Exports and imports of goods, November 2025, in current prices and in constant prices
Weaker trade in goods in November compared with October
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2026-01-27 8.00
In November, exports of goods decreased by 6 percent in value while they remained the same in volume compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods decreased by 8 percent in value and by 4 percent in volume.
– Exports of petroleum products decreased in both value and volume compared with last year and last month, says Josefine Regard, statistician at Statistics Sweden
Compared with the previous month, Swedish exports of goods decreased by 4 percent in value and by 5 percent in volume. Swedish imports of goods decreased by 8 percent in value and by 9 percent in volume compared with the previous month. The number of weekdays in November 2025 was three less than in October 2025.
Detailed information about November 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) |
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| Change in % |
Change in % |
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| Commodity group according to SITC | November 2025 |
November 2025/ November 2024 |
November 2025/ October 2025 |
November 2025 |
November 2025/ November 2024 |
November 2025/ October 2025 |
| Total | 176 | ‑6 | ‑4 | 133 | 0 | ‑5 |
| Wood and paper products | 135 | ‑10 | ‑5 | 103 | ‑4 | ‑4 |
| Minerals | 194 | ‑1 | 7 | 111 | 1 | 5 |
| Chemicals, rubber products | 194 | ‑8 | ‑10 | 185 | 4 | ‑11 |
| Mineral fuels, electric current | 146 | ‑33 | 8 | 98 | ‑25 | 1 |
| Machinery, transport equipment | 177 | ‑3 | ‑5 | 140 | 1 | ‑6 |
| Other products | 190 | 4 | ‑5 | 129 | 5 | ‑7 |
Exports of wood/paper products decreased by 10 percent in value and by 4 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, export of paper/paper products decreased by 17 percent in value and by 12 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, exports of paper/paper products decreased by 6 percent in value and by 7 percent in volume.
Exports of chemicals/rubber products decreased by 8 percent in value while they increased by 4 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, export of pharmaceutical products decreased by 8 percent in value while they increased by 7 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, exports of pharmaceutical products decreased by 18 percent in value and by 20 percent in volume.
Exports of mineral fuels/electric current decreased by 33 percent in value and by 25 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, exports of petroleum products decreased by 40 percent in value and by 33 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, exports of petroleum products decreased by 1 percent in value and by 6 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) |
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| Change in % |
Change in % |
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Change in % |
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| Commodity group according to SITC | November 2025 |
November 2025/ November 2024 |
November 2025/ October 2025 |
November 2025 |
November 2025/ November 2024 |
November 2025/ October 2025 |
| Total | 169 | ‑8 | ‑8 | 125 | ‑4 | ‑9 |
| Wood and paper products | 153 | ‑16 | ‑13 | 97 | ‑12 | ‑12 |
| Minerals | 190 | ‑7 | ‑6 | 113 | ‑4 | ‑8 |
| Chemicals, rubber products | 171 | ‑4 | ‑12 | 125 | 0 | ‑12 |
| Mineral fuels, electric current | 135 | ‑28 | 14 | 90 | ‑14 | 13 |
| Machinery, transport equipment | 175 | ‑9 | ‑10 | 143 | ‑5 | ‑10 |
| Other products | 165 | 0 | ‑9 | 117 | 2 | ‑10 |
Imports of chemicals/rubber products decreased by 4 percent in value while they remained the same in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, imports of plastics decreased by 16 percent in value and by 11 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of plastics decreased by 11 percent in both value and in volume.
Imports of mineral fuels/electric current decreased by 28 percent in value and by 14 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, imports of crude petroleum oils decreased by 37 percent in value and by 17 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of crude petroleum oils increased by 16 percent in value and by 19 percent in volume.
Imports of machinery/transport equipment decreased by 9 percent in value and by 5 percent in volume compared with the same period last year. Within this product area, imports of passenger cars decreased by 26 percent in value and by 23 percent in volume. Compared with the previous month, imports of passenger cars decreased by 19 percent in both value and 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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