Finland Balance of Trade  1975-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Finland's trade deficit increased to EUR 325 million in April of 2017 from EUR 280 million in the same month of the prior year, a preliminary estimate showed. Exports rose 5 percent from the previous year to EUR 4.5 billion, mainly boosted by higher sales of refined oil products, electrical machinery and equipment, metals and transport equipment. Among major trading partners, exports to the EU went up 3 percent and those to countries outside the EU increased by 6 percent, mainly to the US and China. Imports also went up 5 percent to nearly EUR 4.9 billion, mainly due to purchases of crude oil and refined oil products as well as iron and steel. Imports from countries outside the EU jump 16 percent, mainly from Russia, and those from the EU fell 1 percent. Considering January to April 2017, the trade deficit narrowed to EUR 995 million from EUR 1.2 billion in the same period a year earlier. Balance of Trade in Finland averaged 230.99 EUR Million from 1975 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 1749 EUR Million in November of 2002 and a record low of -795.40 EUR Million in December of 2012.