Exports, imports and net trade balance, December 2021, in current prices
Net trade balance at SEK -5.5 billion in December
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2022-01-26 8.00
In December 2021, Swedish exports of goods amounted to SEK 147.3 billion, while imports of goods amounted to SEK 152.8 billion. As a result, the net trade balance was SEK -5.5 billion.
Foreign trade in goods resulted in a net trade deficit of SEK 5.5 billion in December 2021, according to preliminary calculations. In December 2020, there was a net trade surplus of SEK 1.2 billion.
The value of exports in December 2021 was SEK 147.3 billion, while imports were valued at SEK 152.8 billion. The corresponding values in December 2020 were SEK 119.7 billion for exports and SEK 118.5 billion for imports. Exports of goods have thus increased by 23 percent in value and imports have increased by 29 percent in value compared with December 2020. The number of weekdays in December 2021 was one more compared with December 2020.
Trade in goods with countries outside the EU resulted in a surplus of SEK 16.9 billion, while EU trade resulted in a deficit of SEK 22.4 billion. As from February 2020, the United Kingdom no longer forms part of the group EU Member States and is included, instead, in the group Non-EU Member States.
Seasonally adjusted, net trade showed a surplus of SEK 1.5 billion in December, compared with a surplus of SEK 2.9 billion in November. The corresponding figure for October was a surplus of SEK 4.0 billion.
Net trade (January - December 2021) showed a surplus of SEK 25.1 billion
In this period, the value of exports of goods increased by 14 percent and the value of imports of goods increased by 16 percent compared with the corresponding period a year ago. Exports were valued at SEK 1 627.9 billion and imports were valued at SEK 1 602.8 billion, resulting in a net trade surplus of SEK 25.1 billion for January - December 2021. The corresponding net trade balance for these months one year earlier was a surplus of SEK 50.6 billion.
Month | Total | EU Member States[*] | Non EU Member States | ||||||||
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2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||
Exports | Jan | 125.7 | 131.3 | 114.2 | 74.0 | 75.8 | 63.3 | 51.7 | 55.5 | 50.9 | |
Febr | 122.0 | 127.7 | 123.6 | 72.2 | 66.9 | 66.1 | 49.8 | 60.8 | 57.5 | ||
March | 133.1 | 131.1 | 143.8 | 79.2 | 66.9 | 77.9 | 53.9 | 64.2 | 65.9 | ||
April | 128.4 | 106.3 | 131.7 | 74.6 | 52.2 | 69.8 | 53.8 | 54.1 | 61.9 | ||
May | 136.5 | 102.3 | 133.8 | 78.8 | 53.0 | 70.7 | 57.7 | 49.3 | 63.1 | ||
June | 122.5 | 119.6 | 144.2 | 71.4 | 60.9 | 75.9 | 51.1 | 58.7 | 68.3 | ||
July | 123.0 | 103.8 | 127.1 | 68.2 | 52.0 | 66.8 | 54.8 | 51.8 | 60.3 | ||
Aug | 113.6 | 103.8 | 115.8 | 68.2 | 57.3 | 64.4 | 45.4 | 46.5 | 51.4 | ||
Sept | 128.2 | 124.7 | 147.1 | 74.1 | 66.9 | 79.5 | 54.1 | 57.8 | 67.6 | ||
Oct | 137.0 | 128.6 | 145.6 | 78.6 | 67.2 | 79.5 | 58.4 | 61.4 | 66.1 | ||
Nov | 131.5 | 128.2 | 153.7 | 73.7 | 68.7 | 83.8 | 57.8 | 59.5 | 69.9 | ||
Dec | 116.9 | 119.7 | 147.3 | 65.6 | 63.1 | 78.0 | 51.3 | 56.6 | 69.3 | ||
Total | 1 518.4 | 1 427.1 | 1 627.9 | 878.6 | 751.0 | 875.7 | 639.8 | 676.1 | 752.2 | ||
Imports | Jan | 124.8 | 120.3 | 109.6 | 86.8 | 84.3 | 75.2 | 38.0 | 36.0 | 34.4 | |
Febr | 117.6 | 114.8 | 117.9 | 84.5 | 76.7 | 80.9 | 33.1 | 38.1 | 37.0 | ||
March | 128.3 | 125.6 | 141.1 | 90.6 | 85.2 | 96.5 | 37.7 | 40.4 | 44.6 | ||
April | 128.8 | 101.0 | 129.9 | 89.7 | 66.2 | 88.6 | 39.1 | 34.8 | 41.3 | ||
May | 131.0 | 101.5 | 130.2 | 93.2 | 67.8 | 87.2 | 37.8 | 33.7 | 43.0 | ||
June | 120.9 | 115.1 | 135.3 | 84.5 | 78.1 | 91.3 | 36.4 | 37.0 | 44.0 | ||
July | 116.5 | 100.6 | 120.1 | 77.9 | 66.5 | 79.9 | 38.6 | 34.1 | 40.2 | ||
Aug | 119.2 | 105.8 | 126.7 | 80.5 | 71.3 | 81.6 | 38.7 | 34.5 | 45.1 | ||
Sept | 127.1 | 121.9 | 141.0 | 91.5 | 83.4 | 91.4 | 35.6 | 38.5 | 49.6 | ||
Oct | 140.9 | 124.6 | 145.1 | 98.3 | 86.3 | 94.5 | 42.6 | 38.3 | 50.6 | ||
Nov | 128.9 | 126.8 | 153.1 | 92.8 | 88.1 | 100.9 | 36.1 | 38.7 | 52.2 | ||
Dec | 119.8 | 118.5 | 152.8 | 83.5 | 81.6 | 100.4 | 36.3 | 36.9 | 52.4 | ||
Total | 1 503.8 | 1 376.5 | 1 602.8 | 1 053.8 | 935.7 | 1 068.4 | 450.0 | 440.8 | 534.4 | ||
Net Trade of Goods | Jan | 0.9 | 11.0 | 4.6 | ‑12.8 | ‑8.5 | ‑11.9 | 13.7 | 19.5 | 16.5 | |
Febr | 4.4 | 12.9 | 5.7 | ‑12.3 | ‑9.8 | ‑14.8 | 16.7 | 22.7 | 20.5 | ||
March | 4.8 | 5.5 | 2.7 | ‑11.4 | ‑18.3 | ‑18.6 | 16.2 | 23.8 | 21.3 | ||
April | ‑0.4 | 5.3 | 1.8 | ‑15.1 | ‑14.0 | ‑18.8 | 14.7 | 19.3 | 20.6 | ||
May | 5.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | ‑14.4 | ‑14.8 | ‑16.5 | 19.9 | 15.6 | 20.1 | ||
June | 1.6 | 4.5 | 8.9 | ‑13.1 | ‑17.2 | ‑15.4 | 14.7 | 21.7 | 24.3 | ||
July | 6.5 | 3.2 | 7.0 | ‑9.7 | ‑14.5 | ‑13.1 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 20.1 | ||
Aug | ‑5.6 | ‑2.0 | ‑10.9 | ‑12.3 | ‑14.0 | ‑17.2 | 6.7 | 12.0 | 6.3 | ||
Sept | 1.1 | 2.8 | 6.1 | ‑17.4 | ‑16.5 | ‑11.9 | 18.5 | 19.3 | 18.0 | ||
Oct | ‑3.9 | 4.0 | 0.5 | ‑19.7 | ‑19.1 | ‑15.0 | 15.8 | 23.1 | 15.5 | ||
Nov | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | ‑19.1 | ‑19.5 | ‑17.1 | 21.7 | 20.9 | 17.7 | ||
Dec | ‑2.9 | 1.2 | ‑5.5 | ‑17.9 | ‑18.5 | ‑22.4 | 15.0 | 19.7 | 16.9 | ||
Total | 14.6 | 50.6 | 25.1 | ‑175.2 | ‑184.7 | ‑192.7 | 189.8 | 235.3 | 217.8 |
*) As from February 2020, the United Kingdom no longer forms part of the group EU Member States and is included, instead, in the group Non-EU Member States.
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