Weekly Bulletin ed. 16, 1996

Crude oil gives trade surplus major boost

Norway's surplus in commodities trading with other countries totalled NOK 6.9 billion in March, up NOK 1.7 billion or 33 percent from March 1995. Exports totalled NOK 25.7 billion, of which exports of crude oil and natural gas accounted for NOK 11.8 billion, according to the preliminary figures for external trade in commodities in March.

Exports of traditional commodities totalled NOK 13.9 billion in March, while Norway imported NOK 18.7 billion worth of goods. The deficit in traditional commodities therefore came to NOK 4.8 billion, one billion more compared to March last year.

New Statistics

External trade in commodities, March 1996
Statistics are published every month in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics and the Monthly Bulletin of External Trade. Detailed information on commodities and countries will be available from Customer services - external trade, tel. +47 21 09 47 52/53 beginning Thursday 25 April, and will be published in the Monthly Bulletin of External Trade, which will be available Week 18. More information: Anne B. Dahle, tel. +47 21 09 47 10.

Weekly Bulletin ed. 16, 1996