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Trade between Denmark and Finland

In 2024, Denmark exported $2 billion to Finland and imported $1.4 billion. Denmark ran a surplus of $571 million with Finland, compared with a surplus of $436 million in 2019. Finland was Denmark’s 15th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Denmark was Finland’s 13th (2%).

Summary

Denmark → Finland
$2billion
Finland → Denmark
$1.4billion
Denmark’s balance
$571million

Balance

Denmark’s trade balance with Finland

Trade between Denmark and Finland grew 55% since 1995

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

  • Exports 2
  • Imports 1.4
  • Balance +0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$968 million$1.2 billion-$269 million
1996$1.1 billion$1.2 billion-$83 million
1997$1.1 billion$1.3 billion-$259 million
1998$1.2 billion$1.3 billion-$77 million
1999$1.2 billion$1.3 billion-$157 million
2000$1.4 billion$1.2 billion$169 million
2001$1.2 billion$1.2 billion$51 million
2002$1.4 billion$1.3 billion$138 million
2003$1.7 billion$1.4 billion$374 million
2004$1.7 billion$1.5 billion$246 million
2005$1.8 billion$1.7 billion$96 million
2006$2.2 billion$1.9 billion$266 million
2007$2 billion$2.1 billion-$105 million
2008$2.1 billion$2.5 billion-$357 million
2009$1.6 billion$1.3 billion$275 million
2010$1.6 billion$1.4 billion$216 million
2011$2.4 billion$1.7 billion$719 million
2012$1.7 billion$1.5 billion$198 million
2013$2.3 billion$1.6 billion$677 million
2014$2.4 billion$1.3 billion$1.1 billion
2015$1.8 billion$1.1 billion$716 million
2016$1.7 billion$1.1 billion$603 million
2017$1.7 billion$1.2 billion$473 million
2018$1.8 billion$1.4 billion$409 million
2019$1.7 billion$1.2 billion$436 million
2020$1.7 billion$1.3 billion$399 million
2021$2 billion$1.7 billion$301 million
2022$2.1 billion$1.5 billion$569 million
2023$2 billion$1.4 billion$570 million
2024$2 billion$1.4 billion$571 million

What they sell each other

What Denmark sells to Finland

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$234 million · 11.7%
    1 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  2. Cheese$96 million · 4.8%
    21 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  3. Refined petroleum$62 million · 3.1%
    73 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  4. Crude petroleum$55 million · 2.7%
    101 thousand tonnes · Finland’s sources
  5. Generating sets$45 million · 2.3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Pet and animal feed$40 million · 2%
    26 thousand tonnes
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$38 million · 1.9%
    96 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  8. Other food preparations$32 million · 1.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Detergents and surfactants$31 million · 1.6%
    21 thousand tonnes
  10. Medical and dental instruments$31 million · 1.5%
    233 tonnes

What Finland sells to Denmark

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

  1. Transformers and power supplies$60 million · 4.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  2. Mixed fertilizers$49 million · 3.4%
    81 thousand tonnes
  3. Stainless steel sheet$47 million · 3.3%
    12 thousand tonnes
  4. Hot-rolled flat steel$47 million · 3.3%
    56 thousand tonnes
  5. Sawn wood$38 million · 2.7%
    53 thousand tonnes · Finland’s destinations
  6. Cables and wire$34 million · 2.4%
    4 thousand tonnes
  7. Fiberglass and glass wool$31 million · 2.2%
    13 thousand tonnes
  8. Coated paper$30 million · 2.1%
    29 thousand tonnes
  9. Coated flat steel$30 million · 2.1%
    26 thousand tonnes
  10. Cameras and broadcast equipment$28 million · 2%
    27 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Aarhus to Helsinki.

The estimated sea route between Aarhus and Helsinki is 704 nautical miles (1,305 km) long: ≈ 1.5–2 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund.

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$2.6 billion · 75.8%
  2. Air$829 million · 24.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

Finland was Denmark’s 15th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Denmark was Finland’s 13th (2%).

Finland in Denmark’s trade
1.4%
Finland’s rank among Denmark’s partners
15th
Denmark in Finland’s trade
2.2%
Denmark’s rank among Finland’s partners
13th

Compare with

Other partners of Denmark

Other partners of Finland

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.