ANNUAL 49 • 2006/2007 Vol. 2006 No. 11 ISSN 0029-3628 Published December 2006 by: facts: Norway in Brief Size: 385,155 sq. km (including the islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen) Gjerdrums vei 19, NO-0484 Oslo, Norway Population 4.64 million Tel: +47 21 50 80 70 Main Cities Population (incl. suburbs) Fax: +47 21 47 49 01 Oslo 801,158 E-mail:
[email protected] Bergen 242,158 Website: www.index.no Stavanger/Sandnes 174,104 in cooperation with Innovation Norway, Trondheim 158,613 the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, oil & gas the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, GDP 2005 NOK 1.91 trillion the Research Council of Norway and Exchange Rate: the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. NOK/USD 6.74 (October 2006) NOK/EUR 8.45 (October 2006) Managing Director Norvald M. Heidel Exports and Imports 2004 Production Manager NOK bill. USD bill. Amount of GDP Frode Gulestøl Total Exports 737 109.4 43.7% Total Imports 499 74.1 29.6% Editor-in-Chief Scott LaHart Main Export Commodities Editorial Assistant Oil & gas, metals, machinery, chemical products, fish & fish products, Making Robert Moses pulp & paper and ferro alloys Contributing Journalists Main Import Commodities Nancy Bazilchuk, Dean Clark, Kristian Kahrs, Transport equipment, machinery, chemicals, textiles and metal products Connections David John Smith Coordinator Lene Risa Sales Manager Linda Pettersen Profile Reservation Esten Aleksander Edna, Kaja Myhra, Cathrine Nilsen, Zulaim Zakariyya Layout Bjørnulf Jensen Design Blanke Ark Printing Merkur-Trykk AS Distribution The NORWAY EXPORTS series provides timely, in-depth information on a selection of Norwegian Norway Exports – Oil & Gas is distributed through the following channels: companies, products and services in over 15 industrial • Innovation Norway’s offices and Norwegian embassies and consulates abroad • The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ offices abroad sectors.