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Statistics Norway recorded NOK 191.0 billion in goods exports in August 2026, a 32.9% increase from August 2025. Natural gas exports were valued at NOK 77.7 billion, up 80.9% year on year, while crude oil exports reached NOK 42.6 billion, 12.7% higher. Mainland exports rose 12.3% to NOK 70.6 billion.

Imports totalled NOK 90.6 billion, up 7.3% from a year earlier, leaving a goods trade surplus of NOK 100.4 billion. The comparison is based on current-value trade statistics; it does not show that export quantities rose by the same percentages. SSB notes that preliminary values for ships and oil platforms can be incomplete and later revised.