Export of goods from Finland and import to Finland	Trade Balance

Finland's foreign trade with China, exports to China and imports from China in August 2026

The text of the following analysis is produced by a computer program.

In August China was Finland's fourth largest foreign trade partner. Most of the value of trade between the countries consists of the import to Finland. Trade with China represented in August of 2026 8.1 per cent share of Finland's foreign trade in goods, 4.0 % of Finland's exports and 11.6 % of imports. Amounting trade to worth of €1.1 billion was 42.1 per cent bigger than in August of the previous year. For Finland, the trade balance with China was in considerable deficit in August. The amount of the month's deficit was €593 million.

The value of imports from China was 51.2 per cent higher than in August of the previous year, thus amounting now to €849 million. Major product categories of imports from China were Sitc 778 (electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s.), representing 8.1 per cent of imports, Sitc 772 (electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (e.g., switches, relays, fuses, lightning arresters, voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs and sockets, lamp-holders and) 7.2 % and Sitc 764 (telecommunications equipment, n.e.s., and parts, n.e.s., and accessories of apparatus falling within division 76) 6.8 % of the imports.

The value of exports to China were 18.4 percent higher than in August of the previous year, thus amounting to €256 million. The largest product groups of exports were: Sitc 251 (pulp and waste paper), which represented a share of 24.6 per cent of total exports, Sitc 284 (nickel ores and concentrates; nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy) 10.7 % and Sitc 725 (paper mill and pulp mill machinery, paper-cutting machines and other machinery for the manufacture of paper articles; parts thereof) 6.8 % of the exports.

Significant increase in trade in goods between Finland and China in early 2026

During January-August, trade in goods with China has grown faster than Finnish trade in goods with the rest of the world. During this year trade in goods between countries was significantly higher than in January-August of the previous year. Growth was as high as 24.9 per cent and the value of the trade increased to €8.5 billion. During January-August the value of imports was €6.1 billion. The export value was €2.4 billion. Compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, the value of imports increased by 31.0 % and the value of exports by 12.0 %. The largest product group in terms of imports has been Sitc 778 (electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s.), worth €668 million. In export the largest value had Sitc 251 (pulp and waste paper), worth being €704 million. From Finland's point of view, the trade balance between the countries in January-August remained in deficit. The trade deficit was €3.6 billion. The trade deficit continued to widen compared to the corresponding period in 2025. At that time, the deficit was €2.5 billion.

China's import to Finland, export from Finland to China, trade and trade balance monthly

Export

Import

Year	Month	Import 1,000 €	Export 1,000 €	Trade 1,000 €	Trade Balance 1,000 €
2023	1	648,538	338,562	987,099	-309,976
2023	2	452,891	208,936	661,827	-243,955
2023	3	687,398	441,433	1,128,831	-245,965
2023	4	484,013	339,145	823,157	-144,868
2023	5	634,506	292,175	926,681	-342,331
2023	6	564,971	260,770	825,741	-304,201
2023	7	638,719	285,685	924,404	-353,034
2023	8	572,524	267,621	840,145	-304,902
2023	9	545,062	283,551	828,613	-261,510
2023	10	604,703	266,557	871,260	-338,147
2023	11	637,814	297,611	935,425	-340,204
2023	12	703,281	279,964	983,246	-423,317
2024	1	552,684	296,049	848,733	-256,636
2024	2	562,384	237,907	800,291	-324,476
2024	3	429,893	156,231	586,123	-273,662
2024	4	797,671	284,679	1,082,351	-512,992
2024	5	658,188	359,312	1,017,500	-298,876
2024	6	568,233	353,330	921,563	-214,903
2024	7	576,075	295,212	871,287	-280,863
2024	8	700,450	307,999	1,008,449	-392,451
2024	9	694,578	246,971	941,548	-447,607
2024	10	728,615	285,084	1,013,698	-443,531
2024	11	668,555	371,026	1,039,581	-297,530
2024	12	529,517	307,896	837,413	-221,620
2025	1	577,638	294,748	872,386	-282,891
2025	2	516,195	294,266	810,461	-221,930
2025	3	636,154	368,764	1,004,917	-267,390
2025	4	582,324	251,951	834,275	-330,373
2025	5	568,410	226,604	795,014	-341,806
2025	6	594,383	230,003	824,386	-364,379
2025	7	589,567	286,318	875,885	-303,250
2025	8	561,103	215,882	776,985	-345,221
2025	9	645,085	280,357	925,442	-364,727
2025	10	628,883	322,033	950,916	-306,850
2025	11	651,978	288,591	940,569	-363,387
2025	12	570,113	294,396	864,509	-275,717
2026	1	732,393	303,315	1,035,709	-429,078
2026	2	656,898	302,482	959,380	-354,416
2026	3	782,757	340,245	1,123,002	-442,513
2026	4	755,131	307,028	1,062,160	-448,103
2026	5	738,725	271,587	1,010,312	-467,138
2026	6	801,041	354,175	1,155,215	-446,866
2026	7	744,289	293,784	1,038,073	-450,505
2026	8	848,522	255,611	1,104,133	-592,911

Source: Finnish Customs

China

Table: Finland's export to China (CN) in April 2026 - August 2026

	2026/4		2026/5		2026/6		2026/7		2026/8
	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%
0. Food and live animals	5,145	1.7	6,862	2.5	7,085	2.0	7,157	2.4	6,544	2.6
01. Meat and meat preparations	1,588	0.5	1,567	0.6	1,817	0.5	1,675	0.6	769	0.3
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs	2,977	1.0	4,207	1.5	4,175	1.2	4,136	1.4	4,742	1.9
04. Cereals and cereal preparations	411	0.1	285	0.1	96	0.0	132	0.0	201	0.1
05. Vegetables and fruit	6	0.0
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey	18	0.0	19	0.0
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices	2	0.0	677	0.2	285	0.1	245	0.1	471	0.2
08. Feeding stuff for animals			1	0.0
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	143	0.0	106	0.0	712	0.2	969	0.3	361	0.1
1. Beverages and tobacco	32	0.0	38	0.0	21	0.0	149	0.1	45	0.0
11. Beverages	32	0.0	38	0.0	21	0.0	149	0.1	45	0.0
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels	139,046	45.3	105,935	39.0	103,807	29.3	104,358	35.5	100,320	39.2
21. Hides,skins,furskins,raw	10,380	3.4	465	0.2	38	0.0	5,905	2.0	294	0.1
23. Crude rubber (incl.synthetic)	33	0.0	1	0.0	7	0.0	10	0.0	26	0.0
24. Cork and wood	4,427	1.4	4,896	1.8	7,332	2.1	8,680	3.0	5,932	2.3
25. Pulp and waste paper	88,729	28.9	82,031	30.2	84,331	23.8	82,509	28.1	62,940	24.6
26. Textile fibres and their wastes	1	0.0					154	0.1
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals	426	0.1	332	0.1	340	0.1	274	0.1	401	0.2
28. Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	35,050	11.4	18,211	6.7	11,759	3.3	6,825	2.3	30,728	12.0
3. Mineral fuels etc	121	0.0	53	0.0	2	0.0			26	0.0
32. Coal,coke and briquettes	119	0.0	49	0.0					26	0.0
33. Petroleum and products	2	0.0	4	0.0	2	0.0
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats	13	0.0	6	0.0	8	0.0	13	0.0	7	0.0
41. Animal oils and fats			6	0.0	1	0.0	4	0.0
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils	13	0.0			7	0.0	9	0.0	7	0.0
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s.	24,724	8.1	26,291	9.7	28,495	8.0	40,946	13.9	21,693	8.5
51. Organic chemicals	547	0.2	1,112	0.4	600	0.2	796	0.3	166	0.1
52. Inorganic chemicals	8,159	2.7	4,675	1.7	8,399	2.4	7,832	2.7	1,122	0.4
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material	892	0.3	790	0.3	733	0.2	512	0.2	505	0.2
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	5,569	1.8	13,097	4.8	11,282	3.2	20,625	7.0	9,927	3.9
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations	167	0.1	8	0.0	506	0.1	415	0.1	279	0.1
56. Fertilizers,manufactured	3,937	1.3			596	0.2	2,964	1.0	3,268	1.3
57. Plastics in primary forms	2,022	0.7	2,242	0.8	2,595	0.7	3,989	1.4	3,246	1.3
58. Plastics in non-primary forms	639	0.2	991	0.4	826	0.2	1,048	0.4	684	0.3
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s.	2,790	0.9	3,377	1.2	2,958	0.8	2,765	0.9	2,496	1.0
6. Basic manufactures	16,767	5.5	18,568	6.8	18,224	5.1	26,525	9.0	23,961	9.4
61. Leather,dressed fur,etc.	117	0.0	5	0.0	132	0.0	100	0.0	4	0.0
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s.	223	0.1	317	0.1	448	0.1	302	0.1	248	0.1
63. Wood and cork manufactures	239	0.1	33	0.0	181	0.1	49	0.0	40	0.0
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof	5,303	1.7	3,873	1.4	5,106	1.4	5,019	1.7	5,267	2.1
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc.	2,220	0.7	1,484	0.5	2,120	0.6	1,736	0.6	799	0.3
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s.	759	0.2	660	0.2	789	0.2	514	0.2	618	0.2
67. Iron and steel	868	0.3	1,187	0.4	1,164	0.3	4,196	1.4	10,464	4.1
68. Non-ferrous metals	4,052	1.3	2,815	1.0	4,785	1.4	9,348	3.2	2,556	1.0
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s.	2,986	1.0	8,194	3.0	3,498	1.0	5,261	1.8	3,965	1.6
7. Machinery,transport equipment	99,281	32.3	90,967	33.5	173,911	49.1	86,580	29.5	85,278	33.4
71. Power generating machinery and equipment	19,610	6.4	17,904	6.6	81,551	23.0	23,439	8.0	24,299	9.5
72. Machinery for specialized industries	38,303	12.5	35,179	13.0	51,125	14.4	25,404	8.6	24,818	9.7
73. Metal working machinery	647	0.2	1,922	0.7	1,084	0.3	779	0.3	759	0.3
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s.	16,242	5.3	14,693	5.4	17,287	4.9	15,481	5.3	13,559	5.3
75. Office machines and adp machines	759	0.2	477	0.2	488	0.1	1,250	0.4	606	0.2
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment	1,986	0.6	2,449	0.9	3,378	1.0	1,745	0.6	3,644	1.4
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts	21,583	7.0	17,648	6.5	18,936	5.3	18,394	6.3	16,761	6.6
78. Road vehicles	99	0.0	682	0.3	33	0.0	60	0.0	809	0.3
79. Other transport equipment	50	0.0	13	0.0	29	0.0	28	0.0	23	0.0
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles	21,899	7.1	22,867	8.4	22,621	6.4	28,056	9.5	17,737	6.9
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs	175	0.1	503	0.2	73	0.0	90	0.0	548	0.2
82. Furniture and parts thereof	5	0.0	45	0.0	79	0.0	129	0.0	76	0.0
83. Travel goods,handbags and sim.containers	14	0.0	35	0.0	61	0.0	39	0.0	21	0.0
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	88	0.0	116	0.0	143	0.0	224	0.1	158	0.1
85. Footwear	202	0.1	326	0.1	451	0.1	807	0.3	229	0.1
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s.	18,512	6.0	18,793	6.9	19,144	5.4	23,667	8.1	14,465	5.7
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc.	509	0.2	487	0.2	227	0.1	283	0.1	371	0.1
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s.	2,395	0.8	2,563	0.9	2,444	0.7	2,817	1.0	1,869	0.7
All groups combined	307,028	100.0	271,587	100.0	354,175	100.0	293,784	100.0	255,611	100.0

Source: Finnish Customs

China

Table: Finland's import from China (CN) in April 2026 - August 2026

	2026/4		2026/5		2026/6		2026/7		2026/8
	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%	1000 €	%
0. Food and live animals	5,108	0.7	4,935	0.7	5,480	0.7	5,104	0.7	6,130	0.7
00. Live animals	36	0.0
01. Meat and meat preparations	429	0.1	292	0.0	234	0.0	222	0.0	180	0.0
02. Dairy products and birds' eggs	19	0.0	21	0.0	16	0.0	5	0.0	19	0.0
03. Fish and fish preparations	899	0.1	452	0.1	658	0.1	450	0.1	901	0.1
04. Cereals and cereal preparations	95	0.0	142	0.0	305	0.0	127	0.0	134	0.0
05. Vegetables and fruit	1,108	0.1	914	0.1	929	0.1	1,253	0.2	997	0.1
06. Sugars,sugar preparations and honey	98	0.0	85	0.0	173	0.0	194	0.0	176	0.0
07. Coffee,tea,cocoa,spices	500	0.1	836	0.1	645	0.1	396	0.1	406	0.0
08. Feeding stuff for animals	1,084	0.1	1,169	0.2	1,721	0.2	1,504	0.2	2,266	0.3
09. Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	840	0.1	1,025	0.1	799	0.1	954	0.1	1,051	0.1
1. Beverages and tobacco	218	0.0	393	0.1	131	0.0	187	0.0	110	0.0
11. Beverages	218	0.0	393	0.1	131	0.0	187	0.0	110	0.0
2. Crude materials,inedible,except fuels	4,027	0.5	3,970	0.5	3,389	0.4	3,943	0.5	7,903	0.9
22. Oil seeds,oleaginous fruits	110	0.0	208	0.0	221	0.0	180	0.0	3,319	0.4
23. Crude rubber (incl.synthetic)	153	0.0	975	0.1	17	0.0	642	0.1	357	0.0
24. Cork and wood	5	0.0	3	0.0	11	0.0	1	0.0	112	0.0
25. Pulp and waste paper	520	0.1	568	0.1	722	0.1	604	0.1	451	0.1
26. Textile fibres and their wastes	680	0.1	290	0.0	782	0.1	1,162	0.2	907	0.1
27. Crude fertilizers and crude minerals	1,848	0.2	1,537	0.2	1,089	0.1	1,142	0.2	1,621	0.2
28. Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	7	0.0	2	0.0			3	0.0	580	0.1
29. Crude animal,vegetable materials n.e.s.	703	0.1	386	0.1	546	0.1	209	0.0	557	0.1
3. Mineral fuels etc	11	0.0	65	0.0	23	0.0	426	0.1	184	0.0
33. Petroleum and products	9	0.0	64	0.0	9	0.0	424	0.1	148	0.0
34. Gas,natural and manufactured	2	0.0	1	0.0	14	0.0	2	0.0	36	0.0
4. Animal and vegetable oils and fats	6	0.0	14	0.0	7	0.0	32	0.0	182	0.0
42. Fixed vegetable fats and oils	6	0.0	8	0.0	7	0.0	25	0.0	182	0.0
43. Processed animal or vegetable oils,etc.			5	0.0			7	0.0
5. Chemicals and related products,n.e.s.	22,589	3.0	22,152	3.0	19,288	2.4	38,741	5.2	22,303	2.6
51. Organic chemicals	5,663	0.7	5,328	0.7	4,837	0.6	5,300	0.7	6,637	0.8
52. Inorganic chemicals	3,488	0.5	2,849	0.4	1,442	0.2	10,012	1.3	1,675	0.2
53. Dyeing,tanning and colouring material	431	0.1	807	0.1	423	0.1	1,063	0.1	556	0.1
54. Medicinal and pharmaceutical products	2,143	0.3	2,095	0.3	2,163	0.3	3,041	0.4	2,838	0.3
55. Perfume,cleaning etc.preparations	2,683	0.4	2,374	0.3	2,454	0.3	2,944	0.4	2,748	0.3
56. Fertilizers,manufactured	15	0.0			4	0.0	45	0.0	17	0.0
57. Plastics in primary forms	1,749	0.2	777	0.1	1,618	0.2	1,423	0.2	996	0.1
58. Plastics in non-primary forms	3,006	0.4	4,045	0.5	2,901	0.4	3,576	0.5	3,262	0.4
59. Chemical materials and products,n.e.s.	3,410	0.5	3,878	0.5	3,447	0.4	11,337	1.5	3,574	0.4
6. Basic manufactures	89,094	11.8	80,761	10.9	83,044	10.4	90,197	12.1	82,595	9.7
61. Leather,dressed fur,etc.	999	0.1	689	0.1	537	0.1	1,823	0.2	1,495	0.2
62. Rubber manufactures,n.e.s.	7,423	1.0	9,245	1.3	9,375	1.2	4,742	0.6	4,305	0.5
63. Wood and cork manufactures	2,317	0.3	1,956	0.3	2,069	0.3	2,565	0.3	3,182	0.4
64. Paper,paperboard and articles thereof	1,926	0.3	2,023	0.3	2,315	0.3	2,616	0.4	2,655	0.3
65. Textile yarn,fabrics,made up articles,etc.	10,619	1.4	8,821	1.2	10,455	1.3	12,515	1.7	13,715	1.6
66. Non-metallic mineral manufactures,n.e.s.	5,778	0.8	8,420	1.1	7,967	1.0	7,955	1.1	8,203	1.0
67. Iron and steel	14,279	1.9	6,045	0.8	3,783	0.5	3,438	0.5	3,523	0.4
68. Non-ferrous metals	4,089	0.5	3,516	0.5	3,867	0.5	5,993	0.8	4,636	0.5
69. Manufactures of metals,n.e.s.	41,664	5.5	40,045	5.4	42,676	5.3	48,549	6.5	40,884	4.8
7. Machinery,transport equipment	481,083	63.7	487,740	66.0	533,498	66.6	417,492	56.1	520,948	61.4
71. Power generating machinery and equipment	10,603	1.4	10,421	1.4	44,799	5.6	37,907	5.1	47,883	5.6
72. Machinery for specialized industries	26,292	3.5	24,275	3.3	25,776	3.2	19,838	2.7	37,495	4.4
73. Metal working machinery	2,472	0.3	5,347	0.7	2,734	0.3	2,242	0.3	3,721	0.4
74. General industrial machinery n.e.s.	49,182	6.5	46,636	6.3	43,365	5.4	42,544	5.7	37,206	4.4
75. Office machines and adp machines	114,759	15.2	75,706	10.2	115,064	14.4	57,795	7.8	76,607	9.0
76. Telecommunications and sound recording equipment	72,816	9.6	70,776	9.6	83,175	10.4	76,908	10.3	67,972	8.0
77. Electric machinery,n.e.s.and parts	159,929	21.2	196,864	26.6	183,525	22.9	147,133	19.8	224,224	26.4
78. Road vehicles	44,279	5.9	56,778	7.7	34,619	4.3	32,219	4.3	25,585	3.0
79. Other transport equipment	748	0.1	936	0.1	442	0.1	906	0.1	256	0.0
8. Miscellaneous manufactured articles	138,462	18.3	122,785	16.6	139,892	17.5	178,006	23.9	198,732	23.4
81. Prefabr.buildings;sanitary,lighting etc.fixtrs	10,603	1.4	8,338	1.1	9,475	1.2	17,868	2.4	20,135	2.4
82. Furniture and parts thereof	15,749	2.1	13,374	1.8	14,189	1.8	15,805	2.1	16,112	1.9
83. Travel goods,handbags and sim.containers	4,794	0.6	5,113	0.7	5,462	0.7	5,844	0.8	5,102	0.6
84. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	36,828	4.9	32,592	4.4	43,505	5.4	62,794	8.4	70,455	8.3
85. Footwear	8,137	1.1	6,306	0.9	7,419	0.9	9,092	1.2	13,898	1.6
87. Instruments and apparates n.e.s.	15,415	2.0	14,040	1.9	15,341	1.9	15,236	2.0	16,278	1.9
88. Photographic equipment,optical goods etc.	6,314	0.8	5,791	0.8	6,172	0.8	6,418	0.9	7,306	0.9
89. Miscellaneous manufactured articles,n.e.s.	40,624	5.4	37,230	5.0	38,329	4.8	44,949	6.0	49,446	5.8
9. Goods not classified elsewhere	14,534	1.9	15,911	2.2	16,289	2.0	10,162	1.4	9,434	1.1
93. Special transactions and commodities not classified	14,534	1.9	15,911	2.2	16,287	2.0	10,132	1.4	9,434	1.1
96. Coin (not gold coin or legal)					1	0.0	30	0.0
All groups combined	755,131	100.0	738,725	100.0	801,041	100.0	744,289	100.0	848,522	100.0

Source: Finnish Customs

Links to various pages that meet different foreign trade data classifications on Finland's exports to China and imports from China to Finland

Classification	Description	Year level	Quarter level	Month level	Year 2026 sofar
SITC	Standard International Trade Classification (classification system is maintained by the United Nations)	███	███	███	███
BEC	The standard of statistical classification of BEC (Broad Economic Categories) is upheld by the UN and it is based on SITC-nomenclature.	███	███	███	███
NACE	National industrial classification based on Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community Nomenclature générale des Activités économiques dans les Communautés européennes	███	███	███	███
CPA	CPA = Classification of Products by Activities	███	███	███	███
CN	The Combined Nomenclature is the common nomenclature of the European Community.	███	███	███	███

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