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The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) set out its third five-year Long-Term Development Plan for the Shipping Industry, including achieving low-carbon and green growth, while the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) provides financial support, with the aim of manufacturing the world's best eco-friendly smart steel plates and achieve a Green-Steel Industry, with the development of CO2-free technologies for steels

The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs invested for the installation of an intelligent port automation system at Sinseondae of Busan Port and Dongbu Busan Container Terminal in order to, inter alia, cut oil usage and carbon emissions

The Government's trade and economic policy is designed to promote sustainable development in economic, social and environmental terms including the pursue of trade and environmental policies, including policies related to climate change, that are mutually supportive, taken into account the fact that Norway remains fundamentally dependent on natural resources

The EEA Agreement includes areas that have an impact on the competitive position of enterprises, such as the environment, and areas in the current program period (2009-2014) include environmental protection and climate change

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) ministerial meeting in 2010 agreed to include a chapter on sustainable development related to provisions on the environment and labour standards in on-going and future negotiations of EFTA free trade agreements, in order to secure a high level of protection for the environment and for employees, with for instance the agreement between EFTA and Peru which additionally includes specific provisions on biodiversity in line with the Convention on Biological Diversity

In the framework of aid for trade, Norway has also supported work related to trade and climate

A key factor of Norway's wealth has been the abundance and variety of its natural resources, carefully managed and shared among a relatively small population, as well as a considerable potential in other renewable forms of energy, such as wind and wave power

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) maintains lists of approved establishments for the importation or exportation of, for example, pesticides, animal feed, certain food and food products, fish and fish products, animal by-products, and wood and wood packaging materials

Norway requires under the Regulation 2005-10-04 No. 1103 on organic products inspection anc control fees

Historically, the duties on motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, fuels, and energy have been the most important taxes in terms of government revenue, but environmental taxes have gradually attained higher prominence, such as emissions tax on motor vehicles, carbon tax, final treatment of waste, and environmental tax on packaging