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Quarterly national accounts, 1. quarter 2008
44 Imports of goods and services. Percentage change in volume from the same period in the previous year
  2006 2007 06:2 06:3 06:4 07:1 07:2 07:3 07:4 08:1
                     
Total imports 8.1 8.7 6.7 5.7 7.7 9.1 5.9 8.8 11.1 6.5
                     
Goods 9.4 9.7 7.2 5.1 9.2 9.3 7.2 10.5 11.8 6.1
Crude oil and natural gas -50.9 152.0 -63.2 -69.4 -46.5 38.2 685.8 208.5 68.1 -64.9
Ships 66.3 21.5 174.6 120.6 -44.0 0.9 -56.6 55.3 273.8 101.9
Oil platforms and modules -15.9 39.4 88.6 -92.2 20.5 -86.8 117.6 64.7 .. 122.5
Direct imports related to petroleum activities -59.0 59.0 -75.8 -35.9 -36.4 89.8 120.9 90.0 -12.0 27.9
Aircraft and helicopters 130.5 255.5 134.9 .. -92.5 148.3 139.8 7.2 .. 514.2
Other goods 9.6 8.1 4.8 5.1 12.1 9.9 8.6 8.1 6.2 3.5
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 4.9 11.4 7.4 -0.6 4.1 2.9 9.6 10.9 22.0 10.5
Mining and quarrying 15.9 6.4 36.4 18.9 -1.7 31.7 -11.4 0.5 10.9 1.0
Manufacturing products 9.2 8.4 3.9 4.8 11.8 9.4 9.5 8.6 6.3 3.7
Food products, beverages and tobacco 3.1 11.8 1.0 3.5 2.5 10.9 10.8 12.8 12.7 2.5
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 5.2 6.5 2.9 2.2 3.3 5.8 4.5 5.6 10.4 1.6
Wood products 8.9 15.5 2.0 10.7 10.2 14.9 16.6 16.4 14.3 -4.6
Pulp, paper and paper products 1.0 4.6 -0.6 -4.1 1.9 4.8 3.6 6.5 3.7 -3.5
Printing and publishing 12.8 0.7 19.7 7.6 7.6 0.6 -6.7 7.1 1.1 0.6
Refined petroleum products 7.2 -12.3 -1.5 2.1 16.5 -14.3 -19.4 -6.4 -8.9 18.3
Basic chemicals 11.2 0.9 18.5 6.4 2.1 6.5 -6.2 -2.9 7.0 -7.1
Chemical and mineral products 8.8 11.0 3.4 7.6 13.1 14.5 12.7 9.9 7.4 1.4
Basic metals -2.7 4.7 -7.9 -8.2 1.9 5.4 6.9 4.2 2.5 -1.2
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 14.8 11.6 8.5 7.8 16.0 13.4 14.7 11.0 8.0 6.2
Furniture and other manufacturing products 6.0 11.7 0.8 1.8 9.2 11.2 12.1 16.7 7.8 4.4
Non-competitive imports 10.2 7.9 -0.5 11.6 21.3 8.3 13.2 10.0 1.4 5.5
Electricity 168.1 -46.1 141.7 139.3 411.4 154.5 -59.7 -93.6 -61.3 -60.1
Other goods excluding refined petroleum products 9.7 9.2 5.2 5.3 11.9 11.2 10.1 8.9 6.9 2.9
                     
Services 5.4 6.6 5.7 6.8 4.6 8.4 3.3 5.8 9.5 7.5
Operating costs shipping, excluding bunkers -3.4 0.9 -4.0 -2.8 1.4 0.5 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.5
Operating cost oil drilling, excluding bunkers 28.2 17.9 -5.9 28.0 87.4 48.9 0.8 11.7 19.1 14.9
Petroleum activities, various services 32.0 19.0 -3.5 31.0 94.2 52.3 1.5 12.9 19.7 12.9
Travel 12.8 9.3 12.5 15.6 7.2 7.8 9.0 7.5 14.3 8.7
Other services 0.1 5.0 7.1 -2.8 -5.7 9.5 -2.3 4.7 8.3 9.7
Transport, post and telecommunication -1.2 22.7 -2.8 0.5 2.6 23.7 10.3 25.8 29.5 38.8
Financial and business services 0.2 1.2 8.1 1.8 -12.2 3.6 -6.3 -0.5 7.7 9.1
Services n.e.c 0.1 8.4 8.8 -14.1 8.4 20.4 3.0 12.0 1.6 2.0