External trade with commodities

3   Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. Traditional commodities1. January-April. 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-April Per cent January-April Per cent
  2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003 2002 2003 Change 02/03 Share of total 2003
Total 90 232.5 89 994.3 -0.3  100.0 68 521.4 65 109.6 -5.0  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 24 117.1 25 814.0 7.0 28.7 16 737.5 15 969.7 -4.6 24.5
EFTA 1 382.0 1 331.9 -3.6 1.5 1 029.3 1 010.3 -1.8 1.6
EU The European Union 60 657.3 61 918.9 2.1 68.8 47 246.0 44 959.3 -4.8 69.1
OECD countries 76 541.4 76 111.3 -0.6 84.6 60 143.1 57 709.1 -4.0 88.6
                 
Europe 68 374.3 69 920.6 2.3 77.7 52 980.4 50 236.0 -5.2 77.2
BE Belgium 1 931.8 1 909.1 -1.2 2.1 2 261.7 1 812.9 -19.8 2.8
DE Denmark 6 764.4 7 461.4 10.3 8.3 4 733.1 4 377.9 -7.5 6.7
EE Estonia  516.9  346.3 -33.0 0.4  159.8  137.3 -14.1 0.2
FI Finland 3 009.7 2 947.8 -2.1 3.3 1 970.0 2 004.6 1.8 3.1
FR France 4 005.4 3 825.4 -4.5 4.3 3 650.9 3 364.1 -7.9 5.2
GR Greece  148.6  142.8 -3.9 0.2  480.5  367.4 -23.5 0.6
IE Ireland 1 460.9 1 412.1 -3.3 1.6  925.1 1 108.5 19.8 1.7
IS Iceland  246.8  216.6 -12.3 0.2  285.6  362.4 26.9 0.6
IT Italy 3 567.3 3 683.1 3.2 4.1 2 128.3 1 845.2 -13.3 2.8
LV Latvia  174.7  242.3 38.7 0.3  140.6  197.2 40.3 0.3
LT Lithuania  299.5  339.8 13.5 0.4  157.3  139.1 -11.5 0.2
NL Netherlands 4 215.7 4 056.7 -3.8 4.5 4 038.9 4 161.5 3.0 6.4
PL Poland 1 124.2 1 237.4 10.1 1.4  973.1  777.2 -20.1 1.2
PT Portugal  554.4  472.6 -14.8 0.5 1 070.8  981.7 -8.3 1.5
RO Romania  284.4  471.4 65.8 0.5 93.9 80.9 -13.9 0.1
RU Russia 1 987.6 1 838.6 -7.5 2.0 1 045.6  929.7 -11.1 1.4
ES Spain 1 510.0 1 583.5 4.9 1.8 1 738.0 2 159.4 24.2 3.3
GB United Kingdom 6 887.4 6 724.5 -2.4 7.5 6 625.4 6 309.8 -4.8 9.7
CH Switzerland 1 118.7 1 095.1 -2.1 1.2  732.7  644.2 -12.1 1.0
SE Sweden 13 999.5 15 136.1 8.1 16.8 9 551.4 9 019.9 -5.6 13.9
CZ Czech Republic  625.2  602.7 -3.6 0.7  113.9  156.9 37.7 0.2
TR Turkey  437.0  522.7 19.6 0.6 1 043.8  858.5 -17.8 1.3
DE Germany 11 701.7 11 780.6 0.7 13.1 7 640.5 7 045.4 -7.8 10.8
UK Ukraine 88.9 50.2 -43.5 0.1  335.8  265.1 -21.1 0.4
HU Hungary  344.8  418.6 21.4 0.5 92.1 85.6 -7.1 0.1
AT Austria  831.8  722.9 -13.1 0.8  340.6  348.6 2.3 0.5
Other countries in Europe  537.0  680.3 26.7 0.8  651.1  695.3 6.8 1.1
                 
Africa  682.9  773.1 13.2 0.9  663.3  568.8 -14.2 0.9
BW Botswana  140.0  264.2 88.7 0.3 0.7 0.9 36.2 0.0
ZA South Africa  193.2  204.3 5.7 0.2 66.8 93.2 39.5 0.1
Other countries in Africa  349.8  304.6 -12.9 0.3  585.6  469.4 -19.8 0.7
                 
Asia 10 310.2 10 598.4 2.8 11.8 6 629.7 6 708.7 1.2 10.3
HK Hongkong  289.6  373.4 28.9 0.4  318.3  257.8 -19.0 0.4
IN India  289.8  299.7 3.4 0.3 97.8  114.6 17.2 0.2
ID Indonesia  235.1  227.2 -3.4 0.3 78.3 77.3 -1.3 0.1
IL Israel  239.0  193.4 -19.1 0.2  188.8  170.3 -9.8 0.3
JP Japan 2 665.8 2 572.7 -3.5 2.9 1 874.2 2 203.3 17.6 3.4
CN China 3 231.5 3 645.8 12.8 4.1  964.6 1 154.1 19.6 1.8
KR Korea, Republic of  591.3  623.0 5.4 0.7 1 029.0  954.1 -7.3 1.5
MY Malaysia  484.8  437.3 -9.8 0.5  135.9  107.1 -21.2 0.2
SG Singapore  282.8  234.5 -17.1 0.3  832.6  696.6 -16.3 1.1
TW Taiwan  979.9  990.8 1.1 1.1  226.5  230.9 2.0 0.4
TH Thailand  336.2  374.9 11.5 0.4  256.8  169.2 -34.1 0.3
Other countries in Asia  683.4  625.2 -8.5 0.7  626.1  571.8 -8.7 0.9
                 
North-America 9 247.9 7 147.5 -22.7 7.9 6 725.3 6 511.3 -3.2 10.0
CA. Canada 1 576.6 1 851.8 17.5 2.1  527.2  594.1 12.7 0.9
JM Jamaica  546.9  329.7 -39.7 0.4 27.4 27.6 0.6 0.0
PR. Puerto Rico 61.5 11.2 -81.8 0.0  182.8 37.2 -79.6 0.1
US United States 6 818.2 4 733.7 -30.6 5.3 5 358.6 5 427.5 1.3 8.3
Other countries in North-America 1.6 1.9 17.1 0.0 20.4 97.1  376.9 0.1
                 
South-America 1 457.8 1 397.2 -4.2 1.6  964.0  692.7 -28.1 1.1
AR Argentina  144.0 86.0 -40.3 0.1 12.7 26.7  109.5 0.0
BR Brazil  558.9  741.1 32.6 0.8  754.0  492.6 -34.7 0.8
SR Suriname  345.9  215.4 -37.7 0.2 1.9 1.6 -17.0 0.0
Other countries in South-America  653.0  574.4 -12.0 0.6  805.2  501.3 -37.7 0.8
                 
Oceania  159.4  157.5 -1.2 0.2  558.7  392.1 -29.8 0.6
AU Australia  127.9  122.6 -4.1 0.1  493.1  352.9 -28.4 0.5
Other countries in Oceania 31.6 34.9 10.5 0.0 65.6 39.2 -40.3 0.1
1  All commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates.

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