Finland Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

1,305

Units In

EUR Million

530

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 07, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 5 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1,749.6 Nov 2002	-1,255 Jul 2022	156.82 EUR Million	1975-2025	Statistics Finland

International trade makes a third of Finland’s GDP. Finnish principal exports are: telecommunications equipment, passenger cars and forestry products and paper and paperboard. Finnish principal imports are food stuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics and grains. European Union makes 55 percent of the total trade. The largest trade flows are with Germany, Russia, Sweden, China and U.S.

Latest Updates

Finland recorded a trade surplus of EUR 1.3 billion in July 2025, compared to a deficit of EUR 0.1 billion in the same month last year, according to preliminary estimates. Exports jumped 19.5% year-on-year to EUR 7.5 billion, driven by a surge in shipments to non-EU countries (+51.5%), while sales to the EU dropped (-7.3%). Among key trading partners, exports rose most strongly to the US (+192%), followed by Estonia (+19.9%), the UK (+9.1%), and France (+1.5%). Meanwhile, imports decreased 3.4% to EUR 6.2 billion, reflecting lower purchases from both the EU (-5.2%) and non-EU countries (-0.9%). Imports fell mainly from Germany (-8.3%), Sweden (-3.2%), the Netherlands (-11.2%), and Norway (-6.4%). For the January-July period, the country posted a surplus of EUR 1.2 billion, a significant shift from a deficit of EUR 1.7 billion in the corresponding period a year ago.