Overview
Due to severe winters and a short growing season, Finland relies heavily on imports of agricultural and food products. In 2024, total Finnish imports of agricultural and related products were valued at $8.808 billion, of which $55.6 million were imports from the United States. More than 40 percent of Finnish exports came from the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany. The United States was the fourth-largest non-EU supplier (after Norway, Brazil, and the United Kingdom).
Finnish import from U.S. Table Source: Trade Data Monitor by U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA (6/18/2025)
Subheading | Description | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
BICO-Ethanol, incl. bev. | Ethanol | $ 32,613,168 | $ 57,653,880 | $ 81,387,689 | $ 27,550,529 | $ 25,512,254 |
BICO-Forest Products | Forest Products (wood pellets, oak wood) | $ 4,796,780
| $ 4,709,141 | $ 5,855,732 | $ 3,889,432 | $ 6,782,798 |
BICO-Wine & Related Products | Wine | $ 4,986,672 | $ 5,083,844 | $ 4,773,537 | $ 4,601,658 | $ 5,243,889 |
080620 | Raisins | $ 3,600,644 | $ 3,800,125 | $ 4,754,593 | $ 2,990,032 | $ 3,724,268 |
BICO-Condiments & Sauces | Condiments and Sauces | $ 946,780 | $ 1,662,633 | $ 2,190,563 | $ 1,838,614 | $ 1,995,499 |
081320 | Prunes, dried | $ 2,133,494 | $ 2,994,110 | $ 3,189,278 | $ 1,378,900 | $ 1,835,482 |
BICO-Distilled Spirits | Distilled Spirits | $ 1,599,343 | $ 1,828,381 | $ 7,715,945 | $ 5,730,725 | $ 1,013,965 |
BICO-Tree Nuts | Tree nuts (walnuts, almonds) | $ 1,784,585 | $ 1,141,495 | $ 1,164,060 | $ 395,570 | $ 747,223 |
Source: Trade Data Monitor |
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Leading Sub-sectors
Best prospects include alcoholic beverages, dried fruit, high-value ingredients for the food processing industry, healthy snacks, fresh produce, innovative and unique confectionary products, convenience food products, organic and sustainable food stuffs, ethanol as transport fuel, and feedstocks for the bioenergy sector.
Opportunities
Finland is a sophisticated market with a high standard of living, knowledgeable consumers, and high per capita income levels. The Finnish consumer, while being proud of products produced in Finland, has a high acceptance of new products and concepts. U.S. products are considered high quality and trendy, and packaging featuring iconic stars and stripes images have proven popular.
Resources
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands represents the interests of the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Finland and the other Nordic countries. These responsibilities are principally accomplished via reporting commodity and trade developments to the USDA; coordinating policy issues with host government officials; and promoting the sale of U.S. food, agricultural, forestry, and fishery products. The office provides trade services for local importing companies seeking U.S. products and U.S. companies wishing to develop markets in Finland, including an Exporter Guide (last update 2023). Please contact FAS for additional information on the market for agricultural products: AgTheHague@usda.gov.