How dependent is Sweden on Germany?

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A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Germany sells 12.7% of what the world exports of motor and generator parts; next come China (25.6%), Japan (6.9%) and United States (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 43.2 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 56.2% of what the world exports of electric locomotives; next come Spain (11.9%), France (7.7%) and China (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 1.9 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 11.4% of what the world exports of nuclear reactors and fuel; next come Russia (26%), United States (7.5%) and Kazakhstan (7%). The rest of the world exported 25 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 10.4% of what the world exports of self-propelled trains and trams; next come Spain (13.7%), Poland (12.6%) and Switzerland (11.6%). The rest of the world exported 34.8 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 3% of what the world exports of ammonia; next come Trinidad and Tobago (20.6%), Saudi Arabia (13%) and Indonesia (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 86.4 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 18.5% of what the world exports of 3D printers; next come China (16.8%), United States (11.7%) and Japan (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 92.8 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 14.4% of what the world exports of uninsulated copper cable; next come Turkey (19.4%), United States (14.3%) and Saudi Arabia (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 35.6 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 16.6% of what the world exports of polyamides (nylon); next come United States (15.8%), China (13.5%) and Netherlands (5.8%). The rest of the world exported 249.8 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 31.3% of what the world exports of felt and nonwoven machinery; next come China (26.7%), Italy (9.4%) and Portugal (9%). The rest of the world exported 10.4 times what Sweden buys from Germany.
• Germany sells 9.5% of what the world exports of nickel scrap; next come United States (14.2%), United Kingdom (14.2%) and Canada (6.3%). The rest of the world exported 25.9 times what Sweden buys from Germany.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Sweden is Germany’s 14th-largest customer, with 1.9% of its exports.

• Trade between Sweden and Germany
• Who does Sweden rely on?
• Who does Germany rely on?
• Dependence of Sweden on Norway
• Dependence of Sweden on the Netherlands
• Dependence of Sweden on China
• Dependence of Sweden on the United States
• Dependence of Sweden on Finland
• Trade profile of Sweden
• Trade profile of Germany
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.