Sweden’s exports are equivalent to about half of its GDP. If the sales process is to work, both for companies in the Stockholm region and elsewhere in Sweden, good transport services are required. Here Stockholm Arlanda Airport plays an important role and works to promote positive trade development by providing and continuously expanding good air travel connections.
SEK 90 billion worth of air cargo per year
To ensure that physical exports will work, the region and Sweden are dependent on competitive cargo shipments. Sweden exports goods worth a total of about SEK 900 billion per year. Of the value of these merchandise exports, about ten per cent is flown out of Sweden, including a substantial proportion from Stockholm Arlanda.
The volume of air cargo is equivalent to only 1-2 per cent of export weight, which means that goods with a high value per kilo are transported by air. Examples of goods whose exports are dependent on air cargo are electronics and pharmaceuticals.