2025.11.2707:17:37UTC+00Sweden Trade Surplus Widens in October

In October 2025, Sweden's trade surplus expanded to SEK 1.5 billion, almost doubling the SEK 0.8 billion reported in the same month of the previous year. Export figures saw a year-on-year decline of 1.6%, reaching SEK 181.2 billion, primarily due to reduced sales to non-EU nations, which fell by 4.4% to SEK 80.1 billion, despite a 0.8% increase in exports to EU countries, totaling SEK 101.1 billion. Concurrently, imports decreased at a faster rate of 2.2%, amounting to SEK 179.7 billion, largely influenced by a 7.8% drop in acquisitions from non-EU countries, down to SEK 54.5 billion, although imports from EU countries saw a rise of 0.8%, reaching SEK 125.2 billion. From January through October, the cumulative trade surplus rose to SEK 57.3 billion, up from SEK 55.9 billion in the same timeframe last year. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the trade surplus remained stable at SEK 4.7 billion.