The current account was in deficit in April 2025

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release | Balance of payments and international investment position 2025, April

According to Statistics Finland, the current account was in deficit in April 2025. The value of goods exports in balance of payments terms remained at the same level as the previous year. Financial account was in balance

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  • The current account was in deficit in April 2025.
  • The balance of goods and services showed a surplus of EUR 0.3 billion.
  • The goods account in balance of payment terms strengthened by EUR 0.5 billion from previous year and was EUR 0.8 billion in surplus.
  • Financial account was in balance.

Current account

The current account was EUR 0.2 billion in deficit in April 2025. The 12-month moving total of the current account was EUR 2.4 billion in surplus.

Of the sub-items of the current account, the goods account in balance of payment terms was EUR 0.8 billion in surplus. The value of goods exports in balance of payments terms remained the same as the previous year at EUR 6.6 billion. The value of goods imports in balance of payments terms fell by 7 per cent year-on-year to EUR 5.9 billion. The service account was EUR 0.5 billion in deficit.

Both primary income account and secondary income account were EUR 0.3 billion in deficit.

Financial account

In April financial account was in balance. Of the functional categories of the financial account, net capital inflow was highest in the form of portfolio investments (EUR 2.1 billion).

Net capital outflow from Finland to abroad was highest in the form of other investments (EUR 2.2 billion).

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Balance of payments and international investment position [online publication].
Reference period: 2025, April. ISSN=2342-348X. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 15.6.2025].
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