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

	1998	1999	99:2	99:3	99:4	00:1	00:2	00:3
Total exports	412 140	465 513	107 588	121 060	137 476	145 301	149 967	164 698
Goods	306 061	356 025	81 124	90 942	109 803	116 062	117 379	128 941
Services	106 079	109 488	26 464	30 118	27 673	29 239	32 588	35 757
Total imports	407 301	393 755	94 886	101 363	102 801	101 833	107 031	108 309
Goods	294 732	273 272	65 622	67 496	73 078	73 153	74 669	71 928
Services	112 569	120 483	29 264	33 867	29 723	28 680	32 362	36 381
Balance of goods and services	4 839	71 758	12 702	19 697	34 675	43 468	42 936	56 389
Primary income and transfers from abroad	57 183	69 190	16 397	17 238	19 782	23 036	25 512	27 053
Compensation of employees	1 600	1 700	425	426	426	450	450	450
Interest	37 122	47 716	11 069	11 770	14 523	17 096	18 744	20 873
Dividends etc	3 814	4 305	1 614	964	1 213	617	1 895	1 532
Reinvested earnings	5 534	5 699	1 061	1 456	1 348	2 449	1 565	1 595
Current transfers to Norway	9 113	9 770	2 228	2 622	2 272	2 424	2 858	2 603
Primary income and transfers to abroad	76 306	94 054	23 506	22 664	27 278	29 167	31 968	31 170
Compensation of employees	3 915	3 906	909	1 036	1 049	1 033	1 162	1 255
Interest	33 704	49 580	12 494	11 781	14 836	17 587	19 364	19 259
Dividends etc	13 659	10 448	6 150	603	1 160	5 486	13 751	3 843
Reinvested earnings	4 430	7 771	-853	3 700	3 149	-446	-7 618	1 197
Current transfers from Norway	8 500	9 350	1 947	2 039	3 531	1 881	1 800	2 070
Current transfers from Norway	12 098	12 999	2 859	3 505	3 553	3 626	3 509	3 546
Primary income and transfers from
abroad, net	-19 123	-24 864	-7 109	-5 426	-7 496	-6 131	-6 456	-4 117
Current external balance	-14 284	46 894	5 593	14 271	27 179	37 337	36 480	52 272
Capital transfers to abroad, net	830	867	25	127	580	114	393	32
Acquisitions of patents, licenses etc, net	-	699	439	252	1	-421	-107	-237
Net lending	-15 114	45 328	5 129	13 892	26 598	37 644	36 194	52 477

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