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Trade between China and Sweden

In 2024, China exported $11.9 billion to Sweden and imported $7.8 billion. China ran a surplus of $4 billion with Sweden, compared with a surplus of $1.3 billion in 2019. Sweden was China’s 44th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and China was Sweden’s 6th (5%).

Summary

China → Sweden
$11.9billion
Sweden → China
$7.8billion
China’s balance
$4billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Sweden

Trade between China and Sweden grew 11.8-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 11.9
  • Imports 7.8
  • Balance +4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$453 million$1.2 billion-$758 million
1996$475 million$1.6 billion-$1.1 billion
1997$571 million$1.3 billion-$695 million
1998$698 million$1.5 billion-$838 million
1999$818 million$1.8 billion-$1 billion
2000$1 billion$2.4 billion-$1.4 billion
2001$1.1 billion$1.9 billion-$817 million
2002$1.2 billion$1.9 billion-$735 million
2003$1.8 billion$2.8 billion-$942 million
2004$2.5 billion$3.1 billion-$683 million
2005$3.2 billion$2.9 billion$240 million
2006$4.2 billion$3.2 billion$963 million
2007$5.4 billion$3.9 billion$1.5 billion
2008$5.8 billion$4.5 billion$1.3 billion
2009$4.6 billion$5 billion-$359 million
2010$7.5 billion$5.5 billion$2 billion
2011$7 billion$6.7 billion$277 million
2012$8.2 billion$6.1 billion$2 billion
2013$8.1 billion$6.3 billion$1.8 billion
2014$8.8 billion$6.2 billion$2.6 billion
2015$8.4 billion$5.9 billion$2.5 billion
2016$8 billion$5.7 billion$2.3 billion
2017$8.4 billion$7.2 billion$1.2 billion
2018$9.2 billion$8.2 billion$1 billion
2019$9.5 billion$8.2 billion$1.3 billion
2020$9.1 billion$8.9 billion$282 million
2021$13 billion$8.6 billion$4.4 billion
2022$14.2 billion$7.9 billion$6.2 billion
2023$11 billion$8.1 billion$2.9 billion
2024$11.9 billion$7.8 billion$4 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Sweden

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Batteries$1.2 billion · 10.1%
    40 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  2. Transformers and power supplies$392 million · 3.3%
    9 thousand tonnes
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$308 million · 2.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Lamps and light fittings$289 million · 2.4%
    24 thousand tonnes
  5. Computers$279 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Cargo and cruise ships$243 million · 2.1%
    56 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  7. Furniture$217 million · 1.8%
    76 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  8. Seats and chairs$213 million · 1.8%
    46 thousand tonnes
  9. Auto parts$183 million · 1.5%
    27 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Other plastic articles$163 million · 1.4%
    22 thousand tonnes

What Sweden sells to China

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$1 billion · 13.4%
    5 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  2. Cars$754 million · 9.7%
    41 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$492 million · 6.3%
    245 tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  4. Coated paper$327 million · 4.2%
    339 thousand tonnes
  5. Other industrial machines$257 million · 3.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Chemical wood pulp$212 million · 2.7%
    371 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  7. Alloy steel sheet$181 million · 2.3%
    108 thousand tonnes
  8. Auto parts$153 million · 2%
    21 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  9. Iron ore$148 million · 1.9%
    971 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  10. Other plastic articles$134 million · 1.7%
    803 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Gothenburg.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Gothenburg is 14,655 nautical miles (27,142 km) long: ≈ 34–43.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (14,655 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (11,140 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$13.9 billion · 70.6%
  2. Air$5.8 billion · 29.4%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Sweden was China’s 44th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and China was Sweden’s 6th (5%).

Sweden in China’s trade
0.3%
Sweden’s rank among China’s partners
44th
China in Sweden’s trade
5.5%
China’s rank among Sweden’s partners
6th

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Sweden

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.