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Exports, imports and net trade balance, December 2016:

Net trade balance at SEK 1.0 billion in December

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-01-26 9.30

In December 2016 Swedish exports of goods amounted to SEK 109.3 billion, while imports of goods amounted to SEK 108.3 billion. As a result, the net trade balance was SEK 1.0 billion.

Foreign trade in goods resulted in a net trade surplus of SEK 1.0 billion in December 2016 according to preliminary calculations. In December 2015, there was a net trade surplus of SEK 4.0 billion.

The value of exports in December 2016 amounted to SEK 109.3 billion, while imports were valued at SEK 108.3 billion. Compared with December 2015, exports increased by 11 percent in value while imports increased by 15 percent in value.

Trade with countries outside the EU resulted in a surplus of SEK 15.0 billion, while EU trade resulted in a deficit of SEK 14.0 billion.

There was one weekday more in December 2016 than in December 2015.

Seasonally adjusted, the net trade surplus amounted to SEK 0.2 billion in December 2016, compared with a surplus of SEK 0.5 billion in November 2016. The corresponding figure for October 2016 was a surplus of SEK 0.4 billion.

Net trade for 2016 showed a deficit of SEK 6.8 billion

During this period, the value of exports has increased by 1 percent compared with 2015, while the value of imports increased by 3 percent. Exports amounted to SEK 1193.7 billion and imports were valued at SEK 1200.5 billion, resulting in a deficit net trade balance of 6.8 billion for 2016. The corresponding surplus figure in 2015 was SEK 13.8 billion.

Exports, imports and net trade in goods 2014–2016 (SEK billion). Revised figures in bold type
 MonthTotalEU Member StatesNon EU Member
States
  201420152016201420152016201420152016
Exports
Jan
92.6 89.8 87.2 55.6 54.3 53.1 37.0 35.5 34.1
 
Febr
88.8 93.5 94.6 52.6 55.1 56.5 36.2 38.4 38.1
 
March
95.1 107.1 103.8 56.6 63.2 61.7 38.5 43.9 42.1
 
April
95.2 99.5 99.6 54.6 56.4 58.4 40.6 43.1 41.2
 
May
94.1 95.9 96.3 53.8 56.0 56.9 40.3 39.9 39.4
 
June
96.0 109.5 103.3 55.9 63.7 60.5 40.1 45.8 42.8
 
July
87.4 88.7 86.1 49.5 50.3 50.8 37.9 38.4 35.3
 
Aug
84.5 88.9 88.5 51.1 53.6 53.3 33.4 35.3 35.2
 
Sept
102.4 105.4 108.4 59.5 60.3 64.1 42.9 45.1 44.3
 
Oct
104.4 103.7 103.7 61.8 61.7 62.6 42.6 42.0 41.1
 
Nov
94.9 100.3 112.9 56.0 60.4 65.8 38.9 39.9 47.1
 
Dec
91.6 98.3 109.3 51.6 55.4 62.3 40.0 42.9 47.0
 
Total
1 127.0 1 180.6 1 193.7 658.6 690.4 706.0 468.4 490.2 487.7
Imports
Jan
88.6 87.7 86.2 60.4 61.7 61.0 28.2 26.0 25.2
 
Febr
83.8 90.9 94.6 59.1 63.3 69.9 24.7 27.6 24.7
 
March
94.1 104.0 101.8 64.3 72.0 72.7 29.8 32.0 29.1
 
April
92.6 96.3 96.7 64.4 68.1 72.2 28.2 28.2 24.5
 
May
95.5 94.0 99.6 65.2 64.8 71.9 30.3 29.2 27.7
 
June
91.5 103.3 103.4 64.9 73.0 74.1 26.6 30.3 29.3
 
July
85.7 88.5 86.0 56.8 60.2 59.6 28.9 28.3 26.4
 
Aug
87.8 92.2 98.5 58.9 63.4 67.8 28.9 28.8 30.7
 
Sept
101.0 103.3 105.3 70.5 74.4 76.3 30.5 28.9 29.0
 
Oct
104.0 106.8 106.0 73.7 76.9 77.5 30.3 29.9 28.5
 
Nov
95.2 105.5 114.1 67.3 77.3 81.9 27.9 28.2 32.2
 
Dec
91.2 94.3 108.3 65.0 67.7 76.3 26.2 26.6 32.0
 
Total
1 111.0 1 166.8 1 200.5 770.5 822.8 861.2 340.5 344.0 339.3
Net
Trade
of
Goods
Jan
4.0 2.1 1.0 ‑4.8 ‑7.4 ‑7.9 8.8 9.5 8.9
 
Febr
5.0 2.6 0.0 ‑6.5 ‑8.2 ‑13.4 11.5 10.8 13.4
 
March
1.0 3.1 2.0 ‑7.7 ‑8.8 ‑11.0 8.7 11.9 13.0
 
April
2.6 3.2 2.9 ‑9.8 ‑11.7 ‑13.8 12.4 14.9 16.7
 
May
‑1.4 1.9 ‑3.3 ‑11.4 ‑8.8 ‑15.0 10.0 10.7 11.7
 
June
4.5 6.2 ‑0.1 ‑9.0 ‑9.3 ‑13.6 13.5 15.5 13.5
 
July
1.7 0.2 0.1 ‑7.3 ‑9.9 ‑8.8 9.0 10.1 8.9
 
Aug
‑3.3 ‑3.3 ‑10.0 ‑7.8 ‑9.8 ‑14.5 4.5 6.5 4.5
 
Sept
1.4 2.1 3.1 ‑11.0 ‑14.1 ‑12.2 12.4 16.2 15.3
 
Oct
0.4 ‑3.1 ‑2.3 ‑11.9 ‑15.2 ‑14.9 12.3 12.1 12.6
 
Nov
‑0.3 ‑5.2 ‑1.2 ‑11.3 ‑16.9 ‑16.1 11.0 11.7 14.9
 
Dec
0.4 4.0 1.0 ‑13.4 ‑12.3 ‑14.0 13.8 16.3 15.0
 
Total
16.0 13.8 ‑6.8 ‑111.9 ‑132.4 ‑155.2 127.9 146.2 148.4

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