 1 567.4 1 729.2 4 449.0 4 432.8 -16.1 -0.4
22 Oil-seed and oleaginous fruit 66.8 60.7  251.3  232.2 -19.0 -7.6
24 Wood, lumber and cork  275.8  284.4  820.8  804.1 -16.6 -2.0
27 Crude fertilizers and crude minerals n.e.s.  131.6  122.4  437.8  384.5 -53.2 -12.2
28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap  911.3 1 075.9 2 410.4 2 480.6 70.2 2.9
Other crude materials  181.9  185.9  528.7  531.4 2.7 0.5
             
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials  633.4 1 401.2 2 189.9 4 383.3 2 193.4  100.2
32 Coal, coke and briquettes 67.7 49.1  218.0  147.1 -70.8 -32.5
33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials  410.0  709.0 1 487.5 2 318.8  831.2 55.9
34 Gas, natural and manufactured 68.3  114.7  173.3  241.3 68.0 39.2
35 Electric current 87.3  528.4  311.0 1 676.1 1 365.1  438.9
             
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 52.1 72.7  229.9  236.9 7.0 3.0
             
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 2 055.1 2 371.1 6 528.2 6 950.6  422.3 6.5
51 Organic chemicals  291.3  287.0  922.1  913.5 -8.4 -0.9
52 Inorganic chemicals  128.0  139.0  418.8  461.6 42.8 10.2
54 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products  491.8  647.3 1 640.6 1 955.1  314.5 19.2
57 Plastics in primary forms  203.2  219.4  640.6  617.6 -22.9 -3.6
58 Plastics in non-primary forms  165.8  205.6  498.1  550.9 52.8 10.6
Other chemical products  775.1  872.8 2 408.0 2 451.9 43.9 1.8
             
6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material 3 546.2 3 870.5 10 564.5 10 573.2 8.8 0.1
64 Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof  482.7  543.0 1 576.1 1 556.3 -19.7 -1.3
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products  359.5  393.8 1 083.1 1 046.5 -36.5 -3.4
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures  309.7  352.9  934.9  944.5 9.6 1.0
67 Iron and steel  540.8  587.5 1 810.7 1 615.5 -195.0 -10.8
68 Non-ferrous metals  552.8  562.4 1 398.7 1 444.8 46.1 3.3
69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s.  797.9  878.2 2 339.1 2 489.0  149.9 6.4
Other manufactures  502.7  552.7 1 421.8 1 476.5 54.7 3.8
             
7 Machinery and transport equipment 7 867.4 9 053.6 25 282.7 24 762.4 -520.2 -2.1
71 Power generating machinery and equipment  392.0  516.6 1 338.3 1 470.1  131.9 9.9
72 Machinery specialized for particular industries  863.3  927.0 2 263.1 2 336.5 73.3 3.2
73 Metalworking machinery 85.7  105.9  255.9  246.8 -9.1 -3.6
74 General industrial machinery and equipment n.e.s 1 117.4 1 255.2 3 560.9 3 354.5 -206.3 -5.8
75 Office machines and automatic data processing equipment 1 101.9 1 229.7 3 788.9 3 587.3 -201.5 -5.3
76 Telecommunications apparatus and equipment  824.3  832.0 2 535.5 2 605.0 69.5 2.7
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliences, n.e.s. and electrical parts thereof (including non-electrical counterparts n.e.s of electrical household type equipment 1 114.9 1 160.3 3 566.0 3 379.4 -186.5 -5.2
78 Road vehicles            
79 Other transport equipment3 1 996.0 2 430.8 5 626.9 6 358.5  731.6 13.0
   371.9  596.0 2 347.0 1 424.2 -922.7 -39.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3 807.6 4 081.9 11 640.2 11 405.3 -234.8 -2.0
82 Furniture and parts thereof  558.4  607.8 1 613.2 1 624.0 10.8 0.7
84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories  974.8  991.5 3 048.6 2 921.3 -127.2 -4.2
85 Footwear  217.1  253.5  661.3  700.4 39.2 5.9
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s.  407.3  446.9 1 280.5 1 251.1 -29.3 -2.3
88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s. watches and clocks  171.5  191.8  579.8  567.5 -12.1 -2.1
Other manufactured articles 1 478.4 1 590.5 4 456.9 4 341.0 -115.8 -2.6
             
Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITC 63.6 23.5  212.0 73.4 -138.5 -65.4
1  Imports of traditional commodities: all commodities exclusivce of ships and oil platforms.
2  According to UN's classification of commodities (SITC-Rev. 3). EX = part of main group.
3  Excluding ships and oil platforms.

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