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Quarterly national accounts, 3. quarter 2008
44 Imports of goods and services. Percentage change in volume from the same period in the previous year
  2006 2007 06:4 07:1 07:2 07:3 07:4 08:1 08:2 08:3
                     
Total imports 8.4 7.5 8.3 7.5 5.0 7.7 9.5 7.3 9.2 5.5
                     
Goods 11.0 8.4 11.1 8.1 6.0 9.0 10.2 6.1 9.7 5.2
Crude oil and natural gas -51.0 145.3 -47.0 37.2 642.4 190.5 63.5 -38.8 -66.6 -19.9
Ships 54.9 22.8 -48.1 2.0 -56.0 56.4 281.7 123.0 83.6 16.0
Oil platforms and modules -14.0 36.5 23.2 -87.1 113.1 61.2 .. 122.5 809.8 30.6
Direct imports related to petroleum activities -60.2 63.5 -37.9 92.7 129.0 95.6 -8.5 22.4 -30.6 -60.2
Aircraft and helicopters 130.5 255.5 -92.5 148.3 139.8 7.2 .. 530.9 179.1 250.8
Other goods 11.5 6.7 14.3 8.5 7.0 6.7 4.7 3.1 8.3 4.8
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 5.0 11.2 4.3 2.6 9.7 10.7 21.9 11.1 8.4 1.1
Mining and quarrying 16.0 5.9 -1.4 31.8 -11.9 0.0 10.3 -17.7 -11.1 -4.4
Manufacturing products 11.1 7.1 13.6 7.9 8.1 7.4 5.1 3.7 8.7 4.9
Food products, beverages and tobacco 3.5 11.8 2.6 10.8 10.7 12.7 13.0 1.8 7.1 5.7
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather 5.6 6.5 3.6 5.8 4.5 5.6 10.4 2.7 2.7 1.2
Wood products 8.8 15.5 10.1 14.9 16.6 16.4 14.3 -5.8 0.8 -10.6
Pulp, paper and paper products 1.0 4.6 1.8 4.8 3.6 6.5 3.7 -3.8 3.5 1.3
Printing and publishing 12.9 0.6 7.7 0.5 -6.7 7.0 1.1 -0.7 22.5 1.1
Refined petroleum products 24.8 -26.2 35.7 -28.6 -31.6 -20.8 -23.6 18.2 29.9 24.5
Basic chemicals 11.3 0.8 2.2 6.4 -6.3 -3.1 6.9 -6.3 9.6 5.8
Chemical and mineral products 8.9 11.0 13.1 14.5 12.7 10.0 7.2 1.0 5.1 6.7
Basic metals -2.3 4.7 2.3 5.4 6.9 4.2 2.5 -1.4 1.8 9.0
Machinery and other equipment n.e.c 14.9 11.6 15.9 13.4 14.6 11.0 8.1 6.4 12.6 6.9
Furniture and other manufacturing products 6.1 11.7 9.2 11.2 12.1 16.7 7.8 4.2 4.9 1.1
Non-competitive imports 21.7 8.0 34.0 8.4 13.3 10.1 1.5 5.7 0.3 -17.6
Electricity 228.6 -46.1 526.8 154.5 -59.7 -93.6 -61.3 -58.5 -27.5 289.9
Other goods excluding refined petroleum products 10.8 8.9 13.3 11.3 9.7 8.5 6.5 2.4 7.4 3.8
                     
Services 3.2 5.4 2.2 6.0 2.9 5.1 8.0 10.5 8.1 6.1
Operating costs shipping, excluding bunkers 2.5 0.9 7.5 -1.2 3.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 -0.3 -2.6
Operating cost oil drilling, excluding bunkers 31.9 16.8 92.7 47.6 -0.1 11.0 17.8 28.4 28.0 24.5
Petroleum activities, various services 30.2 17.4 91.2 49.0 -0.4 11.6 18.6 29.0 28.5 25.2
Travel 8.4 7.8 3.9 4.0 7.2 6.8 14.5 18.7 9.6 6.3
Other services -6.4 3.2 -12.7 7.5 -2.5 4.0 4.1 3.5 8.6 6.6
Transport, post and telecommunication -34.2 -6.7 -37.3 11.4 -22.3 12.2 -18.6 26.0 19.4 14.6
Financial and business services 1.3 -0.0 -11.3 1.1 -5.8 -1.4 5.6 2.5 7.9 8.1
Services n.e.c -15.6 14.5 -7.9 25.6 12.1 18.4 6.0 1.3 8.4 1.0