consumption per capita: 23,735 kWh (1993)

Agriculture: oats, other grains; beef, milk; livestock output
exceeds value of crops; among world's top 10 fishing nations; fish
catch of 1.76 million metric tons in 1989

Illicit drugs: transshipment point for drugs shipped via the CIS
and Baltic states for the European market

Exports: $34.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 43%, metals and
products 11%, foodstuffs (mostly fish) 9%, chemicals and raw
materials 25%, natural gas 6.0%, ships 5.4%
partners: EU 77.8% (UK 20.8%, Germany 12.4%, France 8.12%), Sweden
9.4%, US 6.7%, Japan 1.9% (1994)

Imports: $27.3 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
commodities: machinery and equipment and manufactured consumer goods
54%, chemicals and other industrial inputs 39%, foodstuffs 6%
partners: EU 68.9% (Germany 13.9%, UK 10.4%, Denmark 7.4%), Sweden
15%, US 7.4%, Japan 6.0% (1994)

External debt: $NA

Economic aid:
donor: ODA, $1.014 billion (1993)

Currency: 1 Norwegian krone (NKr) = 100 oere

Exchange rates: Norwegian kroner (NKr) per US$1 - 6.4160 (January
1996), 6.3352 (1995), 7.0576 (1994), 7.0941 (1993), 6.2145 (1992),
6.4829 (1991)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 4,027 km
standard gauge: 4,027 km 1.435-m gauge (2422 km electrified; 96 km
double track) (1995)

Highways:
total: 88,922 km
paved: 61,356 km (including 75 km of expressways)
unpaved: 27,566 km (1990 est.)

Waterways: 1,577 km along west coast; 2.4 m draft vessels maximum

Pipelines: refined products 53 km

Ports: Bergen, Drammen, Flora, Hammerfest, Harstad, Haugesund,
Kristiansand, Larvik, Narvik, Oslo, Porsgrunn, Stavanger, Tromso,
Trondheim

Merchant marine:
total: 712 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,278,205
GRT/32,209,679 DWT
ships by type: bulk 114, cargo 98, chemical tanker 83, combination
bulk 10, combination ore/oil 31, container 15, liquefied gas tanker
87, oil tanker 148, passenger 10, passenger-cargo 2, railcar carrier
1, refrigerated cargo 13, roll-on/roll-off cargo 49, short-sea
passenger 21, vehicle carrier 30
note: the government has created an internal register, the Norwegian
International Ship Register (NIS), as a subset of the Norwegian
register; ships on the NIS enjoy many benefits of flags of
convenience and do not have to be crewed by Norwegians (1995 est.)

Airports:
tota