Business in Norway, Oslo. Norwegian Economy

1. Introduction to the Kingdom of Norway (Europe, Scandinavia)
2. Norwegian Economy
3. Doing Business in Oslo
4. Norwegian Foreign Trade
5. Transport and Logistics
6. Investment in Norway
7. Access to the Norwegian Market
8. Business Plan for Norway

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The educational aims of the Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Norway” are:

1. To analyze the Norwegian Economy, Logistics and Global Trade
2. To conduct research on business opportunities in the Norwegian Market
3. To research the trade relations of Norway with the student's country
4. To learn about Norwegian Trade Agreements
5. To develop a business plan for the Norwegian Market

The Subject “Foreign Trade, Logistics and Business in Norway” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters adapted to Norwegian Students.

Languages: + Noruega Norvege Noruega.

1. Subject Credits “Doing Business in Norway”: 1

Norwegian Preferential Access and Trade Agreements:

1. Norway and the European Economic Area
2. EFTA
   1. Norway as a member of EFTA has Trade Agreements with Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Macedonia, India, etc
3. UK-Norway-Iceland Agreement
4. Faroe Islands-Norway Agreement
5. Council of the Baltic Sea States
6. Regional Cooperation Council

1. World Trade Organization (WTO)
   1. Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
   2. Agreement on the Application of Sanitary Measures
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection
   5. Agreement on Safeguards
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement
2. World Customs Organization (WCO)
   1. Kyoto Convention
3. Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls
4. COTIF Convention
5. BIC
6. Chicago Convention (ICAO)
7. International Maritime Organization
   1. Istanbul Convention - not a member
8. Rotterdam Rules
9. Hamburg Rules
10. CMR Convention
11. CIM, CIT Rail Rules
12. International Chamber of Shipping
13. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
    1. TIR Convention
    2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
14. Customs Convention on Containers - not a member
15. International Chamber of Commerce

European Organizations:

1. Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
2. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Global Organizations:

1. Inter-American Development Bank
2. United Nations
3. World Bank
4. World Trade Organization (WTO)
5. International Monetary Fund
6. OECD
   1. OECD anti-corruption measures
7. Asian Development Bank
8. African Development Bank

The Kingdom of Norway

1. Norwegian Capital: Oslo
2. Official Language of Norway: Norwegian.
   1. Norwegian has two modalities: Nynorsk and Bokmal
3. Norwegian Area: 323,802 km²
4. Norwegian Population: 5 million people
5. Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic
6. Borders of Norway: Russia, Sweden and Finland

Religion in Norway: Protestantism (Evangelical Lutheran Church) - Christianity.

Norway belongs to the European Economic Area.

Norwegian Economy.

1. Currency: Norwegian krone
2. Other important sectors of the Norwegian economy are agri-food industry, shipbuilding, metallurgy, mining, paper and chemicals
3. Strong state intervention in certain sectors such as oil
4. Norway is one of the countries with the highest fiscal pressure in the world

Norwegian Foreign Trade.

1. The Kingdom of Norway is the world's third largest oil exporter (25% of Norwegian GDP)
2. Norway is the world's second largest fishery products exporter
3. Main Norwegian Exports are petroleum, machinery and equipment, metals, chemical products, ships, fishing products
4. Top Norwegian exports destinations: the UK (22%), Germany, the Netherlands, France, Sweden
5. Main Norwegian Imports are machinery and equipment, chemical products, metals, food products
6. Main suppliers of Norway are Sweden, Germany, China, the UK, Denmark