Preliminary statistics on the international trade in goods, November 2021

7.1.2022 9.00

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Finnish Customs, Statistics

Exports increased by 30.9 per cent in November

According to the preliminary statistics of international trade in goods provided by Finnish Customs, the value of Finnish exports increased by 30.9 per cent, and the value of imports by 32,7 per cent in November year-on-year. The value of Finnish exports in November was EUR 6.5 billion and the value of imports EUR 6.9 billion. During the reference month in 2020 exports decreased by 2.9 per cent and imports by 0.4 per cent.

In January-November 2021, the total value of exports increased by 19.4 per cent and the value of imports by 18.9 per cent year-on-year.

The trade balance was in deficit of EUR 410 million in November. In January-November, the deficit amounted to EUR 3.7 billion. In November 2020, the trade balance was EUR 241 million in deficit and in January-November of the same year it was EUR 3.3 billion in deficit.

Exports to EU member states increased by 33.7 per cent and exports to non-EU countries by 27.2 per cent in November. Imports from EU countries increased by 24.9 per cent and imports from non-EU countries by 44.3 per cent. Calculated from the beginning of the year, exports to EU countries rose by 20.2 per cent and to non-EU countries by 18.3 per cent. During the same period, imports from EU member states rose by 16.9 per cent and from other countries by 21.8 per cent.

Further information:

Kaarna, Anssi tel. +358 40 332 8153
Penttilä, Olli-Pekka tel. +358 40 332 1862
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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