Exports and imports of goods, October 2025, in current prices and in constant prices
Stronger trade in goods in October compared with September
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2025-12-29 8.00
In October, exports of goods decreased by 2 percent in value while they increased by 3 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods decreased by 2 percent in value while they increased by 1 percent in volume.
– Exports of pharmaceutical products 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 increased by 4 percent in value and by 3 percent in volume. Swedish imports of goods increased by 5 percent in both value and in volume compared with the previous month. The number of weekdays in October 2025 was one more than in September 2025.
Detailed information about October 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 | October 2025 | October 2025/October 2024 | October 2025/September 2025 | October2025 | October 2025/October 2024 | October 2025/September2025 |
| Total | 184 | ‑2 | 4 | 141 | 3 | 3 |
| Wood and paper products | 142 | ‑9 | ‑2 | 106 | ‑5 | ‑1 |
| Minerals | 182 | ‑15 | ‑4 | 106 | ‑13 | ‑7 |
| Chemicals, rubber products | 217 | 4 | 14 | 207 | 16 | 12 |
| Mineral fuels, electric current | 135 | ‑22 | ‑12 | 97 | ‑18 | ‑12 |
| Machinery, transport equipment | 186 | 2 | 6 | 149 | 7 | 5 |
| Other products | 201 | 4 | 2 | 138 | 5 | 3 |
Exports of minerals decreased by 15 percent in value and by 13 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, export of iron ore and concentrates decreased by 22 percent in value and by 14 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, exports of iron ore and concentrates increased by 1 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume.
Exports of chemicals/rubber products increased by 4 percent in value and by 16 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, export of pharmaceutical products increased by 13 percent in value and by 30 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, exports of pharmaceutical products increased by 39 percent in value and by 33 percent in volume.
Exports of machinery/transport equipment increased by 2 percent in value and by 7 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, exports of passenger cars decreased by 2 percent in value while they increased by 4 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, exports of passenger cars increased by 24 percent in value and by 23 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 | October 2025 | October 2025/October 2024 | October 2025/September 2025 | October2025 | October 2025/October 2024 | October 2025/September2025 |
| Total | 184 | ‑2 | 5 | 137 | 1 | 5 |
| Wood and paper products | 174 | ‑7 | 2 | 110 | ‑4 | 3 |
| Minerals | 201 | ‑6 | 4 | 123 | ‑2 | 3 |
| Chemicals, rubber products | 194 | ‑2 | 7 | 142 | 3 | 8 |
| Mineral fuels, electric current | 115 | ‑33 | ‑9 | 78 | ‑21 | ‑9 |
| Machinery, transport equipment | 196 | 3 | 9 | 160 | 6 | 9 |
| Other products | 181 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 1 | 3 |
Imports of minerals decreased by 6 percent in value and by 2 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, imports of iron and steel decreased by 10 percent in value and by 1 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of iron and steel increased by 9 percent in value and by 11 percent volume.
Imports of mineral fuels/electric current decreased by 33 percent in value and by 21 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, imports of crude petroleum oils decreased by 48 percent in value and by 35 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of crude petroleum oils decreased by 14 percent in value and by 11 percent volume.
Imports of machinery/transport equipment increased by 3 percent in value and by 6 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, imports of passenger cars decreased by 8 percent in and by 4 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of passenger cars increased by 8 percent in value and by 10 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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