Statistics Norway
40 Imports of goods and services. Percentage change in prices from the same period in the previous year
  1997 1998 1999 98:2 98:3 98:4 99:1 99:2 99:3 99:4
Total imports 0.6 1.7 -0.3 3.2 0.4 0.1 -0.9 -1.0 -0.8 1.4
                     
Goods 0.0 0.9 -2.0 2.2 -0.1 -1.2 -2.7 -2.0 -3.4 -0.2
Ships 4.8 -5.8 -6.4 -5.6 -16.8 -21.8 -19.8 -8.2 0.9 6.6
Oil platforms and modules 21.2 -8.7 0.4 -3.6 -11.6 -11.6 -12.3 -5.3 0.0 4.7
Direct imports related to petroleum activities 5.1 3.6 1.3 4.5 3.1 3.6 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.0
Other goods -0.6 1.4 -2.1 2.5 0.7 0.1 -2.4 -1.9 -3.1 -1.1
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 6.1 4.2 -7.1 3.3 -0.4 0.5 -2.1 -6.7 -10.2 -8.2
Crude oil -10.0 -26.4 43.9 -17.2 -29.2 -37.1 -15.4 15.1 63.8 108.7
Mining and quarrying 7.6 -3.2 -4.8 4.9 -13.6 5.9 5.9 -13.3 -3.0 -9.5
Manufacturing products -0.6 1.6 -2.1 2.8 1.2 0.2 -2.4 -1.5 -3.2 -1.2
Food products, beverages and tobacco 2.9 9.5 -4.4 11.4 8.5 5.9 3.2 -3.8 -8.8 -6.8
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 1.3 3.5 -2.6 0.6 4.9 3.5 0.1 -1.0 -4.3 -5.2
Wood products -0.1 0.1 -3.4 3.7 -6.5 0.3 -4.1 -3.2 2.1 -7.6
Pulp, paper and paper products -7.0 2.1 -1.2 3.2 2.6 2.2 0.2 -1.6 -2.0 -1.6
Printing and publishing -4.6 1.6 -0.9 -3.7 3.4 4.3 -2.5 5.0 -0.6 -3.8
Refined petroleum products 0.5 -16.2 8.1 -8.0 -19.1 -23.6 -17.7 1.1 22.0 29.8
Basic chemicals -0.5 1.0 -3.9 -3.5 5.6 4.1 0.2 -2.2 -9.4 -3.9
Chemical and mineral products 0.9 3.1 -0.5 2.1 1.0 5.3 1.9 0.1 -2.3 -1.6
Basic metals 2.0 -3.1 -13.6 0.1 -9.9 -9.0 -21.9 -12.6 -8.4 -9.5
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c -2.9 2.2 -1.3 4.6 4.2 -0.4 1.5 -1.2 -5.4 -0.4
Other manufacturing products n.e.c -0.2 3.4 -2.4 0.8 2.6 3.5 -2.2 -0.2 -2.4 -4.3
Non-competitive imports 5.3 5.8 5.6 4.7 3.1 11.2 -0.0 9.2 6.7 5.4
Electricity -28.1 -11.3 -9.5 -41.3 -40.2 3.2 -11.5 -18.6 -8.2 0.8
                     
Services 2.2 4.0 3.8 5.9 1.6 4.1 3.9 1.1 4.7 5.5
Operating costs shipping, excl. bunkers 8.9 -0.6 13.4 6.7 -10.4 -4.5 2.3 5.3 25.1 20.8
Petroleum actvities, various services 3.7 5.2 1.2 5.6 6.1 5.5 3.3 1.0 -0.2 1.7
Operating costs oil drilling, excl. bunkers 5.0 3.5 1.2 4.3 2.9 3.4 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.0
Travel -0.3 5.7 0.5 5.0 4.6 8.3 6.9 0.3 -0.6 -2.4
Other services -0.0 5.2 1.7 5.9 5.7 6.1 3.2 -0.3 0.8 3.3
Transport, post and telecommunication 0.9 2.4 0.1 3.2 2.1 1.3 2.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.3
Financial and business services -3.1 4.7 1.9 3.8 5.8 7.5 3.9 -0.4 0.5 3.7
Services n.e.c 3.7 6.4 1.8 8.6 6.5 5.5 2.9 0.4 1.2 3.3