Exports and imports of goods, January–March 2018, in current prices:
Continued increase in foreign trade in goods in the first quarter
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2018-05-28 9.30
In the period January–March 2018, Swedish exports of goods increased 7 percent and imports of goods increased 8 percent in current prices compared with the same period last year.
In the period January–March 2018, the value of Swedish exports amounted to SEK 346 billion. This is an increase of 7 percent compared with the same period last year. At the same time, imports of goods were up by 8 percent and amounted to SEK 349 billion. This resulted in a net trade deficit of SEK 3 billion. The net trade deficit for the same period in 2017 was SEK 0 billion.
Detailed information for January–March 2018
Exports of goods to Germany rose 11 percent
Sweden’s exports of goods to the EU 28 were up by 8 percent, and imports from there rose by 9 percent compared with the same period last year. Both exports to and imports from the euro countries increased by 9 percent. Among the EU countries, exports to Germany increased by 11 percent and to Denmark by 2 percent while exports to the UK fell by 4 percent. Imports from Germany rose by 7 percent and from Denmark by 5 percent while imports from the UK remained the same.
Exports to other European countries increased by 5 percent and imports from there rose by 2 percent. Exports to Norway rose by 4 percent, and imports from there were up by 8 percent. Exports to Russia were up by 18 percent, while imports from there fell by 6 percent.
Exports to Asia rose by 14 percent, and imports from there were up by 8 percent. Exports to China increased by 33 percent, while imports from there decreased by 2 percent.
Exports to the US increased by 2 percent, and imports from there increased by 4 percent.
Exports of passenger cars were up 34 percent
Exports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 10 percent. Within this product area, passenger cars increased by 34 percent. Exports of minerals were up by 9 percent. Exports of wood and paper products rose by 6 percent and mineral fuels and electric current rose by 5 percent. Exports of chemicals and rubber products were up by 4 percent. Within the other products area, food, beverages and tobacco increased by 4 percent.
Imports of electronics/ telecommunication rose 11 percent
Imports of machinery and transport equipment increased by 10 percent. Within this product area, electronics/telecommunication increased by 11 percent. Imports of minerals rose by 13 percent. Within this product area, iron and steel were up by 26 percent. Imports of wood and paper products rose by 11 percent and chemicals and rubber products rose by 8 percent. Mineral fuels and electric current increased by 11 percent and imports of other products increased by 1 percent.
| Exports | Imports | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | Value January-March | Share in % | Change in % | Value January-March | Share in % | Change in % | |||
| 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018/2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018/2017 | ||
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Total
|
345 526 | 322 712 | 100.0 | 7 | 349 346 | 323 471 | 100.0 | 8 | |
|
Europe
|
255 115 | 238 192 | 73.8 | 7 | 296 800 | 275 119 | 85.0 | 8 | |
|
EU-28
|
206 280 | 191 590 | 59.7 | 8 | 251 981 | 231 099 | 72.1 | 9 | |
|
EMU-19
|
144 181 | 131 952 | 41.7 | 9 | 184 141 | 168 244 | 52.7 | 9 | |
|
Other European countries
|
48 835 | 46 601 | 14.1 | 5 | 44 819 | 44 020 | 12.8 | 2 | |
|
Africa
|
6 163 | 7 016 | 1.8 | -12 | 5 041 | 3 490 | 1.4 | 44 | |
|
North Africa
|
3 011 | 3 594 | 0.9 | -16 | 994 | 715 | 0.3 | 39 | |
|
West Africa
|
627 | 827 | 0.2 | -24 | 3 153 | 1 966 | 0.9 | 60 | |
|
Central, East and Southern Africa
|
2 526 | 2 596 | 0.7 | -3 | 894 | 809 | 0.3 | 11 | |
|
America
|
32 284 | 32 355 | 9.3 | 0 | 12 547 | 11 982 | 3.6 | 5 | |
|
North America
|
25 854 | 25 560 | 7.5 | 1 | 9 241 | 8 666 | 2.6 | 7 | |
|
Central and South America
|
6 430 | 6 795 | 1.9 | -5 | 3 306 | 3 317 | 0.9 | 0 | |
|
Asia
|
45 908 | 40 155 | 13.3 | 14 | 34 686 | 32 003 | 9.9 | 8 | |
|
Middle- and Near East
|
7 204 | 7 369 | 2.1 | -2 | 2 668 | 1 071 | 0.8 | 149 | |
|
Other countries in Asia
|
38 704 | 32 787 | 11.2 | 18 | 32 017 | 30 933 | 9.2 | 4 | |
|
Oceania and Antarctica
|
5 348 | 4 113 | 1.5 | 30 | 272 | 606 | 0.1 | -55 | |
| Exports | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value January-March | Share in % | Change in % | |||
| Commodity group according to SITC | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018/2017 | |
|
Total
|
345 526 | 322 712 | 100.0 | 7 | |
|
Wood and paper products
|
35 475 | 33 458 | 10.3 | 6 | |
|
Wood
|
7 700 | 7 275 | 2.2 | 6 | |
|
Pulp and waste paper
|
5 705 | 4 931 | 1.7 | 16 | |
|
Paper, paperproducts
|
20 485 | 19 616 | 5.9 | 4 | |
|
Minerals
|
36 274 | 33 314 | 10.5 | 9 | |
|
Iron ore and concentrates
|
4 708 | 4 691 | 1.4 | 0 | |
|
Iron and steel
|
16 534 | 14 825 | 4.8 | 12 | |
|
Non-ferrous metals
|
7 365 | 6 754 | 2.1 | 9 | |
|
Chemicals, rubber products
|
46 107 | 44 198 | 13.3 | 4 | |
|
Organic/inorganic chemicals
|
4 750 | 5 178 | 1.4 | -8 | |
|
Pharmaceuticals products
|
21 309 | 19 375 | 6.2 | 10 | |
|
Plastics
|
8 322 | 8 431 | 2.4 | -1 | |
|
Mineral fuels, electric current
|
24 572 | 23 322 | 7.1 | 5 | |
|
Petroleum products
|
20 802 | 20 420 | 6.0 | 2 | |
|
Machinery, transport equipment
|
159 227 | 144 350 | 46.1 | 10 | |
|
Manufactures of metals
|
9 317 | 8 954 | 2.7 | 4 | |
|
Industrial machinery
|
52 624 | 47 852 | 15.2 | 10 | |
|
Electronics, telecommunication
|
33 752 | 32 778 | 9.8 | 3 | |
|
Road vehicles
|
54 383 | 45 554 | 15.7 | 19 | |
|
Passenger cars
|
24 989 | 18 677 | 7.2 | 34 | |
|
Lorries, trucks[1]
|
8 923 | 8 007 | 2.6 | 11 | |
|
Parts, accessories
|
16 898 | 15 819 | 4.9 | 7 | |
|
Other transport equipment
|
1 577 | 1 676 | 0.5 | -6 | |
|
Instruments, photo/optical products
|
7 576 | 7 537 | 2.2 | 1 | |
|
Other products
|
43 871 | 44 071 | 12.7 | 0 | |
|
Food, beverages, tobacco
|
21 142 | 20 276 | 6.1 | 4 | |
|
Textiles, clothing, footwear
|
7 858 | 7 861 | 2.3 | 0 | |
|
Furniture
|
4 511 | 4 489 | 1.3 | 0 | |
[1] Includes road tractors for semi-trailers
| Imports | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value January-March | Share in % | Change in % | |||
| Commodity group according to SITC | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018/2017 | |
|
Total
|
349 346 | 323 471 | 100.0 | 8 | |
|
Wood and paper products
|
10 196 | 9 162 | 2.9 | 11 | |
|
Minerals
|
28 796 | 25 371 | 8.2 | 13 | |
|
Iron and steel
|
14 417 | 11 414 | 4.1 | 26 | |
|
Non-ferrous metals
|
5 342 | 5 043 | 1.5 | 6 | |
|
Metalliferrous ores, metal scrap
|
3 468 | 3 934 | 1.0 | -12 | |
|
Chemicals, rubber products
|
42 544 | 39 307 | 12.2 | 8 | |
|
Organic/inorganic chemicals
|
9 620 | 7 979 | 2.8 | 21 | |
|
Pharmaceuticals products
|
9 839 | 9 554 | 2.8 | 3 | |
|
Plastics
|
8 833 | 8 003 | 2.5 | 10 | |
|
Crude rubber, rubber products
|
4 250 | 4 035 | 1.2 | 5 | |
|
Mineral fuels, electric current
|
37 633 | 33 787 | 10.8 | 11 | |
|
Crude petroleum oils
|
19 354 | 17 287 | 5.5 | 12 | |
|
Petroleum products
|
14 452 | 13 699 | 4.1 | 5 | |
|
Machinery, transport equipment
|
154 620 | 141 149 | 44.3 | 10 | |
|
Manufactures of metals
|
10 712 | 10 107 | 3.1 | 6 | |
|
Industrial machinery
|
36 667 | 33 235 | 10.5 | 10 | |
|
Electronics, telecommunication
|
51 629 | 46 472 | 14.8 | 11 | |
|
Road vehicles
|
43 432 | 40 555 | 12.4 | 7 | |
|
Passenger cars
|
19 773 | 19 216 | 5.7 | 3 | |
|
Parts and accessories
|
16 297 | 13 703 | 4.7 | 19 | |
|
Other transport equipment
|
3 783 | 2 766 | 1.1 | 37 | |
|
Instruments, photo/optical equip
|
8 397 | 8 014 | 2.4 | 5 | |
|
Other products
|
75 558 | 74 695 | 21.6 | 1 | |
|
Food, beverages, tobacco
|
36 588 | 35 494 | 10.5 | 3 | |
|
Textiles, clothing, footwear
|
17 826 | 18 116 | 5.1 | -2 | |
|
Furniture
|
5 985 | 5 773 | 1.7 | 4 | |
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