Export/import companies by territory

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Last update: 2026-01-13

Explanation

1. Trade with countries outside the EU
For companies trading with countries outside the EU the following data is used, taken from the export applications and import declarations that the companies submit to the Customs in connection with the export/ import of goods. The presented imports by country of origin from countries outside the EU comprise only the goods that have been finally cleared by the Customs in Sweden and not goods from third countries imported into Sweden via another EU state (e.g. Japanese cars imported into Sweden after Customs clearance in the Netherlands).
2. Trade with EU states
The total goods value of trade with EU states is calculated with the help of two digital bases. The main base (approximately 96% of exports and approximately 93% of imports) is data directly collected monthly from companies with an annual export or import trade with EU states amounting to at least 1,500,000 Skr. The data supplied by the companies are presented by commodity and by EU state. Data collection, which is carried out by Statistics Sweden, is in the form of a special statistical survey - Intrastat. The trade value of the non-respondents and of the companies not required to submit details is estimated by using data from the VAT returns.
These data apply only to the value of intra-EU goods acquisition and deliveries that the company declares each month.

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Foreign trade. Number of export/import companies by trade territory in 2024

Territory	Number
	Halland County		Sweden
	Export companies	Import companies	Export companies	Import companies
Scandinavia	850	579	19 565	14 781
EU	1 357	4 287	31 467	113 836
Rest of Europe	454	772	12 279	21 440
Far East	240	800	7 158	20 538
Rest of Asia	135	156	4 199	4 755
North America	271	463	8 464	15 596
South America	65	25	1 888	886
Africa	70	26	1 986	1 212
Total	1 756	4 835	45 173	133 598

Territory	Percentage
	Halland County		Sweden
	Export companies	Import companies	Export companies	Import companies
Scandinavia	48,4	12,0	43,3	11,1
EU	77,3	88,7	69,7	85,2
Rest of Europe	25,9	16,0	27,2	16,0
Far East	13,7	16,5	15,8	15,4
Rest of Asia	7,7	3,2	9,3	3,6
North America	15,4	9,6	18,7	11,7
South America	3,7	0,5	4,2	0,7
Africa	4,0	0,5	4,4	0,9
Company that export/import to/from more than one territory is counted on each territory.
Source: Scb.se / foretagsregistret

Foreign trade. Number of export/import companies by trade territory in 2018-2024

Halland County
Territory	Export companies
	Number							Proportion
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Scandinavia	888	894	876	905	880	863	850	54	53	53	51	49	49	48
EU	1 242	1 291	1 265	1 317	1 323	1 365	1 357	76	77	76	75	74	77	77
Rest of Europe	237	230	283	480	463	444	454	15	14	17	27	26	25	26
Far East	285	271	254	274	261	242	240	17	16	15	16	15	14	14
Rest of Asia	143	148	136	139	137	143	135	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
North America	265	262	265	287	298	281	271	16	16	16	16	17	16	15
South America	80	78	73	76	69	71	65	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Africa	97	81	89	78	78	67	70	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
Total	1 634	1 672	1 657	1 766	1 780	1 768	1 756
Territory	Import companies
	Number							Proportion
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Scandinavia	549	544	548	591	617	587	579	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
EU	3 825	4 008	3 996	4 337	4 690	4 247	4 287	88	88	89	87	89	88	89
Rest of Europe	269	297	334	927	858	790	772	6	7	7	19	16	16	16
Far East	800	825	774	870	807	816	800	18	18	17	17	15	17	17
Rest of Asia	200	196	173	170	165	169	156	5	4	4	3	3	3	3
North America	583	567	527	582	523	504	463	13	13	12	12	10	10	10
South America	35	36	41	33	31	40	25	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Africa	34	29	30	34	35	30	26	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	4 357	4 533	4 483	5 003	5 260	4 835	4 835

Sweden
Territory	Export companies
	Number							Proportion
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Scandinavia	20557	20526	20371	20734	20666	19 957	19 565	50	48	48	45	44	43	43
EU	28710	30174	29440	30951	31309	32 494	31 467	70	71	70	67	66	69	70
Rest of Europe	6483	6674	7798	13594	13257	12 625	12 279	16	16	18	29	28	27	27
Far East	7628	7749	7758	7913	7707	7 434	7 158	19	18	18	17	16	16	16
Rest of Asia	4324	4254	4181	4315	4455	4 397	4 199	11	10	10	9	9	9	9
North America	8102	8251	8192	8691	9285	8 750	8 464	20	19	19	19	20	19	19
South America	2045	1981	1938	2012	1981	1 885	1 888	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Africa	2451	2427	2319	2327	2260	2 056	1 986	6	6	5	5	5	4	4
Total	41059	42591	42171	46263	47102	46870	45 173
Territory	Import companies
	Number							Proportion
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Scandinavia	14439	14553	14604	14991	15607	14915	14781	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
EU	101194	106956	106652	114216	126027	113508	113836	84	85	85	83	86	85	85
Rest of Europe	7429	7688	9596	25891	24526	22333	21440	6	6	8	19	17	17	16
Far East	21002	21442	20696	21363	20681	20685	20538	17	17	17	16	14	15	15
Rest of Asia	4787	4914	4657	4946	4901	4846	4755	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
North America	18521	18287	16828	17320	16725	16176	15596	15	15	13	13	11	12	12
South America	985	950	882	903	925	928	886	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Africa	1309	1284	1218	1295	1263	1202	1212	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	120417	126049	125006	136835	146238	133976	133598
Source: Scb.se / foretagsregistret
Counpany that export/import to/from more than one territory is counted on each territory.