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Foreign Trade in Figures

The Swedish economy is very open to foreign trade, which represents 104% of its GDP in 2025 (World Bank). According to Comtrade data, in 2025, the country's main identified exports were motor cars (6.5%), medicaments (4.0%), refined petroleum products (3.9%), vaccines and other blood products (2.9%), parts and accessories for motor vehicles (2.4%), and telephone sets (2.3%); whereas imports were led by motor cars (5.5%), crude oil (4.5%), telephone sets (3.3%), parts and accessories for motor vehicles (3.3%), and computers (3.1%).

In the same year, the top destinations for Swedish exports were Germany (9.9%) and Norway (9.8%), ahead of the U.S. (8.0%), Denmark (7.0%), and Finland (6.5%). Sweden's largest supplier of goods remained Germany (15.9%), followed by the Netherlands (10.9%), Norway (8.8%), Denmark (6.7%), and China (6.4% - data Comtrade). The European Union as a whole is Sweden's biggest trading partner and the country has a structural deficit from its trade with the EU.

Sweden has a structurally positive trade balance: in 2025, the country recorded a trade surplus accounting for 2.1% of its GDP (from 3% one year earlier - World Bank). In the same year, exports of goods stood at USD 208.3 billion (+6.5% year-on-year), against USD 201 billion in imports (+6% y-o-y). As for services, exports grew by 11.2% (at USD 131.9 billion) with imports increasing at a faster pace (+13.6%), totalling USD 144.1 billion.