Large autumn sown acreage despite rainy autumn This year’s autumn sowing of cereals and oilseed crops amounted to 605 400 hectares. This verges on last autumn’s record acreage and is 6 percent more than the average in the past five years. Despite this, many farmers were not able to autumn sow the full planned areas, as the fields have been too wet to support the machinery. Winter wheat accounted for almost 70 percent of this year’s total autumn sown acreage. 2021-11-30 • Areas sown in the autumn
Insurance companies’ capital investments In the third quarter of 2021, the market value of insurance companies’ investment assets rose to SEK 6 415 billion. This can be compared with SEK 6 327 billion at the end of the previous quarter, and SEK 5 489 billion at the end of the third quarter of 2020. 2021-11-29 • Swedish insurance companies, capital investments
Stronger trade in goods in value than in volume in the third quarter In the third quarter 2021, exports of goods increased by 17 percent in value and by 5 percent in volume compared with the same period a year ago. At the same time, imports of goods rose by 18 percent in value and by 8 percent in volume. 2021-11-29 • Foreign trade – exports and imports of goods
Net trade balance at SEK 0.8 billion in October In October 2021, Swedish exports of goods amounted to SEK 145.2 billion, while imports of goods amounted to SEK 144.4 billion. As a result, the net trade balance was SEK 0.8 billion. 2021-11-29 • Foreign trade – exports and imports of goods
GDP increased in the third quarter 2021 GDP increased by 2.0 percent in the third quarter 2021, seasonally adjusted and compared with the second quarter 2021. The upturn was driven mainly by increased household consumption. Calendar adjusted and compared with the third quarter of 2020, GDP increased by 4.7 percent. 2021-11-29 • National Accounts, quarterly and annual estimates
