Exports and imports of goods, January–September 2017, in current prices:

Continued strong foreign trade with goods

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-11-28 9.30

In the period January–September 2017 Swedish exports of goods increased 11 percent and imports of goods increased 10 percent in current prices compared with the same period last year.

In the period January–September 2017, the value of Swedish exports amounted to SEK 960 billion. This is an increase of 11 percent compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods were up by 10 percent and amounted to SEK 961 billion. This resulted in a net trade deficit of SEK 1 billion. The net trade deficit for the same period in 2016 was SEK 8 billion.

In the third quarter 2017 Swedish exports of goods increased by 9 percent and imports of goods by 7 percent compared with the same period last year. The increase in percentage for both exports and imports is somewhat weaker than in the first and the second quarter. Also in terms of value, both exports and imports were slightly weaker in the third quarter.

Detailed information for January–September 2017:

Exports of goods to Germany rose 15 percent

Sweden’s exports of goods to the EU 28 were up by 10 percent, and imports from there rose by 9 percent compared with the same period last year. Exports to the euro countries increased by 11 percent and imports from there rose by 9 percent. Among the EU countries, exports to Germany increased by 15 percent, to the UK by 12 percent and to Denmark by 8 percent. Imports from Germany rose by 10 percent, from the UK by 8 percent, and from Denmark by 6 percent.

Exports to other European countries increased by 11 percent, and imports from there were up by 15 percent. Exports to Norway rose by 9 percent, and imports from there were up by 11 percent. Exports to Russia were up by 33 percent, and imports from there rose by 25 percent.

Exports to Asia rose by 19 percent, and imports from there were up by 8 percent. Exports to China increased by 34 percent, and imports from there rose by 8 percent.

Exports to the US increased by 2 percent, while imports from there decreased by 2 percent.

Exports of road vehicles up 18 percent

Exports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 9 percent. Within this product area, road vehicles increased by 18 percent. Exports of minerals were up by 26 percent. Exports of wood and paper products rose by 5 percent and mineral fuels and electric current rose by 30 percent. Exports of chemicals and rubber products were up by 9 percent. Within the other products group, food, beverages and tobacco increased by 3 percent.

Imports of minerals rose 21 percent

Imports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 8 percent. Within this product area, road vehicles increased by 10 percent. Imports of minerals rose by 21 percent. Within this product area, iron and steel were up by 28 percent. Imports of wood and paper products rose by 9 percent and chemicals and rubber products rose by 7 percent. Mineral fuels and electric current increased by 29 percent. Within this product area, crude oil was up by 35 percent. Imports of other products increased by 4 percent.

	Exports				Imports
Region	Value January-September		Share in %	Change in %	Value January-September		Share in %	Change in %
	2017	2016	2017	2017/2016	2017	2016	2017	2017/2016
Total	959 606	866 805	100.0	11	960 872	874 787	100.0	10
Europe	706 369	639 759	73.6	10	810 340	736 130	84.3	10
EU-28	566 880	514 370	59.1	10	683 474	625 957	71.1	9
EMU-19	394 089	355 653	41.1	11	499 156	457 028	51.9	9
Other European countries	139 489	125 389	14.5	11	126 866	110 174	13.2	15
Africa	19 593	20 554	2.0	-5	10 514	6 228	1.1	69
North Africa	9 845	10 418	1.0	-6	2 246	982	0.2	129
West Africa	2 485	3 152	0.3	-21	5 934	3 341	0.6	78
Central, East and Southern Africa	7 263	6 984	0.8	4	2 334	1 906	0.2	22
America	95 444	90 275	9.9	6	36 374	36 103	3.8	1
North America	74 751	72 859	7.8	3	26 515	27 115	2.8	-2
Central and South America	20 693	17 416	2.2	19	9 859	8 988	1.0	10
Asia	122 714	103 480	12.8	19	100 986	93 766	10.5	8
Middle- and Near East	21 803	19 979	2.3	9	3 972	2 876	0.4	38
Other countries in Asia	100 911	83 501	10.5	21	97 014	90 891	10.1	7
Oceania and Antarctica	12 621	10 979	1.3	15	2 189	2 011	0.2	9

	Exports
	Value January-September		Share in %	Change in %
Commodity group according to SITC	2017	2016	2017	2017/2016
Total	959 606	866 805	100.0	11
Wood and paper products	99 036	93 936	10.3	5
Wood	21 315	19 879	2.2	7
Pulp and waste paper	14 659	13 818	1.5	6
Paper, paperproducts	58 276	55 802	6.1	4
Minerals	102 981	81 542	10.7	26
Iron ore and concentrates	14 550	9 847	1.5	48
Iron and steel	45 043	37 180	4.7	21
Non-ferrous metals	21 480	15 989	2.2	34
Chemicals, rubber products	129 317	118 253	13.5	9
Organic/inorganic chemicals	14 490	13 189	1.5	10
Pharmaceuticals products	55 958	50 423	5.8	11
Plastics	25 057	22 839	2.6	10
Mineral fuels, electric current	64 738	49 760	6.7	30
Petroleum products	56 002	43 200	5.8	30
Machinery, transport equipment	432 107	397 810	45.0	9
Manufactures of metals	26 592	25 789	2.8	3
Industrial machinery	144 052	133 167	15.0	8
Electronics, telecommunication	101 744	98 023	10.6	4
Road vehicles	131 523	111 747	13.7	18
Passenger cars	53 514	44 707	5.6	20
Lorries, trucks^[1]	22 857	17 548	2.4	30
Parts, accessories	46 148	42 572	4.8	8
Other transport equipment	5 439	6 726	0.6	-19
Instruments, photo/optical products	22 758	22 358	2.4	2
Other products	131 427	125 503	13.7	5
Food, beverages, tobacco	61 853	60 057	6.4	3
Textiles, clothing, footwear	22 994	21 465	2.4	7
Furniture	13 310	12 578	1.4	6

[1] Includes road tractors for semi-trailers

	Imports
	Value January-September		Share in %	Change in %
Commodity group according to SITC	2017	2016	2017	2017/2016
Total	960 872	874 787	100.0	10
Wood and paper products	27 413	25 080	2.9	9
Minerals	74 467	61 680	7.7	21
Iron and steel	34 039	26 568	3.5	28
Non-ferrous metals	14 676	12 311	1.5	19
Metalliferrous ores, metal scrap	10 305	8 555	1.1	20
Chemicals, rubber products	118 431	110 387	12.3	7
Organic/inorganic chemicals	24 370	22 211	2.5	10
Pharmaceuticals products	28 401	28 069	3.0	1
Plastics	24 521	22 041	2.6	11
Crude rubber, rubber products	12 145	10 972	1.3	11
Mineral fuels, electric current	95 728	74 092	10.0	29
Crude petroleum oils	47 248	34 871	4.9	35
Petroleum products	38 728	31 076	4.0	25
Machinery, transport equipment	421 888	390 057	43.9	8
Manufactures of metals	30 912	27 318	3.2	13
Industrial machinery	99 643	90 789	10.4	10
Electronics, telecommunication	140 491	134 745	14.6	4
Road vehicles	118 550	107 646	12.3	10
Passenger cars	57 445	53 465	6.0	7
Parts and accessories	39 192	35 459	4.1	11
Other transport equipment	8 726	7 470	0.9	17
Instruments, photo/optical equip	23 568	22 089	2.5	7
Other products	222 945	213 491	23.2	4
Food, beverages, tobacco	107 004	103 337	11.1	4
Textiles, clothing, footwear	53 486	51 587	5.6	4
Furniture	16 434	15 017	1.7	9

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