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Small changes in the extraction of natural resources
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2015-01-28T10:00:00.000Z
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Statistics show domestic extraction, import and export of natural resources i.e. biomass, minerals and fossil energy materials and carriers. In addition are the import and export of products broken down into material types as per the manufacturing stages.

Economy-wide material flow accounts, 2012-2013

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Small changes in the extraction of natural resources

The economy-wide flow accounts show that about 318 million tonnes of natural resources were extracted in Norway in 2013. The extraction of fossil energy dominates with 203 million tonnes. Over the past five years, there has been a gradual increase in the extraction of raw metal ores.

Material flow account. Domestic extraction, import and export of materials, material products and waste. 1 000 tonnesPublished 28 January 2015
 200820122013Change in per cent 2008-2013
Domestic extraction324 034328 695318 420-2
Biomass13 79713 19812 396-10
Metal ores (gross ores)5 43911 21912 911137
Non-metallic minerals79 06391 29490 03614
Fossil energy materials/carriers225 735212 984203 077-10
     
Import of materials, material products and waste39 75437 82638 783-2
Biomass and biomass products8 1618 1377 791-5
Metal ores and concentrates, raw and processed10 3008 6068 604-16
Non-metallic minerals, raw and processed6 1366 1226 1100
Fossil energy materials/carriers, raw and processed11 76511 39712 5517
Other products3 1213 2573 3287
Waste imported for final treatment and disposal27130739947
     
Export of materials, material products and waste225 596219 159207 896-8
Biomass and biomass products6 8467 4618 33522
Metal ores and concentrates, raw and processed6 8449 2098 79228
Non-metallic minerals, raw and processed21 64626 47624 51313
Fossil energy materials/carriers, raw and processed183 979169 290159 508-13
Other products5 7725 2345 035-13
Waste exported for final treatment and disposal5091 4891 713237

Source: Statistics Norway

The economy-wide flow accounts are based on instructions in Regulation (EU) No 691/2011 on European Environmental Economic Accounts. Norway has annual reporting obligations under the regulation.

In 2013, about 38 million tonnes of natural resources, other products and waste were imported, while exports of the same materials were 207 million tonnes. The exported goods mainly contain fossil energy materials and carriers, which comprised 77 per cent of the total exports. Fossil energy materials have clearly the largest share both in domestic extraction of natural resources and exports.

The figures indicate a gradual increase of 28 per cent in exports of metal ores and concentrate, both raw and processed from 2008 to 2013, and the same trend is also visible in the domestic extraction of raw metal ores.