External trade in goods, April 2018

Variants of the statistics:

External trade in goods¹
	NOK Billion	Change in per cent		NOK Billion	Change in per cent - so far this year
	April 2018	March 2018 - April 2018	April 2017 - April 2018	April 2018	April 2017 - April 2018
¹The figures are marked with the symbol *. This is Statistics Norways standard symbol for indicating preliminary figures. Due to the data collection method, the preliminary monthly figures published for ships and oil platforms are often incomplete. In retrospect, therefore, the trade in these goods could in some cases lead to revisions. Please see tables 1-3 for the impact these figures have on the external trade.
Exports	81.9	5.2	20.5	315.0	7.5
Crude oil	22.3	4.5	15.1	80.5	2.9
Natural gas	21.0	8.5	30.9	82.6	15.8
Natural gas condensates	0.7	.	60.9	2.1	7.5
Ships and oil platforms	0.0	.	-34.8	2.4	-65.5
Mainland exports	37.9	2.0	18.0	147.5	9.7
Fish	7.7	-12.4	14.9	30.9	1.7

Imports	62.5	-2.5	42.0	232.5	15.2
Ships and oil platforms	0.0	-100.0	-100.0	1.0	-83.6

The trade balance	19.4	40.8	-19.1	82.5	-9.4
The mainland trade balance	-24.6	8.6	-107.4	-84.0	-37.4