HELSINKI: According to Statistics Finland’s preliminary data,tThe surplus in international trade in services grew by over ten per cent in 2014 compared with the previous year,. A majority of the growth is explained by exports of computer software that grew by more than EUR one billion. Both computer software and other computer and information services are good EUR two billion in surplus, which resulted in a total surplus of EUR four billion in computer and information services.
The exports and imports of services decreased slightly in 2014. Services were exported to the value of EUR 14.2 billion, while service imports amounted to EUR 12.5 billion. The surplus in international trade in services was EUR 1.6 billion. The value of net sales of goods processed abroad and of merchanting nearly halved in 2014 compared with 2013. The value from this item was only EUR 1.6 billion in 2014 while it had been EUR 2.8 billion in 2013, the data show.
