Statistics Norway
41 Balance of payments. Summary. At current prices. Million kroner
  1998 1999 99:1 99:2 99:3 99:4 0:1
Total exports 412 140 465 513 99 388 107 588 121 060 137 476 144 192
Goods 306 061 356 025 74 155 81 124 90 942 109 803 115 723
Services 106 079 109 488 25 233 26 464 30 118 27 673 28 469
               
Total imports 407 301 393 755 94 705 94 886 101 363 102 801 97 957
Goods 294 732 273 272 67 076 65 622 67 496 73 078 69 085
Services 112 569 120 483 27 629 29 264 33 867 29 723 28 872
               
Balance of goods and services 4 839 71 758 4 683 12 702 19 697 34 675 46 235
               
Primary income and transfers from abroad 57 183 69 190 15 773 16 397 17 238 19 782 22 315
Compensation of employees 1 600 1 700 423 425 426 426 450
Interest 37 122 47 716 10 354 11 069 11 770 14 523 17 033
Dividends etc 3 814 4 305 514 1 614 964 1 213 617
Reinvested earnings 5 534 5 699 1 834 1 061 1 456 1 348 1 789
Current transfers to Norway 9 113 9 770 2 648 2 228 2 622 2 272 2 426
               
Primary income and transfers to abroad 76 306 94 054 20 606 23 506 22 664 27 278 28 632
Compensation of employees 3 915 3 906 912 909 1 036 1 049 1 077
Interest 33 704 49 580 10 469 12 494 11 781 14 836 17 708
Dividends etc 13 659 10 448 2 535 6 150 603 1 160 4 384
Reinvested earnings 4 430 7 771 1 775 -853 3 700 3 149 3
Current transfers from Norway 8 500 9 350 1 833 1 947 2 039 3 531 1 833
Current transfers from Norway 12 098 12 999 3 082 2 859 3 505 3 553 3 627
               
Primary income and transfers from abroad, net -19 123 -24 864 -4 833 -7 109 -5 426 -7 496 -6 317
               
Current external balance -14 284 46 894 -150 5 593 14 271 27 179 39 918
               
Capital transfer, net -830 -867 -135 -25 -127 -580 -132
Acquisitions of patents, licenses etc, net - 699 7 439 252 1 -418
               
Net lending -15 114 45 328 -292 5 129 13 892 26 598 40 204