Norway Yearbook - 2003

National economy and external trade
358 (cont.). Imports of principal commodities
Commodity (SITC)
2001 2002
Quantity Value Quantity Value
1 000 tonnes Million kroner 1 000 tonnes Million kroner
55 Essential oils and perfume materials, toilet, polishing and cleansing
preparations 113 3583.8 115 3414.0
Perfumery, cosmetics and toilet preparations 23 1 810.8 24 1 723.9
Soap, cleansing and polishing preparations 86 1 059.6 87 1 012.1
56 Fertilizers, manufactured 758 911.5 799 862.3
Potassic fertilizers (other than crude potassium salts) 542 624.5 540 542.1
57 Plastics in primary forms 280 2 945.8 274 2 582.6
Polyethylene in primary forms 79 612.0 76 500.4
Other plastics in primary forms 98 1 249.1 104 1149.4
58 Plastics in non-primary forms 83 2310.1 85 2 150.7
Tubes, pipes and hoses of plastics 14 475.5 15 453.2
Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics 68 1 769.4 69 1 641.0
59 Chemical materials and products n.e.s. 278 3161.3 296 3184.4
61 Leather, leather manufactures and dressed fur skins 3 445.4 2 398.0
62 Rubber manufactures .. 2 278.7 .. 2 340.8
Rubber tyres for motor cars, buses and lorries 3274 121 1 202.6 53477479 1 247.7
63 Cork and wood manufactures (excl. furniture) 2 944.5 .. 2 909.8
Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood (mcl. cellular wood panels and
assembled parquet panels) .. 1 331.5 .. 1 341.7
64 Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof 658 6 595.8 645 6 186.0
Printing and writing paper, other than newsprint 122 918.6 123 858.0
Sanitary towels and tampons and similar sanitary articles of paper
pulp, paper and cellulose vadding 24 595.1 25 556.1
65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products .. 4428.3 .. 4234.6
Textile yarn 14 478.3 14 426.5
Cotton fabrics, woven 5 342.6 5 292.5
Fabrics, woven of man-made fibres 4 387.6 4 375.4
Special yarns, special textile fabrics and related products 933.6 .. 877.5
Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and other furnishing articles of
textile materials 11 762.8 12 777.1
Carpets etc. of man-made textile materials, tufted 2 150.9 2 145.9
66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures 4039.2 .. 4033.1
Mineral manufactures n.e.s 1 077.8 1101.9
Glass .. 790.3 .. 740.6
Pottery 18 464.5 17 434.0
67 Iron and steel .. 7 563.7 .. 7 568.6
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, not clad, plated or
coated, hot-rolled 347 970.0 326 841.1
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, not clad, plated or
coated, cold-rolled 88 296.1 53 159.8
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, plated or coated with
zink 68 313.6 80 323.8
Bars and rods of iron or steel, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded,
mcl. those twisted after rolling 65 233.1 67 229.9
Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of circular cross-section, seamless,
of iron or steel 43 734.3 34 607.7
Tube or pipe fittings of iron or steel 15 834.0 18 863.1
68 Non-ferrous metals .. 5 865.7 .. 5 802.8
Copper 26 710.7 25 614.1
Aluminium and -alloys, unwrought 224 3 089.2 282 3 202.6
69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s .. 9 522.0 .. 9 728.3
Structures and parts of iron or steel (excl. prefabricated buildings). . 141 2 135.0 137 2 190.9
Nails, screws, nuts etc 25 742.0 26 719.6
Tools for use in the hand or in machines .. 1139.2 .. 1142.3
71 Power generating machinery and equipment .. 5 579.3 5 762.9
Internal combustion piston engines 2018.3 .. 1 982.2
Rotating electric plants .. 1 033.1 1143.5
72 Machinery specialized for particular industries .. 10 183.3 .. 9588.9
Agricultural machinery .. 1 059.8 .. 1 081.3
Tractors 4628 875.5 4724 975.0
Civil engineering and contractors' plant and equipment 2 664.5 2 722.2
Paper mill and pulp mill machinery 373.9 .. 292.8
Printing and bookbinding machinery 471.0 .. 376.1
Food processing machines 629.1 590.5
Machinery and equipment specialized for particular industries 3825.5 3321.5
73 Metal working machinery 1 201.7 997.4
306 Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2003