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Who does Norway rely on?

The largest supplier of Norway in 2024 is China, with 11.8% of what Norway buys. Its share was 10.2% in 2019 and 1.9% in 1995. 246 of the 983 products Norway buys for more than $1 million have a supplier selling more than 50% of what Norway buys of that product; in 70, more than 75%. In those products, purchases from each one’s dominant supplier add up to 10.7% of what Norway buys.

Summary

Largest supplier: China
11.8%
Concentration (HHI)
561
Products with a supplier above 50%
246
Products with a supplier above 75%
70

Concentration index (HHI): 561 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting purchases among 18 suppliers of the same size

Trend

Trend in shares

China went from 1.9% to 11.8% of what Norway buys

Share (%)

  • China 11.8%
  • Sweden 11%
  • Germany 10.3%
  • United States 7.3%
  • Netherlands 4.9%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearLargest supplierShare
1995Sweden15.4%
1996Sweden17%
1997Sweden15.3%
1998Sweden14.5%
1999Sweden14.8%
2000Sweden14.7%
2001Sweden15.3%
2002Sweden15.6%
2003Sweden15.7%
2004Sweden15.3%
2005Sweden14.3%
2006Sweden14.7%
2007Sweden14.7%
2008Sweden14%
2009Sweden13.8%
2010Sweden14%
2011Sweden13.2%
2012Sweden13.5%
2013Sweden13.3%
2014Sweden12.3%
2015Sweden11.2%
2016Sweden11.9%
2017Sweden11.8%
2018Sweden11.9%
2019Sweden11.8%
2020China11.7%
2021China13%
2022Sweden12.9%
2023Sweden11.1%
2024China11.8%

Its suppliers

  1. China$11.9 billion · 11.8%
  2. Sweden$11.1 billion · 11%
  3. Germany$10.3 billion · 10.3%
  4. United States$7.4 billion · 7.3%
  5. Netherlands$4.9 billion · 4.9%
  6. United Kingdom$4.6 billion · 4.6%
  7. Denmark$4.5 billion · 4.5%
  8. Poland$3.5 billion · 3.5%
  9. Belgium$3.4 billion · 3.4%
  10. Italy$3 billion · 2.9%

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Products with a dominant supplier

Of the 983 products Norway buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.

ProductSupplierShareSecondValue
Nickel matteCanada68.1%Finland · 17.9%$2 billion
Aluminum oxide and hydroxideBrazil77.2%over 75%Spain · 15.3%$1.2 billion
Airplanes and helicoptersUnited States64.3%Spain · 24.4%$1.1 billion
Crude petroleumUnited States52.6%Nigeria · 34.6%$714 million
ElectricitySweden68.8%Denmark · 13.3%$442 million
Carbon electrodesChina60.1%Slovakia · 21.8%$384 million
Toilet paper and tissuesSweden54.9%Netherlands · 9.6%$367 million
Dredgers and floating cranesSingapore92.9%over 75%Poland · 5.7%$358 million
Microphones and speakersChina57.1%Sweden · 8.6%$344 million
Other processed tobaccoSweden79.8%over 75%Hungary · 11%$331 million
Open-chain hydrocarbonsUnited States94.7%over 75%United Kingdom · 3.4%$321 million
Manganese oreGabon54.6%South Africa · 43.8%$272 million
Sawn woodSweden83.2%over 75%Latvia · 4.5%$272 million
Fresh fishUnited Kingdom71%Denmark · 16.7%$255 million
Home appliancesChina59.9%Germany · 10.4%$221 million
Fishing vesselsTurkey52.9%Denmark · 17%$219 million
ToysChina56.8%Czechia · 10%$209 million
SoybeansBrazil68.7%Poland · 11.7%$196 million
Garments of coated or nonwoven fabricChina57%Greece · 11.5%$183 million
Cigarettes and cigarsPoland50.3%Lithuania · 42.9%$171 million
Vacuum cleanersChina58.1%Germany · 6.9%$171 million
Natural gas and LPGSweden58.5%United States · 15.4%$165 million
Ferrous scrapSweden77.1%over 75%Denmark · 10.4%$160 million
Frozen fishRussia63%Denmark · 13.3%$159 million
Quartz and quartziteUnited States69.8%Spain · 16.3%$149 million

and 221 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Countries that sell more than 50% of some product; the darker, the higher the value of those products.

Selling: who it relies on

Largest customer: United Kingdom
17.6%
Concentration (HHI)
889

Concentration index (HHI): 889 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 11 customers of the same size

Trend in shares

France went from 8.6% to 6.4% of what Norway sells

Share (%)

  • United Kingdom 17.6%
  • Germany 17.3%
  • Netherlands 8.4%
  • Sweden 8.2%
  • France 6.4%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearLargest customerShare
1995Germany15.9%
1996United Kingdom16.1%
1997United Kingdom15.8%
1998Germany15.1%
1999United Kingdom14%
2000United Kingdom14.9%
2001Germany15.1%
2002Germany15.3%
2003United Kingdom16.5%
2004United Kingdom18.9%
2005United Kingdom20.6%
2006United Kingdom21.6%
2007United Kingdom22.7%
2008United Kingdom25%
2009United Kingdom19.5%
2010United Kingdom22.8%
2011United Kingdom23.9%
2012United Kingdom20.9%
2013Germany19.4%
2014United Kingdom19%
2015Germany17.6%
2016United Kingdom18.5%
2017United Kingdom20.5%
2018United Kingdom19.7%
2019United Kingdom18%
2020United Kingdom15.4%
2021Germany21.9%
2022Germany27.3%
2023Germany18.7%
2024United Kingdom17.6%

172 of the 627 products Norway sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Norway sells of that product; in 56, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 2.7% of what Norway sells.

ProductCustomerShareSecondValue
Dredgers and floating cranesUnited Kingdom55.3%India · 24.1%$1.4 billion
Warships and other vesselsSaudi Arabia70.8%Canada · 5.8%$637 million
Hydrogen and rare gasesGermany54.5%France · 14.5%$484 million
LogsSweden72.8%Germany · 14.3%$432 million
PlatinumUnited Kingdom60.7%South Korea · 17.3%$299 million
Airplanes and helicoptersRomania57.6%Argentina · 10.5%$251 million
Titanium oreChina56.1%Germany · 13.7%$223 million
GoldSwitzerland83.3%over 75%Sweden · 10.1%$220 million
Halogenated hydrocarbonsUnited Kingdom55.3%Sweden · 37.5%$199 million
Refined copperSweden76.5%over 75%Greece · 7.3%$165 million
Carbon electrodesIceland99.6%over 75%South Korea · 0.05%$152 million
Hydrogenated fats and oilsUnited States62.8%Australia · 7.9%$134 million
Slag and ash with metalsUnited States60.3%United Kingdom · 14.9%$131 million
Military weaponsHungary64.4%Ukraine · 22.9%$127 million
CobaltUnited States77.1%over 75%Japan · 8.8%$123 million

and 157 more

Concentration compared

The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).

RankCountryHHI
200Senegal575
201Egypt572
202Norway561
203Iceland555
204Qatar555
205Estonia542

Sources and method

Sources and licenses

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.