Sweden posted a 10-billion-kronor (1.1-billion-euro, 1.4-billion-dollar) trade surplus in November, up from a 2.1-billion-kronor surplus in November 2009, data released Wednesday by Statistics Sweden showed. On a year-to-year basis, exports in November swelled 23 percent in value while imports were up 15 percent, the statistics agency said in a statement.
Trade with countries outside the European Union resulted in a 16.5 billion surplus while that with fellow EU members showed a deficit of 6.5 billion.