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Trade between China and Norway

In 2024, China exported $11.9 billion to Norway and imported $4.4 billion. China ran a surplus of $7.5 billion with Norway, compared with a surplus of $4.9 billion in 2019. Norway was China’s 54th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and China was Norway’s 5th (6%).

Summary

China → Norway
$11.9billion
Norway → China
$4.4billion
China’s balance
$7.5billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Norway

Trade between China and Norway grew 18-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 11.9
  • Imports 4.4
  • Balance +7.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$648 million$261 million$386 million
1996$693 million$248 million$446 million
1997$960 million$382 million$577 million
1998$914 million$340 million$574 million
1999$921 million$564 million$358 million
2000$1.1 billion$662 million$433 million
2001$1 billion$726 million$299 million
2002$1.9 billion$1 billion$830 million
2003$2 billion$960 million$1 billion
2004$2.4 billion$1.3 billion$1.1 billion
2005$3.1 billion$1.1 billion$2 billion
2006$3.7 billion$1.6 billion$2.1 billion
2007$4.9 billion$1.7 billion$3.1 billion
2008$5.7 billion$2.1 billion$3.6 billion
2009$5.8 billion$2.8 billion$2.9 billion
2010$6.3 billion$3 billion$3.3 billion
2011$8.8 billion$3.5 billion$5.3 billion
2012$8.6 billion$3 billion$5.6 billion
2013$8.2 billion$3.4 billion$4.9 billion
2014$8.5 billion$4.1 billion$4.4 billion
2015$8 billion$3.8 billion$4.2 billion
2016$8 billion$3.1 billion$4.9 billion
2017$8.4 billion$3.1 billion$5.3 billion
2018$8.7 billion$3 billion$5.7 billion
2019$9.2 billion$4.3 billion$4.9 billion
2020$9.8 billion$7 billion$2.8 billion
2021$13 billion$10.2 billion$2.7 billion
2022$13.3 billion$6.4 billion$6.9 billion
2023$10.8 billion$4 billion$6.8 billion
2024$11.9 billion$4.4 billion$7.5 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Norway

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Computers$1.6 billion · 13.1%
    6 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  2. Cars$1 billion · 8.7%
    61 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$888 million · 7.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Cargo and cruise ships$427 million · 3.6%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  5. Computer and office machine parts$363 million · 3.1%
    7 thousand tonnes
  6. Lamps and light fittings$270 million · 2.3%
    16 thousand tonnes
  7. Carbon electrodes$231 million · 1.9%
    243 thousand tonnes
  8. Microphones and speakers$197 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Sweaters and pullovers$136 million · 1.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  10. Furniture$133 million · 1.1%
    34 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations

What Norway sells to China

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Crude petroleum$1.3 billion · 30%
    2 million tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  2. Fresh fish$466 million · 10.5%
    44 thousand tonnes
  3. Frozen fish$385 million · 8.7%
    130 thousand tonnes
  4. Amide compounds$317 million · 7.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  5. Mixed fertilizers$241 million · 5.4%
    417 thousand tonnes
  6. Liquid pumps$230 million · 5.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  7. Titanium ore$125 million · 2.8%
    404 thousand tonnes
  8. Unwrought nickel$71 million · 1.6%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Granite and building stone$51 million · 1.1%
    175 thousand tonnes
  10. Other food preparations$49 million · 1.1%
    381 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Oslo.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Oslo is 14,692 nautical miles (27,209 km) long: ≈ 34–43.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (14,692 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (11,177 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$10.5 billion · 64.1%
  2. Air$5.9 billion · 35.9%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Norway was China’s 54th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and China was Norway’s 5th (6%).

Norway in China’s trade
0.3%
Norway’s rank among China’s partners
54th
China in Norway’s trade
6%
China’s rank among Norway’s partners
5th

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Norway

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.