Exports and imports of goods, January–December 2016, in current prices:

Trade with goods increased in fourth quarter

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-02-28 9.30

In the period January–December 2016 Swedish exports of goods increased 1 percent and imports of goods 3 percent compared with the same period last year.

In the period January–December 2016, the value of Swedish exports amounted to SEK 1 194 billion. This is an increase of 1 percent compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods were up 3 percent and amounted to SEK 1 204 billion. This resulted in a net trade deficit of SEK 10 billion. The net trade surplus for the same period in 2015 was SEK 13 billion.

In the fourth quarter, both Sweden’s exports and imports of goods rose by 8 percent compared with the same period last year. The fourth quarter was strongest also in terms of value for both exports and imports.

Detailed information for January–December 2016:

Exports of goods to Germany rose 5 percent

Sweden’s exports of goods to the EU 28 were up by 2 percent and imports from there by 5 percent compared with the same period last year. Exports to the euro countries rose by 5 percent and imports from those countries rose by 6 percent. Among the EU countries, exports to Germany increased by 5 percent and to Denmark by 3 percent while exports to the UK decreased by 15 percent. Imports from Germany rose by 9 percent and from Denmark by 1 percent, while imports from the UK were down 4 percent.

Exports to other European countries increased by 1 percent, while imports from there decreased by 1 percent. Exports to Norway were up 2 percent and imports from there were up by 4 percent. Exports to Russia remained the same, while imports from there decreased by 18 percent.

Both exports to and imports from Asia remained the same. Exports to China rose by 2 percent, while imports from there fell by 5 percent.

Exports to the US decreased by 4 percent and imports from there decreased by 1 percent.

Exports of passenger cars up 21 percent

Exports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 2 percent. Within this product area, exports of passenger cars increased by 21 percent. Exports of minerals were up 1 percent. Exports of wood and paper products fell by 1 percent and mineral fuels and electric current fell by 8 percent. Exports of chemicals and rubber products were down 1 percent. Within the other products group, food, beverages and tobacco increased by 10 percent.

Imports of road vehicles up 15 percent

Imports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 5 percent. Within this product area, imports of road vehicles increased by 15 percent. Imports of minerals rose by 2 percent and wood and paper products rose by 7 percent. Imports of chemicals and rubber products fell by 1 percent. Mineral fuels and electric current decreased by 6 percent. Within this product area, crude oil was down 15 percent. Imports of other products increased by 6 percent. Within this product group, food, beverages and tobacco increased by 9 percent.

	Exports				Imports
Region	Value January-December		Share in %	Change in %	Value January-December		Share in %	Change in %
	2016	2015	2016	2016/2015	2016	2015	2016	2016/2015
Total	1 193 876	1 180 491	100.0	1	1 204 355	1 167 047	100.0	3
Europe	880 319	862 121	73.7	2	1 018 356	979 279	84.6	4
EU-28	706 054	690 314	59.1	2	864 374	822 971	71.8	5
EMU-19	488 737	465 915	40.9	5	632 109	596 019	52.5	6
Other European countries	174 265	171 807	14.6	1	153 982	156 308	12.8	‑1
Africa	28 263	31 689	2.4	‑11	9 914	10 780	0.8	‑8
North Africa	14 571	14 731	1.2	‑1	1 311	1 115	0.1	18
West Africa	4 185	4 495	0.4	‑7	5 991	6 773	0.5	‑12
Central, East and Southern Africa	9 507	12 462	0.8	‑24	2 612	2 892	0.2	‑10
America	123 101	124 707	10.3	‑1	48 157	49 470	4.0	‑3
North America	98 248	100 471	8.2	‑2	35 941	35 363	3.0	2
Central and South America	24 853	24 235	2.1	3	12 217	14 107	1.0	‑13
Asia	145 176	145 492	12.2	0	124 582	124 831	10.3	0
Middle- and Near East	27 169	31 246	2.3	‑13	4 154	4 529	0.3	‑8
Other countries in Asia	118 008	114 246	9.9	3	120 428	120 302	10.0	0
Oceania and Antarctica	14 534	13 427	1.2	8	2 798	2 685	0.2	4

	Exports
	Value January-December		Share in %	Change in %
Commodity group according to SITC	2016	2015	2016	2016/2015
Total	1 193 876	1 180 491	100.0	1
Wood and paper products	125 279	126 623	10.5	-1
Wood	26 537	26 652	2.2	0
Pulp and waste paper	18 191	19 491	1.5	-7
Paper, paperproducts	74 596	74 500	6.2	0
Minerals	112 818	111 412	9.4	1
Iron ore and concentrates	13 773	13 222	1.2	4
Iron and steel	50 982	50 926	4.3	0
Non-ferrous metals	22 234	22 866	1.9	-3
Chemicals, rubber products	159 574	161 322	13.4	-1
Organic/inorganic chemicals	17 369	17 318	1.5	0
Pharmaceuticals products	69 506	71 175	5.8	-2
Plastics	29 973	29 806	2.5	1
Mineral fuels, electric current	71 817	77 679	6.0	-8
Petroleum products	62 563	68 927	5.2	-9
Machinery, transport equipment	549 802	536 664	46.1	2
Manufactures of metals	34 708	34 695	2.9	0
Industrial machinery	181 424	185 768	15.2	-2
Electronics, telecommunication	136 916	139 131	11.5	-2
Road vehicles	155 716	137 703	13.0	13
Passenger cars	64 090	53 115	5.4	21
Lorries, trucks^[1]	24 544	24 827	2.1	-1
Parts, accessories	57 535	48 995	4.8	17
Other transport equipment	9 455	8 742	0.8	8
Instruments, photo/optical products	31 583	30 627	2.6	3
Other products	174 585	166 792	14.6	5
Food, beverages, tobacco	82 787	75 038	6.9	10
Textiles, clothing, footwear	29 060	28 686	2.4	1
Furniture	17 208	17 103	1.4	1

[1] Includes road tractors for semi-trailers

	Imports
	Value January-December		Share in %	Change in %
Commodity group according to SITC	2016	2015	2016	2016/2015
Total	1 204 355	1 167 047	100.0	3
Wood and paper products	34 256	32 123	2.8	7
Minerals	84 550	82 957	7.0	2
Iron and steel	36 612	34 184	3.0	7
Non-ferrous metals	16 903	17 157	1.4	-1
Metalliferrous ores, metal scrap	11 609	13 412	1.0	-13
Chemicals, rubber products	148 135	149 312	12.3	-1
Organic/inorganic chemicals	29 857	35 356	2.5	-16
Pharmaceuticals products	37 696	33 957	3.1	11
Plastics	29 450	29 330	2.4	0
Crude rubber, rubber products	14 552	14 458	1.2	1
Mineral fuels, electric current	107 020	113 592	8.9	-6
Crude petroleum oils	51 186	60 228	4.3	-15
Petroleum products	43 422	43 156	3.6	1
Machinery, transport equipment	540 530	514 974	44.9	5
Manufactures of metals	37 102	36 026	3.1	3
Industrial machinery	121 371	121 768	10.1	0
Electronics, telecommunication	191 692	186 947	15.9	3
Road vehicles	149 280	129 835	12.4	15
Passenger cars	74 582	64 152	6.2	16
Parts and accessories	48 237	44 529	4.0	8
Other transport equipment	10 596	10 755	0.9	-1
Instruments, photo/optical equip	30 489	29 642	2.5	3
Other products	289 863	274 089	24.1	6
Food, beverages, tobacco	141 443	130 314	11.7	9
Textiles, clothing, footwear	67 841	64 983	5.6	4
Furniture	20 303	19 727	1.7	3

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