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Trade and Jobs: Sweden

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  • Sweden

Swedish companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €118.2 billion in 2022. And this keeps 839,000 workers busy in the EU.

  • Swedish extra-EU exports support 636,000 jobs in Sweden.
  • Another 143,000 workers in Sweden are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
  • This means 15% of jobs in Sweden depend on extra-EU exports.
  • Swedish extra-EU exports also support over 203,000 jobs in EU countries. 
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  • Press release

This is one of the many figures in a new report released today by the European Commission, showing just how important an open trade policy is for European employment.

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