Statistics Norway

External trade in commodities

3 Trade with countries and regional groups of countries. January-August 2007 and 2008. NOK million
  Imports excluding ships and oil platforms Exports excluding ships, oil platforms, crude oil, condensates and natural gas
  January-August Per cent January-August Per cent
  2007 2008 Change
2007/2008		 Share of
total 2008		 2007 2008 Change
2007/2008		 Share of
total 2008
Total  300 328.5  316 206.6 5.3  100.0  219 916.4  238 484.4 8.4  100.0
                 
Nordic countries 74 011.9 79 706.9 7.7 25.2 45 121.8 51 264.9 13.6 21.5
EFTA 3 719.1 4 187.8 12.6 1.3 3 869.8 6 211.9 60.5 2.6
EU The European Union  204 503.2  218 325.6 6.8 69.0  152 531.0  162 649.2 6.6 68.2
OECD countries  242 806.7  255 090.2 5.1 80.7  190 138.7  201 724.7 6.1 84.6
                 
Europe  219 375.3  234 242.3 6.8 74.1  162 487.2  175 910.6 8.3 73.8
BE Belgium 6 370.0 6 423.3 0.8 2.0 6 808.2 7 542.3 10.8 3.2
DE Denmark 19 117.1 21 600.7 13.0 6.8 13 004.6 14 137.0 8.7 5.9
EE Estonia 1 537.5 1 806.3 17.5 0.6  469.2  708.9 51.1 0.3
FI Finland 9 632.5 9 733.3 1.0 3.1 5 152.7 5 762.6 11.8 2.4
FR France 11 267.5 12 111.1 7.5 3.8 9 108.3 10 072.2 10.6 4.2
GR Greece  191.5  205.1 7.1 0.1  811.1 2 246.3  176.9 0.9
IE Ireland 3 730.0 3 317.9 -11.0 1.0 4 277.5 3 902.7 -8.8 1.6
IS Iceland  653.4  757.8 16.0 0.2  961.1 2 288.2  138.1 1.0
IT Italy 9 782.1 11 138.9 13.9 3.5 4 639.3 5 129.9 10.6 2.2
LV Latvia 1 051.4 1 070.0 1.8 0.3  603.9  531.4 -12.0 0.2
LT Lithuania 1 931.4 2 029.7 5.1 0.6  585.2  659.2 12.6 0.3
NL Netherlands 11 438.7 13 878.4 21.3 4.4 25 274.4 23 649.9 -6.4 9.9
PL Poland 6 180.5 7 804.8 26.3 2.5 4 630.5 5 169.0 11.6 2.2
PT Portugal  871.3  937.0 7.5 0.3 2 510.1 2 479.4 -1.2 1.0
RO Romania 1 580.1 1 417.2 -10.3 0.4  491.7  480.2 -2.3 0.2
RU Russia 8 080.4 8 453.4 4.6 2.7 2 847.9 3 269.0 14.8 1.4
ES Spain 4 525.1 4 364.9 -3.5 1.4 5 701.8 6 312.8 10.7 2.6
GB United Kingdom 20 942.9 19 287.8 -7.9 6.1 19 984.6 20 175.6 1.0 8.5
CH Switzerland 3 012.9 3 382.0 12.3 1.1 2 905.8 3 917.4 34.8 1.6
SE Sweden 44 298.7 47 491.3 7.2 15.0 25 428.8 28 393.7 11.7 11.9
CZ Czech Republic 2 766.3 2 790.0 0.9 0.9  634.4  751.8 18.5 0.3
TR Turkey 2 064.4 2 107.4 2.1 0.7 1 381.1 1 562.2 13.1 0.7
DE Germany 41 109.5 44 240.0 7.6 14.0 19 540.7 21 876.2 12.0 9.2
UA Ukraine  385.6  477.8 23.9 0.2  662.6  847.4 27.9 0.4
HU Hungary 1 578.4 1 562.3 -1.0 0.5  218.0  324.2 48.7 0.1
AT Austria 2 868.6 3 171.7 10.6 1.0 1 593.8 1 422.9 -10.7 0.6
Other countries in Europe 3 273.5 3 208.7 -2.0 1.0 2 801.2 4 823.3 72.2 2.0
                 
Africa 5 138.4 5 664.6 10.2 1.8 2 850.1 3 070.5 7.7 1.3
BW Botswana 2 723.7 2 317.5 -14.9 0.7 0.2 0.7  253.3 0.0
ZA South Africa  654.4 1 285.9 96.5 0.4  330.3  360.4 9.1 0.2
Other countries in Africa 1 760.4 2 061.2 17.1 0.7 2 519.6 2 709.4 7.5 1.1
                 
Asia 37 836.7 40 489.6 7.0 12.8 25 849.5 31 988.5 23.7 13.4
HK Hong Kong  944.2  894.9 -5.2 0.3 1 023.1 1 089.4 6.5 0.5
IN India 1 149.6 1 282.2 11.5 0.4  770.3 1 670.2  116.8 0.7
ID Indonesia  507.8  505.0 -0.6 0.2  425.8  257.8 -39.5 0.1
IL Israel  462.5  498.3 7.7 0.2  287.5  235.9 -18.0 0.1
JP Japan 6 627.2 6 899.6 4.1 2.2 4 852.7 4 212.6 -13.2 1.8
CN China 17 577.9 19 269.5 9.6 6.1 5 694.2 6 441.5 13.1 2.7
KR Korea, Republic of 1 976.2 1 798.1 -9.0 0.6 4 452.3 5 470.0 22.9 2.3
MY Malaysia 1 050.6 1 163.4 10.7 0.4  533.7  529.2 -0.8 0.2
SG Singapore  653.4  867.2 32.7 0.3 3 057.2 4 287.1 40.2 1.8
TW Taiwan 2 716.1 2 527.9 -6.9 0.8  919.1  937.8 2.0 0.4
TH Thailand 1 253.3 1 391.8 11.1 0.4  932.3  824.8 -11.5 0.3
Other countries in Asia 2 052.0 2 865.4 39.6 0.9 2 360.1 3 507.5 48.6 1.5
                 
North America 30 895.3 28 239.5 -8.6 8.9 25 228.0 23 418.8 -7.2 9.8
CA Canada 14 388.7 9 963.4 -30.8 3.2 1 183.8 1 341.7 13.3 0.6
JM Jamaica  353.9  265.1 -25.1 0.1 60.6 61.4 1.4 0.0
PR Puerto Rico  366.0 83.0 -77.3 0.0  157.2 2.6 -98.3 0.0
US United States 14 837.2 16 916.4 14.0 5.3 22 304.3 21 063.9 -5.6 8.8
Other countries in North America  949.5 1 011.6 6.5 0.3 1 522.1  949.1 -37.6 0.4
                 
South America 6 455.7 6 395.6 -0.9 2.0 1 947.1 2 985.7 53.3 1.3
AR Argentina  163.2  233.9 43.3 0.1  117.4  150.3 28.0 0.1
BR Brazil 3 268.9 3 455.5 5.7 1.1 1 261.1 1 938.8 53.7 0.8
SR Suriname 1 316.6  854.2 -35.1 0.3 0.3 3.2 1 021.0 0.0
Other countries in South America 1 707.0 1 851.9 8.5 0.6  568.3  893.3 57.2 0.4
                 
Oceania  627.0 1 175.0 87.4 0.4 1 554.3 1 110.3 -28.6 0.5
AU Australia  481.8  956.5 98.5 0.3 1 264.8  943.9 -25.4 0.4
Other countries in Oceania  145.2  218.5 50.5 0.1  289.6  166.5 -42.5 0.1

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