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Exports, imports and net trade balance, January 2017:

Net trade balance at SEK 1.5 billion in January

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-02-28 9.30

In January 2017 Swedish exports of goods amounted to SEK 103.4 billion, while imports of goods amounted to SEK 101.9 billion. As a result, the net trade balance was SEK 1.5 billion.

Foreign trade in goods resulted in a net trade surplus of SEK 1.5 billion in January 2017, according to preliminary calculations. In January 2016, there was a net trade surplus of SEK 0.8 billion.

The value of exports in January 2017 amounted to SEK 103.4 billion, while imports were valued at SEK 101.9 billion. Compared with January 2016, exports increased by 19 percent in value, while imports increased by 18 percent in value.

Trade with countries outside the EU resulted in a surplus of SEK 9.4 billion, while EU trade resulted in a deficit of SEK 7.9 billion.

There were two weekdays more in January 2017 than in January 2016.

Seasonally adjusted, the net trade deficit amounted to SEK 0.8 billion in January 2017, compared with a deficit of SEK 0.4 billion in December 2016. The corresponding figure for November 2016 was SEK 0.0 billion.

Net trade (Nov 2016–Jan 2017) showed a deficit of SEK 0.6 billion

During this period, the value of exports and the value of imports have both increased by 14 percent compared with the corresponding period one year ago. Exports amounted to SEK 326.0 billion and imports were valued at SEK 326.6 billion, resulting in a deficit net trade balance of SEK 0.6 billion for November 2016–January 2017. The corresponding deficit figure for these months one year earlier was SEK 0.4 billion.

Exports, imports and net trade in goods 2014–2017 (SEK billion). Revised figures in bold type
 MonthTotalEU Member StatesNon EU Member States
  201520162017201520162017201520162017
Exports
Jan
89.8 87.1 103.4 54.3 53.0 63.4 35.5 34.1 40.0
 
Febr
93.5 94.6   55.1 56.5   38.4 38.1  
 
March
107.1 103.8   63.2 61.7   43.9 42.1  
 
April
99.5 99.6   56.4 58.4   43.1 41.2  
 
May
95.9 96.3   56.0 56.9   39.9 39.4  
 
June
109.5 103.3   63.7 60.5   45.8 42.8  
 
July
88.7 86.0   50.3 50.7   38.4 35.3  
 
Aug
88.9 88.4   53.6 53.2   35.3 35.2  
 
Sept
105.4 108.4   60.3 64.1   45.1 44.3  
 
Oct
103.7 103.9   61.7 62.8   42.0 41.1  
 
Nov
100.3 113.3   60.4 66.1   39.9 47.2  
 
Dec
98.3 109.3   55.4 62.2   42.9 47.1  
 
Total
1 180.6 1 194.0 103.4 690.4 706.1 63.4 490.2 487.9 40.0
Imports
Jan
87.7 86.3 101.9 61.7 61.1 71.3 26.0 25.2 30.6
 
Febr
90.9 94.8   63.3 70.0   27.6 24.8  
 
March
104.0 102.0   72.0 72.8   32.0 29.2  
 
April
96.3 97.1   68.1 72.2   28.2 24.9  
 
May
94.0 99.9   64.8 72.0   29.2 27.9  
 
June
103.3 103.5   73.0 74.1   30.3 29.4  
 
July
88.5 86.0   60.2 59.5   28.3 26.5  
 
Aug
92.2 98.5   63.4 67.8   28.8 30.7  
 
Sept
103.3 105.3   74.4 76.3   28.9 29.0  
 
Oct
106.8 106.6   76.9 78.1   29.9 28.5  
 
Nov
105.5 114.6   77.3 82.4   28.2 32.2  
 
Dec
94.3 110.1   67.7 78.2   26.6 31.9  
 
Total
1 166.8 1 204.7 101.9 822.8 864.5 71.3 344.0 340.2 30.6
Net Trade of Goods
Jan
2.1 0.8 1.5 ‑7.4 ‑8.1 ‑7.9 9.5 8.9 9.4
 
Febr
2.6 ‑0.2   ‑8.2 ‑13.5   10.8 13.3  
 
March
3.1 1.8   ‑8.8 ‑11.1   11.9 12.9  
 
April
3.2 2.5   ‑11.7 ‑13.8   14.9 16.3  
 
May
1.9 ‑3.6   ‑8.8 ‑15.1   10.7 11.5  
 
June
6.2 ‑0.2   ‑9.3 ‑13.6   15.5 13.4  
 
July
0.2 0.0   ‑9.9 ‑8.8   10.1 8.8  
 
Aug
‑3.3 ‑10.1   ‑9.8 ‑14.6   6.5 4.5  
 
Sept
2.1 3.1   ‑14.1 ‑12.2   16.2 15.3  
 
Oct
‑3.1 ‑2.7   ‑15.2 ‑15.3   12.1 12.6  
 
Nov
‑5.2 ‑1.3   ‑16.9 ‑16.3   11.7 15.0  
 
Dec
4.0 ‑0.8   ‑12.3 ‑16.0   16.3 15.2  
 
Total
13.8 ‑10.7 1.5 ‑132.4 ‑158.4 ‑7.9 146.2 147.7 9.4

SEK millions, current prices. Trend
Exports, imports and net trade balance, January 2017

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