Car exports also shot up in the same period, from SEK 347.8 million to SEK 829.5 million, an increase of more than 100 per cent. At the same time, Sweden imported cars from Japan to a value of SEK 1.4 billion. This is an increase of 35 per cent compared with the same period the previous year. Total imports from Japan went up 34 per cent, to SEK 10.0 billion. Sweden's trade with China has also grown considerably during the first six months of the year.
China is now Sweden's thirteenth largest export market.
This figure is nearly 20 per cent higher than last year. Sweden imported goods from China worth a total of SEK 3.6 billion, which represents an increase of 35 per cent. To this is added the value of commodity dispatches and arrivals according to the VAT statements of companies not included in or not reporting figures to the Intrastat survey. For companies that are non-respondents and that normally submit data, the estimated trade is broken down by studying the countries that the company has traded with previously and the volume of its trade. For companies not included in the Intrastat survey, the estimated trade is broken down using information on the countries reporting companies belonging to the same industry and of a similar size have traded with.