Exports and imports of goods, January–September 2018, in current prices

Continued strong foreign trade with goods

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-11-27 9.30

In the period January–September 2018, Swedish exports of goods increased 10 percent and imports of goods increased 12 percent in current prices compared with the same period last year.

In the period January–September 2018, the value of Swedish exports amounted to SEK 1 058 billion. This is an increase of 10 percent compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods were up by 12 percent and amounted to SEK 1 080 billion. This resulted in a net trade deficit of SEK 22 billion. In the same period in 2017, there was a net trade deficit that amounted to SEK 6 billion.

In the third quarter, both Sweden’s exports and imports of goods rose by 13 percent compared with the same period last year. For exports, the increase in percentage was largest in the third quarter, while for imports it was largest in the second quarter. In terms of value, the second quarter was largest for both exports and imports. In volume (value in constant prices), exports increased by 3 percent and imports increased by 2 percent in the third quarter.

Detailed information for January–September 2018

Imports of goods from Norway rose 15 percent

Sweden’s exports of goods to the EU 28 were up by 12 percent, and imports from there rose by 11 percent compared with the same period last year. Exports to the euro countries increased by 12 percent and imports from there increased by 11 percent. Among the EU countries, exports to both Germany and Denmark increased by 12 percent, while exports to the United Kingdom rose by 5 percent. Imports from Germany rose by 9 percent, and from Denmark and the United Kingdom by 8 percent.

Exports to other European countries rose by 12 percent and imports from there rose by 15 percent. Exports to Norway rose by 14 percent, and imports from there were up by 15 percent. Exports to Russia were up by 9 percent, and imports from there rose by 26 percent.

Exports to Asia increased by 7 percent and imports from there rose by 10 percent. Exports to China increased by 10 percent, and imports from there were up by 6 percent.

Exports to the United States increased by 7 percent, and imports from there increased by 8 percent.

Exports of mineral fuels and electric current rose 31 percent

Exports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 11 percent. Within this product area, exports of passenger cars increased by 34 percent. Exports of minerals were up by 7 percent. Exports of wood and paper products rose by 9 percent and mineral fuels and electric current rose by 31 percent. Exports of chemicals and rubber products were up by 5 percent. Within the other products area, food, beverages and tobacco increased by 11 percent.

Imports of passenger cars fell 1 percent

Imports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 10 percent. Within this product area, electronics/telecommunication were up by 13 percent while passenger cars fell by 1 percent. Imports of minerals rose by 17 percent. Imports of wood and paper products rose by 16 percent and chemicals and rubber products rose by 10 percent. Mineral fuels and electric current increased by 33 percent. Within this product area, crude petroleum oils rose by 41 percent. Imports of other products increased by 7 percent.

	Exports				Imports
Region	Value January-September		Share in %	Change in %	Value January-September		Share in %	Change in %
	2018	2017	2018	2018/2017	2018	2017	2018	2018/2017
Total	1 057 542	957 364	100.0	10	1 080 483	962 704	100.0	12
Europe	788 352	704 159	74.5	12	906 041	811 602	83.9	12
EU-28	631 906	564 661	59.8	12	759 766	684 169	70.3	11
EMU-19	439 495	392 363	41.6	12	555 213	500 199	51.4	11
Other European countries	156 447	139 497	14.8	12	146 274	127 433	13.5	15
Africa	19 695	19 596	1.9	1	21 178	10 561	2.0	101
North Africa	9 871	9 848	0.9	0	5 117	2 242	0.5	128
West Africa	2 049	2 485	0.2	-18	13 623	5 968	1.3	128
Central, East and Southern Africa	7 774	7 263	0.7	7	2 438	2 351	0.2	4
America	99 579	95 417	9.4	4	39 574	36 653	3.7	8
North America	79 536	74 728	7.5	6	28 470	26 788	2.6	6
Central and South America	20 043	20 689	1.9	-3	11 104	9 864	1.0	13
Asia	131 125	122 701	12.4	7	111 081	101 191	10.3	10
Middle- and Near East	20 572	21 799	1.9	-6	6 018	4 040	0.6	49
Other countries in Asia	110 553	100 903	10.5	10	105 062	97 151	9.7	8
Oceania and Antarctica	14 483	12 621	1.4	15	2 281	2 228	0.2	2

	Exports
	Value January-September		Share in %	Change in %
Commodity group according to SITC	2018	2017	2018	2018/2017
Total	1 057 542	957 364	100.0	10
Wood and paper products	108 345	99 001	10.2	9
Wood	23 161	21 297	2.2	9
Pulp and waste paper	18 155	14 662	1.7	24
Paper, paperproducts	62 223	58 269	5.9	7
Minerals	108 916	101 634	10.3	7
Iron ore and concentrates	14 847	14 544	1.4	2
Iron and steel	49 527	45 019	4.7	10
Non-ferrous metals	21 355	20 435	2.0	5
Chemicals, rubber products	135 496	129 236	12.8	5
Organic/inorganic chemicals	14 425	14 490	1.4	0
Pharmaceuticals products	58 845	55 951	5.6	5
Plastics	26 038	25 013	2.5	4
Mineral fuels, electric current	84 841	64 822	8.0	31
Petroleum products	72 596	55 506	6.9	31
Machinery, transport equipment	479 134	431 515	45.3	11
Manufactures of metals	28 683	26 500	2.7	8
Industrial machinery	157 489	144 111	14.9	9
Electronics, telecommunication	108 469	101 567	10.3	7
Road vehicles	155 027	131 187	14.7	18
Passenger cars	71 569	53 501	6.8	34
Lorries, trucks^[1]	25 819	22 857	2.4	13
Parts, accessories	47 217	45 834	4.5	3
Other transport equipment	6 427	5 411	0.6	19
Instruments, photo/optical products	23 040	22 741	2.2	1
Other products	140 809	131 156	13.3	7
Food, beverages, tobacco	68 325	61 766	6.5	11
Textiles, clothing, footwear	24 180	22 914	2.3	6
Furniture	13 670	13 289	1.3	3

[1] Includes road tractors for semi-trailers

	Imports
	Value January-September		Share in %	Change in %
Commodity group according to SITC	2018	2017	2018	2018/2017
Total	1 080 483	962 704	100.0	12
Wood and paper products	31 878	27 402	3.0	16
Minerals	87 870	74 907	8.1	17
Iron and steel	41 956	34 316	3.9	22
Non-ferrous metals	16 783	14 798	1.6	13
Metalliferrous ores, metal scrap	11 832	10 321	1.1	15
Chemicals, rubber products	130 413	118 239	12.1	10
Organic/inorganic chemicals	28 065	24 504	2.6	15
Pharmaceuticals products	30 368	28 293	2.8	7
Plastics	27 132	24 464	2.5	11
Crude rubber, rubber products	12 989	12 157	1.2	7
Mineral fuels, electric current	127 557	95 810	11.8	33
Crude petroleum oils	66 780	47 388	6.2	41
Petroleum products	47 507	38 705	4.4	23
Machinery, transport equipment	464 858	423 294	43.0	10
Manufactures of metals	33 806	30 952	3.1	9
Industrial machinery	112 595	100 158	10.4	12
Electronics, telecommunication	159 063	140 458	14.7	13
Road vehicles	125 175	118 890	11.6	5
Passenger cars	56 654	57 449	5.2	-1
Parts and accessories	46 230	39 397	4.3	17
Other transport equipment	9 003	9 245	0.8	-3
Instruments, photo/optical equip	25 216	23 591	2.3	7
Other products	237 906	223 054	22.0	7
Food, beverages, tobacco	116 509	107 147	10.8	9
Textiles, clothing, footwear	56 165	53 358	5.2	5
Furniture	17 640	16 413	1.6	7

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