Preliminary statistics on the international trade in goods, February 2022

5.4.2022 9.00

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Finnish Customs, Statistics

Value of exports increased by 17.5 per cent in February

According to the preliminary statistics of international trade in goods provided by Finnish Customs, the value of Finnish exports increased by 17.5 per cent, and the value of imports by 28.1 per cent in February year-on-year. The value of Finnish exports in February was EUR 5.7 billion and the value of imports EUR 6.8 billion. During the reference month in 2021 exports increased by 8.3 per cent and imports by 0.8 per cent.

In January-February 2021, the total value of exports increased by 23.5 per cent and the value of imports by 33.6 per cent year-on-year.

The trade balance was in deficit of EUR 1.1 billion in February. In January-February, the aggregated deficit amounted to EUR 2.0 billion. In February 2021, the trade balance was EUR 450 million in deficit and in January-February of the same year, the aggregated deficit was EUR 810 million.

Exports to EU member states increased by 19.4 per cent, and exports to non-EU countries by 15.0 per cent in February. Imports from EU countries increased by 14.0 per cent and imports from non-EU countries by 48.6 per cent. Calculated from the beginning of the year, exports to EU countries rose by 26.3 per cent and to non-EU countries by 19.7 per cent. During the same period, imports from EU member states rose by 23.4 per cent and from other countries by 47.9 per cent.

Further information:

Kaarna, Anssi tel. +358 40 332 8153
Telasuo, Christina tel. +358 40 332 1828
E-mail: forename.surname[at]tulli.fi

The monthly preliminary statistics release contains preliminary overall figures about Finland's international trade in goods. More precise figures of exports and imports as well as detailed statistics about specific countries and goods will be published at the end of the month in the monthly statistical release.

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