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Increase in extraction of natural resources
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2016-12-06T08:00:00.000Z
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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 divided into material types according to the stage of manufacturing.

Economy-wide material flow accounts, 2015

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Increase in extraction of natural resources

The economy-wide material flow accounts shows that about 364 million tonnes of natural resources were extracted in Norway in 2015. Extraction and export of fossil fuels dominate, but the extraction of non-metallic ores has increased considerably from 2010 to 2015.

Material flow account. Domestic extraction, import and export of materials, material products and waste. 1 000 tonnes.Published 6 December 2016
201020142015Change in per cent
2010 - 2015
Domestic extraction312 843319 212363 58316
Biomass13 71813 77013 9091
Metal ores (gross ores)6 74210 54211 43470
Non metalic minerals76 41791 168122 99661
Fossil energy materials/carriers215 966203 732215 2440
 
Imports38 74736 70237 841-2
Biomass and biomass products8 0177 8367 516-6
Metal ores and concentrates, raw and processed8 5018 9028 8594
Non-metallic minerals, raw and processed5 6526 2566 49215
Fossil energy materials/carriers, raw and processed13 0249 88211 064-15
Other products3 0343 5353 50616
Waste imported for final treatment and disposal519291404-22
 
Exports216 027214 988223 9524
Biomass and biomass products7 2559 26810 07339
Metal ores and concentrates, raw and processed7 3199 5809 09124
Non-metallic minerals, raw and processed23 32625 47728 08220
Fossil energy materials/carriers, raw and processed172 126164 045170 098-1
Other products4 9644 8764 9891
Waste exported for final treatment and disposal1 0371 7421 61956

Source: Statistics Norway

In 2015, about 38 million tonnes of natural resources, other products and waste were imported, while exports of the same materials were 224 million tonnes. Fossil energy materials have clearly the largest share both in domestic extraction of natural resources and exports. The exported goods contain mainly fossil energy materials and carriers, which comprised 76 per cent of the total export.

Export of waste for final treatment and disposal increased significantly in the last few years. A likely explanation for this increase can be cheaper waste treatment in other countries.

Extraction of non-metallic minerals increased by 61 per cent from 2010 to 2015 and by 35 per cent from 2014 to 2015. Statistics show a significant increase in the export of biomass and biomass products from 2010 to 2015, while the export of fossil energy has been stable during the same period.

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.