What Food Finland Imports From Other Countries

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9/8/2012

What Food Finland Imports From Other Countries

Around 5.4 million people reside in Finland, with the majority concentrated in the southern region. It is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. Finland is a parliamentary republic with a central government based in Helsinki and local governments in 336 municipalities, and an autonomous region of the Åland Islands. About one million residents live in the Greater Helsinki area, which consists of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa, and a third of the country's GDP is produced there. Other larger cities include Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Kuopio.

Finland was a part of Sweden from the 12th to 19th century, and from 1809 to 1917 was an autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire. The Finnish Declaration of Independence from Russia in 1917 was followed by a civil war in which the red side was defeated with German support. Finland fought World War II as essentially three separate conflicts: the Winter War (1939–40), the Continuation War (1941–44), and the Lapland War (1944–45). Finland joined the United Nations in 1955, the OECD in 1969, the European Union in 1995, and the eurozone at its inception in 1999.

What Food Finland Imports From Other Countries


Rank	Commodities	Tonnes
1	Soybean Meal	170,676
2	Rapeseed Meal	154,991
3	Rapeseed	112,840
4	Food Prep Nes	86,467
5	Pet Food	77,176
6	Beverage Non-Alc	70,693
7	Wine	67,377
8	Coffee, green	66,467
9	Beer of Barley	62,137
10	Bananas	56,371
11	Pastry	49,295
12	Apples	47,821
13	Rye	44,230
13	Sugar Raw Centrifugal	43,038
15	Cheese of Whole Cow Milk	42,497
16	Tangerines, mandarins	39,813
17	Glucose and Dextrose	37,152
18	Frozen Potatoes	36,658
19	Sugar Refined	35,762
20	Pineapples	31,839
Source: FAOstat.org (2009)

**Source: FAS/USDA: Prepared By: Rob Cook

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