Preliminary statistics on the international trade in goods, October 2021

8.12.2021 9.00

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Finnish Customs, Statistics

Exports increased by 17.4 per cent in October

According to the preliminary statistics of international trade in goods provided by Finnish Customs, the value of Finnish exports increased by 17.4 per cent, and the value of imports by 26.2 per cent in October year-on-year. The value of Finnish exports in October was EUR 6.0 billion and the value of imports EUR 6.6 billion. During the reference month in 2020 exports decreased by 10.8 per cent and imports by 9.8 per cent.

In January-October 2021, the total value of exports increased by 18.0 per cent and the value of imports by 17.2 per cent year-on-year.

The trade balance was in deficit of EUR 565 million in October. In January-October, the deficit amounted to EUR 3.2 billion. In October 2020, the trade balance was EUR 85 million in deficit and in January-October of the same year it was EUR 3.1 billion in deficit.

Exports to EU member states increased by 17.6 per cent and exports to non-EU countries by 17.0 per cent in October. Imports from EU countries increased by 16.0 per cent and imports from non-EU countries by 41.6 per cent. Calculated from the beginning of the year, exports to EU countries rose by 18.6 per cent and to non-EU countries by 17.3 per cent. During the same period, imports from EU member states rose by 15.7 per cent and from other countries by 19.4 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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