Imports - commodities:
machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor
vehicles, iron and steel; foodstuffs, clothing
Imports - partners:
Germany 18.5%, Denmark 8.8%, UK 8.6%, Norway 8.2%, Netherlands
6.7%, France 5.4%, Finland 5.2%, US 5% (2002)
Debt - external:
$66.5 billion (1994)
Economic aid - donor:
ODA, $1.7 billion (1997)
Currency:
Swedish krona (SEK)
Currency code:
SEK
Exchange rates:
Swedish kronor per US dollar - 9.74 (2002), 10.33 (2001), 9.16
(2000), 8.26 (1999), 7.95 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Sweden
Telephones - main lines in use:
6.017 million (December 1998)