Orders and turnover in industry, April 2026
Orders in industry increased in April 2026
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2026-06-10 8.00
Total orders in industry increased by 5.1 percent in April 2026 compared with March 2026, in seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with April 2025, total orders in industry increased by 6.3 percent in calendar-adjusted figures.
A majority of industrial subsectors recorded a positive development on a monthly basis. Total orders in industry decreased on the domestic market while they increased on the export market compared with March. Domestic market decreased by 2.4 percent and export market increased by 9.0 percent, in seasonally adjusted figures.
Total orders in industry increased on an annual basis
On an annual basis, total orders in industry increased by 6.3 percent compared with April 2025, in calendar-adjusted figures. Orders received from customers in Sweden increased by 0.5 percent and orders received from customers abroad increased by 9.8 percent.
So far this year, total orders in industry have been 1.6 percent lower than the corresponding period, January to April 2025, in calendar-adjusted figures. The domestic market has increased by 2.5 percent and the export market has decreased by 3.9 percent.
Total orders in industry in March revised
The figures for April are preliminary. Since the previous publication, the seasonally adjusted development in March compared with February has been revised upwards by 0.5 percentage points to -0.9 percent. The calendar-adjusted development in March compared with March previous year has been revised upwards by 0.1 percentage point to -7.2 percent.
Percentage changes in orders
| NACE 2007 | INDUSTRY TITLE | Apr 2026/Mar 2026[1] | Apr 2026/Apr 2025[2] | Jan- Apr 2026/Jan - Apr 2025[2] | ||||||
| Tot | Dom | Exp | Tot | Dom | Exp | Tot | Dom | Exp | ||
| B+C | Mines and quarries and manufacturing industry | 5.1 | -2.4 | 9.0 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 9.8 | -1.6 | 2.5 | -3.9 |
| - | Intermediate goods industry | 4.9 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 4.3 | -1.8 | -13.2 | 0.4 | -20.9 |
| - | Energy excl. NACE rev 2. Section D, E | -3.0 | .. | .. | 15.0 | .. | .. | 11.6 | .. | .. |
| - | Capital goods industry | 0.5 | -10.1 | 9.7 | 10.0 | -3.5 | 17.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| - | Non-durable consumer goods industry | 0.2 | -0.1 | 3.3 | 8.8 | -4.7 | 19.5 | 6.6 | -0.8 | 12.2 |
| - | Durable consumer goods industry | 1.7 | .. | .. | 4.5 | .. | .. | 3.5 | .. | .. |
| B | Mines and quarries | 11.0 | 0.9 | 32.2 | 14.5 | 2.9 | 26.6 | 0.9 | 2.8 | -0.5 |
| C | Manufacturing industry | 4.7 | -3.1 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 9.6 | -1.6 | 2.5 | -4.0 |
| 10‑12 | Food product, beverage and tobacco industry | -1.1 | .. | .. | -3.0 | .. | .. | -2.8 | .. | .. |
| 13‑15 | Industry for textile and leather products | 0.0 | -1.5 | -2.2 | 2.0 | -1.0 | 5.1 | -10.2 | -5.9 | -13.2 |
| 16 | Industry for wood and wood products | 2.7 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | -2.8 | -0.1 | -7.6 |
| 17 | Industry for pulp, paper and paper products | 0.8 | 9.5 | -4.8 | 4.7 | 28.9 | -2.1 | -2.8 | 6.9 | -5.4 |
| 18 | Industry for printing and reproduction of recorded media | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 19 | Industry for coke and refined petroleum products | -3.0 | .. | .. | 15.0 | .. | .. | 11.6 | .. | .. |
| 20‑21 | Industry for chemicals and industry for pharmaceutical products | -0.1 | -3.8 | 0.4 | 16.4 | 3.4 | 18.3 | 14.3 | 10.5 | 14.7 |
| 22 | Industry for rubber and plastic products | 2.2 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 4.3 | -1.4 |
| 23 | Industry for other non-metallic mineral products | 5.4 | .. | .. | 8.2 | .. | .. | 2.0 | .. | .. |
| 24 | Industry for basic metals | 8.1 | 6.2 | 8.3 | 5.5 | -6.3 | 10.4 | -2.9 | -10.9 | 0.1 |
| 25 | Industry for manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | -6.7 | -10.3 | -0.6 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 25.4 | 1.1 | 8.4 | -12.6 |
| 26 | Industry for manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products | -2.2 | -49.5 | 13.2 | 38.7 | 5.7 | 50.0 | 27.6 | 37.4 | 24.2 |
| 27 | Industry for manufacture of electrical equipment | 44.3 | 11.9 | 79.1 | -26.7 | 0.3 | -32.8 | .. | .. | .. |
| 28 | Industry for machinery and equipment n.e.c. | 9.4 | 8.1 | 13.5 | 25.1 | -7.6 | 40.3 | 7.9 | -0.3 | 11.2 |
| 29‑30 | Industry for transport equipment | 1.5 | -5.7 | -0.2 | -1.2 | -11.3 | 1.8 | 3.2 | -1.9 | 4.9 |
| 29 | Industry for motor vehicles | 7.4 | .. | .. | -0.5 | .. | .. | 2.9 | .. | .. |
| 30 | Industry for other transport equipment | -25.4 | .. | .. | -5.7 | .. | .. | 9.5 | .. | .. |
| 31‑33 | Industry for other manufacturing, repair and installation of machinery and equipment | -0.2 | 1.4 | -5.4 | -0.3 | 7.2 | -16.3 | 0.2 | 5.6 | -9.7 |
Definitions and explanations
Revisions
When the orders index and the turnover index for a new month are published, the indices for previous months are also revised. The material is normally revised for between two and four months retroactively, depending on which month of the quarter is the reference month. The whole previous quarter is revised when publishing the first and second months of a quarter. Calendar adjusted figures, seasonally adjusted figures and trend figures are revised from January 2000 onwards.
International comparisons
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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/short-term-business-statistics/overview
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