Finland Balance of Trade

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

145

Units In

EUR Million

-100

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 05, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 4 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1,749.6 Nov 2002	-1,255 Jul 2022	154.31 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’s trade balance recorded a surplus of EUR 0.145 billion in May 2025, shifting from a EUR 0.03 billion deficit in the same month of the previous year, according to preliminary estimates. This marked the first month of surplus since November last year, as exports declined less than imports. Year-on-year, exports fell by 5.7% to EUR 5.9 billion, with sales falling to non-EU countries (-3.3%), while rising to EU countries (1%). Among trading partners, shipments decreased mainly to Germany (-8.6%), US (-12%), and China (-36.6%), while it increased to Sweden (9.2%) and Netherlands (9.1%). Meanwhile, imports dropped at a faster 8.4% to EUR 5.8 billion, mainly due to lower purchases from both EU (-10%) and non-EU countries (-16%). Imports declined mostly from Sweden (-14.2%), Germany (-5.3%), Netherlands (-16.4%), and China (-17.8%), while inbound shipments surged from the US (74.5%).