Trading Partner Portal: Finland
Overview
Trade Overview
Finland is located in northern Europe between Sweden and Russia. It has a coastline on the Baltic Sea, where the capitol, Helsinki, lies.
Finland is industrialized and retains a high gross domestic product per capita, much like its neighbor, Sweden. Finland has a population of 5.64 million people and a gross domestic product (GDP) of $299.84 billion. As a high-income country, it promotes a free-market economy and relies heavily on trade. In fact, in the most recent years, one third of Finland’s GDP has come from exports. The two largest trading partners of Finland are Germany and Sweden. World Bank, CIA
U.S. – Finland Trade
The United States and Finland have a two-way goods trade relationship that totaled approximately $10.94 billion in 2025. The United States exported $2.86 billion worth of goods to Finland, with oil and gas being the top export at $749 million of the total. This was followed by computer and electronic products ($635 million), chemicals ($434 million), non-electrical machinery ($193 million), and other special classification provisions ($169 million).
Imports from Finland to the U.S. totaled $8.08 billion in 2025. Chemicals made up $2.72 billion of the total, followed by paper ($1.07 billion), non-electrical machinery ($1.02 billion), electrical equipment, appliances & components ($706 million), and computer and electronic products ($598 million). U.S. Department of Commerce
Services trade between Finland and the U.S. totaled $4.18 billion in 2025, with exports totaling $1.96 billion. Top exported services from the U.S. to Finland were telecommunications, computer, & information services, other business services, travel, financial services, and charges from intellectual property use.
Imported services from Finland to the U.S. was $2.22 billion. Top imports were other business services, travel, transport services, telecommunications, computer, and information services, and financial services.
Finland- California Trade
California is the second largest U.S. exporting state to Finland. In 2025, California exported $327 million of goods to Finland, a 161% increase when compared to 2024 exports. Computer and electronic products accounted for $261 million of total exports. The other leading exports were electrical equipment, components and appliances ($15 million), non-electrical machinery ($13 million), chemicals ($12 million), and transportation equipment ($7 million).
In 2025, California imported a variety of goods with a total value of $242 million. top imports were computer and electronic products ($58 million), non-electric machinery ($53 million), transportation equipment ($29 million), petroleum & coal products ($27 million), and electrical equipment, appliances and components ($23 million). U.S. Department of Commerce
FDI – Finland
The U.S. and Finland also have a strong economic relationship in foreign direct investment (FDI), with Finland being the eighth fastest growing source of FDI in the U.S. In 2024, the U.S. had $8.61 billion invested in Finland and Finland had $26.24 billion invested in the U.S.
Finnish FDI into the U.S. supported between 25,000-49,999 jobs and contributed to $56.2 billion in research and development. Finish FDI also contributed $2 billion to expanding U.S. exports. The top industry sectors for Finnish investment were software and IT services, industrial equipment, communications, electronic components, plastics, and paper & packaging. Select USA
Current News
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Authorizes Construction of Arctic Security Cutters
The White House, October 9, 2025
U.S. Security Cooperation With Finland
U.S. Department of State, January 20, 2025
Trade Agreements
Trade Agreements and Issues
Events
CalChamber Greets Finnish Consul General to Los Angeles, Ambassador Minna Laajava and Senior Trade Commissioner Maria Lieto
(December 9, 2025) On Wednesday December 9th, the CalChamber welcomed Ambassador Minna Laajava, the new Consul General to Finland in Los Angeles, and Maria Lieto, Senior Trade Commissioner to the Consulate General of Los Angeles.
Among the many topics discussed were current U.S. – European relations, including Finland, the upcoming gubernatorial race, and CalChamber’s new ballot initiative for CEQA reform.