Finland sees €250m trade surplus in March

According to the statistics, the value of Finnish exports increased by 13.7 per cent in March year-on-year. The value of Finnish exports in March was EUR 7.4 billion. Export volume grew by 6.7 per cent and export prices increased by 6.8 per cent year-on-year. The volume of imports increased by 5.5 per cent in March and import prices increased by 2.0 per cent compared to March 2025. The value of Finnish imports increased by 7.2 per cent. Value of imports was EUR 7.1 billion. In January-March 2026, the aggregated value of exports increased by 5.2 per cent and the value of imports by 6.3 per cent year-on-year. In January-March 2026, year-over-year change of the aggregated average for export volume was +0.4 per cent. The corresponding figure for import volume was +6.6 per cent. Imports from EU member states are compiled with data collected with a new method starting in January 2026. Other EU-countries data on exports to Finland is used in imports compilation. Value of exports to EU member states grew by 11.8 per cent, and to non-EU countries by 16.3 per cent in March compared to the same month the previous year. The volume of exports to EU countries increased by 5.8 per cent and to non-EU countries by 9.3 per cent during the same time. Calculated from the beginning of the year, the value of exports to EU countries grew by 3.2 per cent and to non-EU countries by 8.0 per cent. The volume of exports to EU member states decreased by 0.5 per cent, but the volume of exports to non-EU countries increased by 3.0 per cent calculated according to the year-over-year change of the aggregated average of export volume. The volume of imports from EU member states increased by 5.6 per cent and from non-EU countries by 5.5 per cent year-over-year. The volume of imports from EU member states increased by 3.9 per cent and from non-EU countries by 9.9 per cent calculated according to the year-over-year change of the aggregated average of import volume. Bulgaria joined the euro area in January 2026. Starting from the January 2026 preliminary statistics, Bulgaria has been added to the country group euro zone retroactively.