41	Balance of payments. Summary. At current prices. Million kroner

	1998	1999	99:1	99:2	99:3	99:4	00:1	00:2
Total exports	412 140	465 513	99 388	107 588	121 060	137 476	145 202	149 551
Goods	306 061	356 025	74 155	81 124	90 942	109 803	116 020	117 361
Services	106 079	109 488	25 233	26 464	30 118	27 673	29 182	32 190
Total imports	407 301	393 755	94 705	94 886	101 363	102 801	98 055	105 287
Goods	294 732	273 272	67 076	65 622	67 496	73 078	69 488	73 155
Services	112 569	120 483	27 629	29 264	33 867	29 723	28 567	32 132
Balance of goods and services	4 839	71 758	4 683	12 702	19 697	34 675	47 147	44 264
Primary income and transfers from abroad	57 183	69 190	15 773	16 397	17 238	19 782	22 361	24 745
Compensation of employees	1 600	1 700	423	425	426	426	450	450
Interest	37 122	47 716	10 354	11 069	11 770	14 523	17 078	18 658
Dividends etc	3 814	4 305	514	1 614	964	1 213	617	1 554
Reinvested earnings	5 534	5 699	1 834	1 061	1 456	1 348	1 789	1 246
Current transfers to Norway	9 113	9 770	2 648	2 228	2 622	2 272	2 427	2 837
Primary income and transfers to abroad	76 306	94 054	20 606	23 506	22 664	27 278	28 368	31 120
Compensation of employees	3 915	3 906	912	909	1 036	1 049	1 033	1 167
Interest	33 704	49 580	10 469	12 494	11 781	14 836	17 545	19 258
Dividends etc	13 659	10 448	2 535	6 150	603	1 160	5 486	7 586
Reinvested earnings	4 430	7 771	1 775	-853	3 700	3 149	-1 199	-2 206
Current transfers from Norway	8 500	9 350	1 833	1 947	2 039	3 531	1 881	1 800
Current transfers from Norway	12 098	12 999	3 082	2 859	3 505	3 553	3 622	3 515
Primary income and transfers from
abroad, net	-19 123	-24 864	-4 833	-7 109	-5 426	-7 496	-6 007	-6 375
Current external balance	-14 284	46 894	-150	5 593	14 271	27 179	41 140	37 889
Capital transfers to abroad, net	830	867	135	25	127	580	114	393
Acquisitions of patents, licenses etc, net	-	699	7	439	252	1	-418	-107
Net lending	-13 454	47 062	-22	5 179	14 146	27 758	41 672	38 389

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