Exports and imports of goods, February 2025, in current prices and in constant prices
Weaker imports of goods in February
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2025-04-29 8.00
In February, exports of goods increased by 1 percent in both value in volume compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods decreased by 1 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume.
– Exports of minerals increased in both value and volume compared with last year and last month, says Kajsa Krol Brevinge, statistician at Statistics Sweden.
Compared with the previous month, Swedish exports of goods decreased by 3 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume. Swedish imports of goods decreased by 4 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume compared with the previous month. The number of weekdays in February 2025 was one less than in January 2025.
Detailed information about February 2025 (in current prices and in constant prices)
| Value index (2015=100) | Value (current prices) | Value (current prices) | Volume index (2015=100) | Volume (value in constant prices) | Volume (value in constant prices) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in % | Change in % | Change in % | Change in % | |||
| Commodity group according to SITC | February 2025 | February 2025/February 2024 | February 2025/January 2024 | February 2025 | February 2025/February 2024 | February 2025/January 2025 |
| Total | 177 | 1 | ‑3 | 127 | 1 | ‑2 |
| Wood and paper products | 156 | 7 | 3 | 112 | ‑1 | 4 |
| Minerals | 207 | 24 | 5 | 117 | 20 | 7 |
| Chemicals, rubber products | 209 | 12 | ‑4 | 176 | 9 | ‑1 |
| Mineral fuels, electric current | 222 | ‑3 | 0 | 125 | 0 | ‑2 |
| Machinery, transport equipment | 163 | ‑8 | ‑6 | 126 | ‑6 | ‑4 |
| Other products | 163 | 1 | ‑7 | 106 | 2 | ‑5 |
Exports of wood and paper products increased by 7 percent in value while they decreased by 1 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, export of wood increased by 21 percent in value and by 4 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, exports of wood increased by 20 percent in value and by 19 percent in volume.
Exports of minerals increased by 24 percent in value and by 20 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Compared with the previous month, exports of minerals increased by 5 percent in value and by 7 percent volume.
Exports of machinery and transport equipment decreased by 8 percent in value and by 6 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, exports of passenger cars decreased by 32 percent in both value and in volume. Compared with the previous month, exports of passenger cars decreased by 13 percent in value and by 11 percent in volume.
| Value index (2015=100) | Value (current prices) | Value (current prices) | Volume index (2015=100) | Volume (value in constant prices) | Volume (value in constant prices) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in % | Change in % | Change in % | Change in % | |||
| Commodity group according to SITC | February 2025 | February 2025/February 2024 | February 2025/January 2025 | February 2025 | February 2025/February 2024 | February 2025/January 2025 |
| Total | 163 | ‑1 | ‑4 | 115 | ‑2 | ‑2 |
| Wood and paper products | 175 | 1 | 0 | 109 | ‑3 | 1 |
| Minerals | 192 | 5 | ‑2 | 113 | 2 | 0 |
| Chemicals, rubber products | 182 | 5 | 4 | 129 | 3 | 5 |
| Mineral fuels, electric current | 148 | ‑15 | ‑19 | 80 | ‑8 | ‑13 |
| Machinery, transport equipment | 161 | ‑3 | ‑3 | 127 | ‑4 | ‑2 |
| Other products | 155 | 1 | ‑6 | 105 | ‑2 | ‑4 |
Imports of chemicals/rubber products increased by 5 percent in value and by 3 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this products area, imports of pharmaceuticals products increased by 14 percent in value and by 13 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of pharmaceuticals products increased by 14 percent in value and by 15 percent in volume.
Imports of mineral fuels and electric current decreased by 15 percent in value and by 8 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, imports of crude petroleum oils decreased by 32 percent in value and by 24 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of crude petroleum oils decreased by 26 percent in value and by 19 percent in volume.
Imports of machinery and transport equipment decreased by 3 percent in value and by 4 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, imports of industrial machinery increased by 3 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of industrial machinery increased by 14 percent in value and by 15 percent in volume.
Within the product area other products, imports of food/beverages/tobacco increased by 4 percent in value and by 1 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of food/beverages/tobacco decreased by 4 percent in value and by 1 percent in volume.
Definitions and explanations
The value index and the volume index describe nominal and real value trends over time. The real value trends describe trends in which price changes have been removed. The indices refer to chain indices with base year 2015=100.
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