Skip to main content
Trade

EU-Japan - a boost for jobs and exports in Finland

Country or region
  • Japan
Trade topics
  • Negotiations and agreements
  • Trade in your town
EU exporter
  • Finland

Businesses of all sizes in towns and cities across Finland already export a wide range of goods and services to Japan.

The EU-Japan trade agreement will make it easier and cheaper for them to do so. Read the factsheets for full details

Companies and jobs

1,110
The number of Finnish companies that export to Japan.
83%
The share of EU companies exporting to Japan that are small and medium-sized enterprises.
12,721
The number of jobs in Finland that EU exports to Japan help support.
739,560
The number of jobs in the EU that EU exports to Japan help support.

What kind of products does Finland export to Japan?

Companies across Finland export goods and services to Japan.

Let's take three towns or cities:

A map of Finland, showing Tampere, Helsinki and Turku

 

Exports and Imports

5th
Japan is Finland's 5th biggest trade partner outside the EU.
€1.1 bn
The value of Finland's trade surplus with Japan.
€1.4 bn
The value of Finnish exports to Japan.
€303 m
The value of Finnish imports from Japan.

Other EU countries export to Japan too!

Go to EU-Japan in your town to learn more about other EU countries' exports to Japan

 

Sources

  • Products: Dun and Bradstreet, 2018. The product examples are drawn from a sample of all EU companies exporting to Japan. The location represents place of production/shipment.
  • Companies: Statistics on international trade in goods by enterprise characteristics, Eurostat, 2015 (latest available year).
  • Jobs: European Commission, JRC estimates. Figures based on latest available data (2014).