Sweden Balance of Trade

Last Release

Oct 31, 2025

Actual

1,500

Units In

SEK million

4,900

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 29, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 9 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
21,900 Mar 2006	-18,000 Aug 2022	3,402.55 SEK million	1960-2025	Statistics Sweden

Sweden exports mostly machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron, steel products, chemicals. The country imports machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs and clothing. European Union is by far its largest trading partner accounting for about 61% of exports and 72% of imports. Norway, Russia, The United States and China play also an important role.

Latest Updates

Sweden’s trade surplus widened to SEK 1.5 billion in October 2025, nearly doubling the SEK 0.8 billion recorded in the same month last year. Exports fell 1.6% year-on-year to SEK 181.2 billion, driven by lower sales to non-EU countries (-4.4% to SEK 80.1 billion), while shipments to EU countries increased 0.8% to SEK 101.1 billion. Meanwhile, imports dropped at a faster pace of 2.2% to SEK 179.7 billion, due to decreased purchases from non-EU countries (-7.8% to SEK 54.5 billion), while imports from EU countries rose 0.8% to SEK 125.2 billion. From January to October, the cumulative trade surplus increased to SEK 57.3 billion from SEK 55.9 billion in the corresponding period last year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the trade surplus was unchanged at SEK 4.7 billion.