Exports, imports and net trade balance, May 2022, in current prices
Net trade balance at SEK -1.9 billion in May
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2022-06-28 8.00
In May 2022, Swedish exports of goods amounted to SEK 169.8 billion, while imports of goods amounted to SEK 171.7 billion. As a result, the net trade balance was SEK -1.9 billion.
Foreign trade in goods resulted in a net trade deficit of SEK 1.9 billion in May 2022, according to preliminary calculations. In May 2021, there was a net trade surplus of SEK 3.5 billion.
The value of exports in May 2022 was SEK 169.8 billion, while imports were valued at SEK 171.7 billion. The corresponding values for May 2021 were SEK 133.7 billion for exports and SEK 130.2 billion for imports. Exports of goods have thus increased by 27 percent in value, and imports have increased by 32 percent in value compared with May 2021. The number of weekdays in May 2022 was one more compared with May 2021.
Trade in goods with countries outside the EU resulted in a surplus of SEK 17.1 billion, while EU trade resulted in a deficit of SEK 19.0 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.
Month | Total | EU Member States[*] | Non EU Member States | ||||||||
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2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||
Exports | Jan | 131.3 | 114.2 | 141.4 | 75.8 | 63.3 | 78.9 | 55.5 | 50.9 | 62.5 | |
Febr | 127.7 | 123.5 | 151.3 | 66.9 | 66.0 | 81.7 | 60.8 | 57.5 | 69.6 | ||
March | 131.1 | 144.2 | 183.4 | 66.9 | 78.0 | 99.1 | 64.2 | 66.2 | 84.3 | ||
April | 106.3 | 131.8 | 156.1 | 52.2 | 69.9 | 84.6 | 54.1 | 61.9 | 71.5 | ||
May | 102.3 | 133.7 | 169.8 | 53.0 | 70.6 | 90.9 | 49.3 | 63.1 | 78.9 | ||
June | 119.6 | 144.3 | 60.9 | 76.1 | 58.7 | 68.2 | |||||
July | 103.8 | 127.0 | 52.0 | 66.7 | 51.8 | 60.3 | |||||
Aug | 103.8 | 115.4 | 57.3 | 64.0 | 46.5 | 51.4 | |||||
Sept | 124.7 | 147.1 | 66.9 | 79.5 | 57.8 | 67.6 | |||||
Oct | 128.6 | 145.8 | 67.2 | 79.7 | 61.4 | 66.1 | |||||
Nov | 128.2 | 153.5 | 68.7 | 83.8 | 59.5 | 69.7 | |||||
Dec | 119.7 | 147.6 | 63.1 | 78.1 | 56.6 | 69.5 | |||||
Total | 1 427.1 | 1 628.1 | 802.0 | 751.0 | 875.7 | 435.2 | 676.1 | 752.4 | 366.8 | ||
Imports | Jan | 120.3 | 110.0 | 142.6 | 84.3 | 75.3 | 89.4 | 36.0 | 34.7 | 53.2 | |
Febr | 114.8 | 118.1 | 150.0 | 76.7 | 80.9 | 97.5 | 38.1 | 37.2 | 52.5 | ||
March | 125.6 | 141.2 | 178.4 | 85.2 | 96.5 | 115.2 | 40.4 | 44.7 | 63.2 | ||
April | 101.0 | 130.2 | 159.3 | 66.2 | 88.6 | 99.7 | 34.8 | 41.6 | 59.6 | ||
May | 101.5 | 130.2 | 171.7 | 67.8 | 87.0 | 109.9 | 33.7 | 43.2 | 61.8 | ||
June | 115.1 | 135.5 | 78.1 | 91.3 | 37.0 | 44.2 | |||||
July | 100.6 | 120.0 | 66.5 | 79.6 | 34.1 | 40.4 | |||||
Aug | 105.8 | 126.5 | 71.3 | 81.4 | 34.5 | 45.1 | |||||
Sept | 121.9 | 141.1 | 83.4 | 91.4 | 38.5 | 49.7 | |||||
Oct | 124.6 | 145.7 | 86.3 | 94.8 | 38.3 | 50.9 | |||||
Nov | 126.8 | 153.7 | 88.1 | 101.4 | 38.7 | 52.3 | |||||
Dec | 118.5 | 152.6 | 81.6 | 100.5 | 36.9 | 52.1 | |||||
Total | 1 376.5 | 1 604.8 | 802.0 | 935.7 | 1 068.7 | 511.7 | 440.8 | 536.1 | 290.3 | ||
Net Trade of Goods | Jan | 11.0 | 4.2 | ‑1.2 | ‑8.5 | ‑12.0 | ‑10.5 | 19.5 | 16.2 | 9.3 | |
Febr | 12.9 | 5.4 | 1.3 | ‑9.8 | ‑14.9 | ‑15.8 | 22.7 | 20.3 | 17.1 | ||
March | 5.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | ‑18.3 | ‑18.5 | ‑16.1 | 23.8 | 21.5 | 21.1 | ||
April | 5.3 | 1.6 | ‑3.2 | ‑14.0 | ‑18.7 | ‑15.1 | 19.3 | 20.3 | 11.9 | ||
May | 0.8 | 3.5 | ‑1.9 | ‑14.8 | ‑16.4 | ‑19.0 | 15.6 | 19.9 | 17.1 | ||
June | 4.5 | 8.8 | ‑17.2 | ‑15.2 | 21.7 | 24.0 | |||||
July | 3.2 | 7.0 | ‑14.5 | ‑12.9 | 17.7 | 19.9 | |||||
Aug | ‑2.0 | ‑11.1 | ‑14.0 | ‑17.4 | 12.0 | 6.3 | |||||
Sept | 2.8 | 6.0 | ‑16.5 | ‑11.9 | 19.3 | 17.9 | |||||
Oct | 4.0 | 0.1 | ‑19.1 | ‑15.1 | 23.1 | 15.2 | |||||
Nov | 1.4 | ‑0.2 | ‑19.5 | ‑17.6 | 20.9 | 17.4 | |||||
Dec | 1.2 | ‑5.0 | ‑18.5 | ‑22.4 | 19.7 | 17.4 | |||||
Total | 50.6 | 23.3 | 0.0 | ‑184.7 | ‑193.0 | ‑76.5 | 235.3 | 216.3 | 76.5 |
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