What factors interfere with foreign trade? In a Statistics Sweden survey, presented by the National Board of Trade, they have now highlighted the most important barriers for foreign trade. The results are based on telephone interviews with nearly a thousand companies.
The study revealed that every sixth firm in Sweden believes that there are still some barriers for trade within the EU.
The greatest problems exist within public procurement and trade services. Outside the EU, it is a time-consuming customs management and it is difficult to find out what rules and high tariffs that most companies have problems with. These are some of the results in the study.
In the survey, the companies got the opportunity to request desires for the future Here, they had a chance to argue what countries they would like to have better trade terms with. Norway was the number one choice, then China, the U.S., Russia and India.
Norway is considered to be a particularly important market for small and medium-sized businesses. The largest companies believe that China is the most attractive market.
Cecilia Helland