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 | ||||||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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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