Norway Yearbook - 1996

National economy and external trade
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Imports of goods and services. Annual percentage change in volume
and prices
19911992 1993 1994* 1995*
Percentage change in volume from preceding
year
Total imports 0.2 0.7 4.4 6.9 5.1
Goods -22 -1.2 4.9 9.9 9.0
Ships, new and second-hand -20.5 -41 0 34.9 -24.7 -15.9
Oil drilling rigs and modules -24.9 -84.5 315.8 -87.2 102.7
Direct imports in relation to oil activities -19.7 -17.6 64.2 -32.8 45.9
Other goods 0.6 3.7 1.3 15.0 9.2
Products from agriculture, forestry and fishing -0.2 15.8 -8.5 34.6 7.0
C ru de oil 2.9 -32.7 20.4 -17.5 32.0
Mining products -6.0 -3.8 7.6 -4.8 2.0
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Manufacturing products 0.5 4.0 1.5 14.7 9.4
Food products, beverages and tobacco. . 3.4 4.8 13.5 0.2 4.0
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather and leather
products 2.4 5.6 1.0 11.0 1.6
Wood products -3.4 2.7 16.6 27.0 3.2
Paper and paper products 1.5 3.7 8.9 12.0 5.9
Printing and publishing 130 0.9 -2.4 3.1 7.6
Refined petroleum products -2.6 -1.1 -6.4 7.0 9.0
Chemical raw materials etc. 3.6 3.4 12.7 15.2 8.3
Chemical and mineral products 3.5 2.2 5.1 10.6 9.9
Metal products -2.0 8.3 9.3 16.9 1.0
Machinery and transport equipment 5.0 4.5 1.0 16.7 17.0
Furniture and other manufacturing products 2.7 4.1 3.3 7.9 7.5
Transport equipment not produced in Norway -24.4 0.0 -30.5 41.4 -3.8
Electricity 830.0 -62.5 -55.8 707.0 -54.5
Services 6.5 5.3 3.4 0.4 -4.3
Operating costs in shipping, excl. bunkers 52 -1.4 -9.7 -2.2 0.1
Operating costs in oil drilling, exci. bunkers 76.3 10.2 18.7 -39.6 43.8
Oil activities, various services 118.0 -10.2 23.6 32.5 -38.4
Travel -8.8 10.4 2.1 7.3 1.2
Other services 10.5 8.6 9.1 -6.1 -5.3
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