Ungleicher Wettbewerb,/ Decreasing energy prices can also explain why 'Mineral fuels' (essentially from Norway) accounted for 27% of imports from EFTA countries in 2009, compared to 32% in 2008. Moreover, 53% of Norway's exports to the EU consist of either oil or natural gas. Norwegian oil arid Swiss pharmaceuticals comprise the majority the EFTA countries imports from Table 5 lists the five most traded products withthe sgj^ted^bunrrieslh 2009 according to the SITC 2-digitelassiiication (codes appear in brackets). / . In^Qg, 'Road: vehicles' werestillthe main EU | 1 pxports to five of its eight mairilradmg^arters. In y^OOgjioweverT^Medicinal andpTianriaceutoal | products' became the HU 's main expOTtstonve of J these countries. Indeed, pham^ceudcir^rQdjicl&iiT^ / far more 'economic crisis-resistant' and their value \ J/ has Changed little compared to2008. Conversely, y EU exports of'Road vehicles' have dropped.* markedly overmesameperiodinfRussia(-70%), the US7TT:30%) and Australia (-jKr%). Only China registered an increase/in this respect (+15%). In 2009, the EI P/ptjmary_ import product from Russia was petroleuigTEUR 68 billion) followed by two other energy commodities: gas and coal. EU-27 imports from Japan continue to be dominated by 'Road vehicles' (EUR 12.2 million), despite a 28% drop in value in relation to 2008. Table 5: Top 5 exported and imported products from sei¥cted countries, 2009"(EUR million) EU-27 EXPORTS EU-27 IMPORTS Rank Product category Value Product category Value United States of America Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) Road vehicles (78) Organic chemicals (51) Pow er generating machinery and equipm.(71) Petroleum, petroleum prod. & related mat. (33) 26 537 17 262 15415 13 735 13 189 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) Power generating machinery and equipment (71) Other transport equipment (79) Professional, scient. & controlling instruments (87) Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances (77) 16417 15 251 13 996 10 924 8 919 Electrical mach., apparatus & appliances (77) General industrial machinery & equipment (74) Road vehicles (78) Machinery specialized for particular industr.(72) Pow er generating machinery and equipm.(71) China 10 277 10 071 8 748 7 192 5 865 Office & autom. data-processing machines (75) 31 924 Telecommunic. & sound recording equipm. (76) 31 501 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (84) 27 734 Electrical mach., apparatus & appliances (77) 25 093 Miscellaneous manufactured articles (89) 23 977 EFTA countries 1 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) 9512 Petroleum, petroleum products & related mat. (33) 28 714 2 Road vehicles (78) 8 990 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) 18 098 3 Miscellaneous manufactured articles (89) 8 387 Gas, natural and manufactured (34) 7 939 4 General industrial machinery & equipment (74) 6 622 Miscellaneous manufactured articles (89) 5 467 5 Electrical mach., apparatus & appliances (77) 6 223 Non-ferrous metals (68) 4 982 ■:;....:<; . ■ . ... ■ ... ■ ;., . . Russia 1 General industrial machinery & equipment (74) 5 390 Petroleum, petroleum products & related mat. (33) 68 046 2 Road vehicles (78) 4 878 Gas, natural and manufactured (34) 13 044 3 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) 4 376 Coal, coke and briquettes (32) 3 677 / 4 Machinery specialized for particular industr.(72) 4144 Non-ferrous metals (68) 3 052 / 5 Electrical mach.. apparatus & appliances (77) 3 951 Iron and steel (67) 2 998 ., Japan 12 227 1 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) 4 435 Road vehicles (78) 2 Road vehicles (78) 3 749 Bectrical mach., apparatus & appliances (77) 6 756 3 Organic chemicals (51) 2 343 Telecommunic. & sound recording equipm. (76) 4 389 4 Professional, scient. & controlling instruments (87) 1 798 Office & automatic data-processing machines (75) 4 337 5 Electrical mach., apparatus & appliances (77) 1 740 General industrial machinery & equipment (74) 3 969 South Korea 1 General industrial machinery & equipment (74) 2 777 Telecommunic. & sound recording equipm. (76) 7 284 2 Bectrical mach., apparatus & appliances (77) 1 653 Other transport equipment (79) 4 941 3 Machinery specialized for particular industr.(72) 1 523 Electrical mach., apparatus & appliances (77) 3 862 4 Road vehicles (78) 1 383 Road vehicles (78) 3 331 5 Pow er generating machinery and equipm.(71) 1 276 Professional, scient. & controlling instruments (87) 1 628 Canada 1 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) 3 503 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (28) 1546 2 Road vehicles (78) 2 120 Other transport equipment (79) 1 543 3 Pow er generating machinery and equipm.(71) 1 911 Pow er generating machinery and equipment (71) 1 214 4 Petroleum, petroleum prod. & related mat. (33) 1 394 Non-metallic mineral manufactures (66) 1 170 5 General industrial machinery & equipment (74) 1 168 Inorganic chemicals (52) 980 Australia . . 1 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) 2 934 Coal, coke and briquettes (32) 2 320 2 Road vehicles (78) 2 481 Beverages (11) 652 3 General industrial machinery & equipment (74) 1 806 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap (28) 540 4 Machinery specialized for particular industr.(72) 1 472 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products (54) 435 5 Other transport equipment (79) 1 334 Non-ferrous metals (68) 373 Source: Eurostat (Comext) 48/2010-, Statistics in f<