Weekly Bulletin is. 40, 1996

Exports to Asia up 27.6 per cent

Norway exported NOK 10.1 billion worth of traditional goods to Asian countries during the first eight months of this year. This is NOK 2.2 billion or 27.6 per cent higher compared to the same period last year. The total value of exports of traditional commodities increased during the same period by 8.1 per cent.

Norway imported NOK 12.9 billion worth of traditional goods from Asia. This is down NOK 258 million from the same period last year.

New Statistics

Foreign trade in goods, August 1996.
Statistics are published every month in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics and Monthly Bulletin of External Trade. The figures are available from Customer Services, foreign trade, tel. +47 21 09 47 52/53. More information: Øyvind Hagen, tel. +47 21 09 47 26, e-mail: oyh@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin is. 40, 1996