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
	Norrbotten County		Sweden
	Export companies	Import companies	Export companies	Import companies
Scandinavia	285	345	19 565	14 781
EU	681	3 475	31 467	113 836
Rest of Europe	110	266	12 279	21 440
Far East	78	264	7 158	20 538
Rest of Asia	30	41	4 199	4 755
North America	86	252	8 464	15 596
South America	11	6	1 888	886
Africa	15	14	1 986	1 212
Total	893	3 786	45 173	133 598

Territory	Percentage
	Norrbotten County		Sweden
	Export companies	Import companies	Export companies	Import companies
Scandinavia	31,9	9,1	43,3	11,1
EU	76,3	91,8	69,7	85,2
Rest of Europe	12,3	7,0	27,2	16,0
Far East	8,7	7,0	15,8	15,4
Rest of Asia	3,4	1,1	9,3	3,6
North America	9,6	6,7	18,7	11,7
South America	1,2	0,2	4,2	0,7
Africa	1,7	0,4	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

Norrbotten County
Territory	Export companies
	Number							Proportion
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Scandinavia	330	335	335	322	307	301	285	38	37	39	34	31	33	32
EU	663	690	690	695	738	714	681	75	77	81	74	75	77	76
Rest of Europe	60	68	68	148	141	121	110	7	8	8	16	14	13	12
Far East	81	81	81	93	95	92	78	9	9	10	10	10	10	9
Rest of Asia	31	33	33	36	38	33	30	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
North America	84	93	93	101	115	96	86	10	10	11	11	12	10	10
South America	15	25	25	21	17	17	11	2	3	3	2	2	2	1
Africa	26	26	26	20	22	18	15	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Total	879	899	851	944	983	926	893
Territory	Import companies
	Number							Proportion
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Scandinavia	294	298	298	329	330	331	345	8	8	8	9	8	9	9
EU	3 337	3 457	3 457	3 436	3 803	3 551	3 475	91	92	96	91	93	92	92
Rest of Europe	66	72	72	325	340	307	266	2	2	2	9	8	8	7
Far East	258	288	288	266	260	272	264	7	8	8	7	6	7	7
Rest of Asia	28	35	35	50	45	54	41	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
North America	290	281	281	269	265	244	252	8	7	8	7	6	6	7
South America	13	7	7	10	11	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Africa	14	14	14	13	20	12	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3 648	3 766	3 586	3 777	4 111	3 872	3 786

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.