External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-March. 2002 and 2003. Preliminary figures. Million NOK
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil, condensates and natural gas
  January-March Per cent January-March Per cent
  2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003 2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003
Total 66 044.7      67 442.1 2.1  100.0 50 776.2      48 210.4 -5.1  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 17 458.0 19 341.6 10.8 28.7 12 110.4 11 928.4 -1.5 24.7
EFTA 1 028.8 1 033.8 0.5 1.5  795.6  709.2 -10.9 1.5
EU The European Union 44 128.0 46 472.0 5.3 68.9 34 710.2 33 193.2 -4.4 68.9
OECD countries 55 906.7 57 001.6 2.0 84.5 44 360.3 42 531.8 -4.1 88.2
                 
Europe 49 856.4 52 562.5 5.4 77.9 39 162.4 37 125.6 -5.2 77.0
BE Belgium 1 428.8 1 460.3 2.2 2.2 1 761.9 1 349.5 -23.4 2.8
DE Denmark 5 049.9 5 729.6 13.5 8.5 3 433.8 3 285.3 -4.3 6.8
EE Estonia  413.2  248.2 -39.9 0.4  115.6  104.5 -9.6 0.2
FI Finland 2 089.4 2 114.3 1.2 3.1 1 419.3 1 450.8 2.2 3.0
FR France 2 917.7 2 892.7 -0.9 4.3 2 623.3 2 400.1 -8.5 5.0
GR Greece  108.9  100.1 -8.1 0.1  373.3  328.0 -12.1 0.7
IE Ireland 1 058.9 1 095.4 3.4 1.6  640.6  846.6 32.2 1.8
IS Iceland  177.7  172.6 -2.9 0.3  215.7  260.2 20.6 0.5
IT Italy 2 537.0 2 779.4 9.6 4.1 1 634.1 1 435.8 -12.1 3.0
LV Latvia  107.9  162.2 50.4 0.2  108.5  171.3 57.8 0.4
LT Lithuania  227.2  263.7 16.1 0.4  121.2  101.3 -16.4 0.2
NL Netherlands 3 073.4 2 971.7 -3.3 4.4 2 957.5 3 022.1 2.2 6.3
PL Poland  836.7  891.8 6.6 1.3  783.4  580.7 -25.9 1.2
PT Portugal  418.4  356.0 -14.9 0.5  770.9  666.0 -13.6 1.4
RO Romania  222.8  406.2 82.3 0.6 67.4 60.5 -10.1 0.1
RU Russia 1 460.1 1 417.1 -2.9 2.1  889.8  707.2 -20.5 1.5
ES Spain 1 140.7 1 205.5 5.7 1.8 1 344.5 1 430.9 6.4 3.0
GB United Kingdom 5 177.8 5 105.9 -1.4 7.6 4 820.3 4 620.6 -4.1 9.6
CH Switzerland  838.6  846.1 0.9 1.3  575.8  445.7 -22.6 0.9
SE Sweden 10 056.6 11 279.0 12.2 16.7 6 898.1 6 798.7 -1.4 14.1
CZ Czech Republic  458.7  472.3 3.0 0.7 86.3  114.6 32.8 0.2
TR Turkey  330.5  383.6 16.1 0.6  685.6  667.4 -2.7 1.4
DE Germany 8 408.0 8 790.2 4.5 13.0 5 706.3 5 264.7 -7.7 10.9
UK Ukraine 58.1 41.4 -28.7 0.1  302.4  204.0 -32.5 0.4
HU Hungary  255.7  310.4 21.4 0.5 75.5 65.3 -13.5 0.1
AT Austria  613.0  552.3 -9.9 0.8  255.2  257.0 0.7 0.5
Other countries in Europe  390.8  514.4 31.6 0.8  496.2  486.9 -1.9 1.0
                 
Africa  516.9  632.0 22.3 0.9  540.0  355.7 -34.1 0.7
BW Botswana  124.2  255.1  105.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 53.4 0.0
ZA South Africa  154.0  157.7 2.4 0.2 49.6 64.8 30.7 0.1
Other countries in Africa  238.6  219.1 -8.2 0.3  481.7  284.7 -40.9 0.6
                 
Asia 7 659.5 7 939.2 3.7 11.8 4 828.3 4 996.2 3.5 10.4
HK Hongkong  213.8  271.9 27.2 0.4  236.1  197.5 -16.3 0.4
IN India  202.4  218.3 7.8 0.3 77.1 85.9 11.4 0.2
ID Indonesia  179.0  156.3 -12.7 0.2 66.7 60.9 -8.7 0.1
IL Israel  184.5  134.4 -27.2 0.2  155.5  141.6 -8.9 0.3
JP Japan 1 947.8 1 929.2 -1.0 2.9 1 393.8 1 506.7 8.1 3.1
CN China 2 448.3 2 728.8 11.5 4.0  578.0  844.8 46.2 1.8
KR Korea, Republic of  452.2  473.5 4.7 0.7  769.6  770.5 0.1 1.6
MY Malaysia  370.6  339.9 -8.3 0.5  104.2 91.7 -12.0 0.2
SG Singapore  210.7  190.2 -9.7 0.3  589.9  597.3 1.3 1.2
TW Taiwan  706.1  746.0 5.7 1.1  168.0  170.5 1.4 0.4
TH Thailand  247.3  268.5 8.6 0.4  189.5  124.8 -34.1 0.3
Other countries in Asia  496.7  482.1 -2.9 0.7  499.1  403.4 -19.2 0.8
                 
North-America 6 838.1 5 213.7 -23.8 7.7 5 046.3 4 794.4 -5.0 9.9
CA. Canada 1 180.2 1 244.2 5.4 1.8  409.6  448.8 9.6 0.9
JM Jamaica  398.2  240.2 -39.7 0.4 24.3 23.1 -5.1 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 59.3 8.1 -86.4 0.0  140.2 37.0 -73.6 0.1
US United States 5 042.4 3 565.9 -29.3 5.3 4 014.7 3 958.7 -1.4 8.2
Other countries in North-America 0.9 1.5 60.9 0.0 16.3 89.6  451.3 0.2
                 
South-America 1 057.4  980.7 -7.3 1.5  797.8  603.8 -24.3 1.3
AR Argentina 95.1 45.5 -52.2 0.1 11.0 13.1 18.4 0.0
BR Brazil  428.5  528.0 23.2 0.8  621.7  447.5 -28.0 0.9
SR Suriname  250.5  146.5 -41.5 0.2 1.1 1.4 26.3 0.0
Other countries in South-America  440.6  414.7 -5.9 0.6  606.0  379.7 -37.3 0.8
                 
Oceania  116.4  113.9 -2.1 0.2  401.4  334.7 -16.6 0.7
AU Australia 97.0 90.0 -7.3 0.1  345.3  304.7 -11.7 0.6
Other countries in Oceania 19.3 23.8 23.5 0.0 56.1 30.0 -46.5 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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