Trade barriers

When exporting to the European Union (EU), there may be obstacles that make trade more complicated and expensive. They are often referred to as “trade barriers”. Such barriers to trade can take many forms, and the problems may stem from the European Union as well as from the exporting country.
Examples of trade barriers are:
• Customs duties
• Charges on imports (import charges, import deposit schemes, minimum price systems, taxes, other border charges)
• Quantitative import restrictions (quotas) and other measures with equivalent effect (quantitative restrictions, surveillance systems, administrative measures and requirements)
• Technical barriers to trade (technical regulations, administrative and other non-compulsory provisions)
• Export restrictions
• Government subsidies
• Complicated procedures for the registration of a new business
• Dumped and subsidized imports
• Price compensation measures

You can contact us if, as an exporter or importer, you face any of these problems in your attempts to export to Sweden. We will analyse your problem and act on it. If we cannot solve the problem directly, we will raise the issue with government decision-makers and other relevant actors.