Imports into Sweden from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into Sweden from China were €2.72bn in Q2 2026, up 1.6% (€42m) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device (HS 8413): €17m, up 91.6% from €9m
- Electric motors and generators (HS 8501): €33m, up 58.5% from €21m
- Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (HS 8531): €25m, up 52.6% from €17m
Top 3 falling headings
- Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the… (HS 8703): €7m, down 56.4% from €16m
- Electric accumulators (HS 8507): €112m, down 47.1% from €211m
- Harvesting or threshing machinery (HS 8433): €23m, down 36.6% from €37m
Headings (HS4) worth at least €7m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from €6.54 for Harvesting or threshing machinery to €60.79 for Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus. Why € per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–Sweden Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-eu-trade-pulse/sweden/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: Eurostat (Comext, DS-045409); quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–Sweden Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: Eurostat, Comext database, dataset DS-045409 (EU trade since 1988 by HS2-4-6 and CN8): reporter Sweden, partner China, imports, through Eurostat's free dissemination API.
- Values are in euros as Eurostat publishes them. Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 99 (other products) and 00 (confidential totals) are excluded.
- Eurostat revises recent months; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures Eurostat has published.
- Weight-based € per kg ranks categories; it does not measure freight cost directly, which depends on volume.
Source: Eurostat. Re-use of Eurostat data is authorised provided the source is acknowledged (Eurostat copyright notice). The figures on this page are aggregated and calculated from Eurostat's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.