This report analyses the exports of goods from the Nordic countries and the
exporting enterprises in the period 2008 to 2012. The report addresses issues
such as: What are the strongholds of the Nordic countries, both in terms of the
type of goods that are exported and in terms of geographical markets? How are
the Nordic countries performing on the main emerging markets – are they gaining
ground compared to other exporters? How important are the small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) compared to the larger enterprises in the export of goods of
each of the Nordic countries? And how have SMEs and large enterprises coped with
the crisis, both in terms of domestic employment and in terms of export market
performance? A new database consisting of business and international trade data
linked at enterprise level was constructed in each of the Nordic countries
specifically for this analysis. The project was carried out by the five Nordic
national statistical institutes in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
The project was coordinated by Statistics Denmark.