Balance of payments in November 2010

Current account EUR 0.5 bn in surplus, ie largely the same as a year earlier.
In BOP terms, trade account EUR 80 million in surplus (EUR 125 million a year earlier).

Trade and current account

Net capital inflow of EUR 0.4 bn.
Net inflow of EUR 20 million in direct investment.
Net outflow of EUR 4.6 bn in portfolio investment.
Net inflow of EUR 4.4 bn in other investment (loans, deposits and trade credits).

Portfolio investments

Finnish resident’s foreign assets exceeded foreign liabilities by EUR 9 bn.
Foreign assets totalled EUR 554 bn.
Foreign liabilities totalled EUR 545 bn.
Net international investment position excluding equity items was a negative EUR 51 bn.

Net international investment position

Finland's balance of payments

The statistics become final more than two years after the end of the reference year.

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The next balance of payments bulletin will be published at 10.00 am on 15 February 2011.