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

Strong first six months for foreign trade with goods

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-08-28 9.30

In the first six months of 2017 Swedish exports of goods increased 12 percent and imports of goods increased 11 percent in current prices compared with the same period last year.

In the period January–June 2017, the value of Swedish exports amounted to SEK 653 billion. This is an increase of 12 percent compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods were up by 11 percent and amounted to SEK 650 billion. This resulted in a net trade surplus of SEK 3 billion. The net trade surplus for the same period in 2016 was SEK 1 billion.

Swedish exports and imports of goods rose strongly both in the first and the second quarter. In terms of value, both exports and imports were somewhat stronger in the second quarter.

Detailed information for January–June 2017

Exports of goods to China rose 33 percent

Sweden’s exports of goods to the EU 28 were up by 11 percent, and imports from there rose by 10 percent compared with the same period last year. Exports to the euro countries increased by 12 percent and imports from there rose by 10 percent. Among the EU countries, exports to Germany increased by 13 percent, to Denmark by 8 percent, and to the UK 16 percent. Imports from both Germany and the UK rose by 10 percent, and from Denmark by 11 percent.

Exports to other European countries increased by 12 percent, and imports from there were up by 19 percent. Exports to Norway rose by 10 percent, and imports from there were up by 14 percent. Exports to Russia were up by 37 percent, and imports from there rose by 38 percent.

Exports to Asia rose by 21 percent, and imports from there were up by 7 percent. Exports to China increased by 33 percent, and imports from there rose by 8 percent.
Exports to the US decreased by 2 percent, while imports from there increased by 3 percent.

Exports of minerals up 27 percent

Exports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 9 percent. Within this product area, road vehicles increased by 16 percent. Exports of minerals were up by 27 percent. Exports of wood and paper products rose by 7 percent and mineral fuels and electric current rose by 35 percent. Exports of chemicals and rubber products were up by 12 percent. Within this product area, pharmaceutical products rose by 16 percent. Within the other products group, food, beverages and tobacco increased by 5 percent.

Imports of crude oil up 54 percent

Imports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 8 percent. Within this product area, road vehicles increased by 11 percent. Imports of minerals rose by 24 percent. Within this product area, iron and steel were up by 32 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 43 percent. Within this product area, crude oil was up by 54 percent. Imports of other products increased by 6 percent.

	Exports				Imports
Region	Value January-June		Share in %	Change in %	Value January-June		Share in %	Change in %
	2017	2016	2017	2017/2016	2017	2016	2017	2017/2016
Total	653 422	584 716	100.0	12	649 702	583 405	100.0	11
Europe	480 819	430 753	73.6	12	551 694	493 986	84.9	12
EU-28	386 851	347 003	59.2	11	466 340	422 146	71.8	10
EMU-19	269 023	240 821	41.2	12	339 507	309 297	52.3	10
Other European countries	93 969	83 750	14.4	12	85 355	71 840	13.1	19
Africa	13 772	14 214	2.1	-3	6 836	3 900	1.1	75
North Africa	7 009	7 282	1.1	-4	1 515	729	0.2	108
West Africa	1 671	2 054	0.3	-19	3 797	2 044	0.6	86
Central, East and Southern Africa	5 092	4 878	0.8	4	1 524	1 126	0.2	35
America	64 872	62 807	9.9	3	25 049	23 867	3.9	5
North America	51 150	51 216	7.8	0	18 325	18 056	2.8	1
Central and South America	13 722	11 591	2.1	18	6 723	5 810	1.0	16
Asia	83 139	68 917	12.7	21	64 703	60 263	10.0	7
Middle- and Near East	14 006	13 868	2.1	1	2 344	1 819	0.4	29
Other countries in Asia	69 134	55 049	10.6	26	62 359	58 443	9.6	7
Oceania and Antarctica	8 596	7 084	1.3	21	1 150	1 044	0.2	10

	Exports
	Value January-June		Share in %	Change in %
Commodity group according to SITC	2017	2016	2017	2017/2016
Total	653 422	584 716	100.0	12
Wood and paper products	66 903	62 783	10.2	7
Wood	14 943	13 755	2.3	9
Pulp and waste paper	9 873	9 382	1.5	5
Paper, paperproducts	38 790	36 629	5.9	6
Minerals	69 542	54 753	10.6	27
Iron ore and concentrates	9 827	6 119	1.5	61
Iron and steel	31 132	25 699	4.8	21
Non-ferrous metals	13 721	10 632	2.1	29
Chemicals, rubber products	89 664	80 037	13.7	12
Organic/inorganic chemicals	9 945	8 822	1.5	13
Pharmaceuticals products	39 529	34 192	6.0	16
Plastics	17 299	15 537	2.6	11
Mineral fuels, electric current	42 933	31 778	6.6	35
Petroleum products	37 337	27 540	5.7	36
Machinery, transport equipment	297 327	273 236	45.5	9
Manufactures of metals	18 261	17 785	2.8	3
Industrial machinery	100 326	91 205	15.4	10
Electronics, telecommunication	67 815	65 304	10.4	4
Road vehicles	91 707	79 059	14.0	16
Passenger cars	36 604	31 962	5.6	15
Lorries, trucks^[1]	16 104	12 562	2.5	28
Parts, accessories	32 631	29 439	5.0	11
Other transport equipment	3 701	4 889	0.6	-24
Instruments, photo/optical products	15 517	14 993	2.4	3
Other products	87 052	82 130	13.3	6
Food, beverages, tobacco	40 824	39 056	6.2	5
Textiles, clothing, footwear	14 906	13 658	2.3	9
Furniture	8 798	8 301	1.3	6

[1] Includes road tractors for semi-trailers

	Imports
	Value January-June		Share in %	Change in %
Commodity group according to SITC	2017	2016	2017	2017/2016
Total	649 702	583 405	100.0	11
Wood and paper products	18 572	16 984	2.9	9
Minerals	51 291	41 500	7.9	24
Iron and steel	23 511	17 779	3.6	32
Non-ferrous metals	9 995	8 551	1.5	17
Metalliferrous ores, metal scrap	7 265	5 717	1.1	27
Chemicals, rubber products	79 846	74 703	12.3	7
Organic/inorganic chemicals	16 362	14 975	2.5	9
Pharmaceuticals products	19 024	18 738	2.9	2
Plastics	16 856	15 225	2.6	11
Crude rubber, rubber products	8 031	7 414	1.2	8
Mineral fuels, electric current	65 129	45 474	10.0	43
Crude petroleum oils	32 394	21 004	5.0	54
Petroleum products	26 512	19 170	4.1	38
Machinery, transport equipment	287 613	265 307	44.3	8
Manufactures of metals	20 969	18 553	3.2	13
Industrial machinery	68 604	62 782	10.6	9
Electronics, telecommunication	94 605	90 076	14.6	5
Road vehicles	81 586	73 620	12.6	11
Passenger cars	39 675	35 983	6.1	10
Parts and accessories	27 025	25 234	4.2	7
Other transport equipment	5 732	5 398	0.9	6
Instruments, photo/optical equip	16 117	14 879	2.5	8
Other products	147 250	139 438	22.7	6
Food, beverages, tobacco	71 713	68 172	11.0	5
Textiles, clothing, footwear	33 599	32 230	5.2	4
Furniture	11 261	10 317	1.7	9

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