Export/import companies by territory

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Last update: 2025-02-04

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 2023

Territory	Number
	Norrbotten County		Sweden
	Export companies	Import companies	Export companies	Import companies
Scandinavia	301	331	19 957	14 915
EU	714	3 551	32 494	113 508
Rest of Europe	121	307	12 625	22 333
Far East	92	272	7 434	20 685
Rest of Asia	33	54	4 397	4 846
North America	96	244	8 750	16 176
South America	17	12	1 885	928
Africa	18	12	2 056	1 202
Total	926	3 872	46 870	133 976

Territory	Percentage
	Norrbotten County		Sweden
	Export companies	Import companies	Export companies	Import companies
Scandinavia	32,5	8,5	42,6	11,1
EU	77,1	91,7	69,3	84,7
Rest of Europe	13,1	7,9	26,9	16,7
Far East	9,9	7,0	15,9	15,4
Rest of Asia	3,6	1,4	9,4	3,6
North America	10,4	6,3	18,7	12,1
South America	1,8	0,3	4,0	0,7
Africa	1,9	0,3	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 2017-2023

Norrbotten County
Territory	Export companies
	Number							Proportion
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Scandinavia	330	330	335	335	322	307	301	38	38	37	39	34	31	33
EU	662	663	690	690	695	738	714	76	75	77	81	74	75	77
Rest of Europe	64	60	68	68	148	141	121	7	7	8	8	16	14	13
Far East	83	81	81	81	93	95	92	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
Rest of Asia	32	31	33	33	36	38	33	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
North America	91	84	93	93	101	115	96	11	10	10	11	11	12	10
South America	19	15	25	25	21	17	17	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Africa	22	26	26	26	20	22	18	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Total	866	879	899	851	944	983	926
Territory	Import companies
	Number							Proportion
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Scandinavia	297	294	298	298	329	330	331	8	8	8	8	9	8	9
EU	3 414	3 337	3 457	3 457	3 436	3 803	3 551	91	91	92	96	91	93	92
Rest of Europe	65	66	72	72	325	340	307	2	2	2	2	9	8	8
Far East	277	258	288	288	266	260	272	7	7	8	8	7	6	7
Rest of Asia	25	28	35	35	50	45	54	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
North America	299	290	281	281	269	265	244	8	8	7	8	7	6	6
South America	14	13	7	7	10	11	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Africa	13	14	14	14	13	20	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3 739	3 648	3 766	3 586	3 777	4 111	3 872

Sweden
Territory	Export companies
	Number							Proportion
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Scandinavia	20712	20557	20526	20371	20734	20666	19 957	51	50	48	48	45	44	43
EU	28897	28710	30174	29440	30951	31309	32 494	72	70	71	70	67	66	69
Rest of Europe	6531	6483	6674	7798	13594	13257	12 625	16	16	16	18	29	28	27
Far East	7647	7628	7749	7758	7913	7707	7 434	19	19	18	18	17	16	16
Rest of Asia	4483	4324	4254	4181	4315	4455	4 397	11	11	10	10	9	9	9
North America	8104	8102	8251	8192	8691	9285	8 750	20	20	19	19	19	20	19
South America	2094	2045	1981	1938	2012	1981	1 885	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Africa	2420	2451	2427	2319	2327	2260	2 056	6	6	6	5	5	5	4
Total	40307	41059	42591	42171	46263	47102	46870
Territory	Import companies
	Number							Proportion
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Scandinavia	14579	14439	14553	14604	14991	15607	14 915	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
EU	102093	101194	106956	106652	114216	126027	#####	85	84	85	85	83	86	85
Rest of Europe	7151	7429	7688	9596	25891	24526	22 333	6	6	6	8	19	17	17
Far East	21204	21002	21442	20696	21363	20681	20 685	18	17	17	17	16	14	15
Rest of Asia	4756	4787	4914	4657	4946	4901	4 846	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
North America	18726	18521	18287	16828	17320	16725	16 176	16	15	15	13	13	11	12
South America	967	985	950	882	903	925	928	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Africa	1308	1309	1284	1218	1295	1263	1 202	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	119557	120417	126049	125006	136835	146238	133976
Source: Scb.se / foretagsregistret
Counpany that export/import to/from more than one territory is counted on each territory.