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Statistics Sweden's statistics on the completion of new housing in 2024 were recently released. The total addition of housing through new construction and renovation for 2024 amounted to 48,024 apartments according to Statistics Sweden measurements and this is a full 30 percent fewer than the year before. Single-family home production hardest hit The construction and completion of single-family homes is the housing sector that is declining the most […]

A new updated version of the report The Unsustainable Electronics Tax is now available. This year with Applia as one of the initiators, together with the Electronics Industry, Technology Companies, Computer Games Industry and TechSverige. The report shows how the electronics tax, which was introduced in 2017 to phase out certain flame retardants, has in practice had the opposite effect. Instead of benefiting the environment, it drives up prices, makes recycling more difficult […]

The number of residential apartments in Sweden at the turn of the year 2024/2025 amounted to 5,260,876. These are divided into 2,136,854 apartments in single-family houses, 2,756,647 apartments in apartment buildings, 289,047 in special housing (e.g. retirement homes, student housing) and 78,328 in other buildings. In addition to this, there are approximately 612,000 second homes. Types of housing in Sweden Source: Statistics Sweden and Umeå University Rental rights dominate in the country's municipalities In apartment buildings, rental rights […]

The industry's sell-in figures for the first quarter of this year show some recovery for larger white goods, while smaller household appliances are still well behind the corresponding period last year. The industry as a whole does not reach last year With a loss of minus 3.6 percent for the first three months of the year, the first quarter for the overall […]

The market for white goods and household appliances continues to be challenging. The latest market figures from Appstat show that hopes for an improved market development for white goods and household appliances have not yet been fulfilled. However, HUI's forecast for the industry's full year 2025 is positive. Loss now, but positive forecast In terms of value, the overall industry is losing 4.7 percent of the sell-in value compared to the comparable period […]

Does anyone remember the colorful 1980s and 1990s, where the colors of white goods were anything but white! What about the creative color names that existed then, such as lion yellow, avocado green, ruby red or why not fancy fire yellow. At that time, this was called Televerks orange among industry professionals (old Televerks service vehicles had this color)! Las Vegas sets trends But now […]

The government has taken measures to stop unfair competition from abroad. Now it is time to take the next step and abolish the electronics tax – a levy that makes Swedish electronics more expensive than in neighboring countries, without providing any environmental benefit whatsoever. APPLiA, together with representatives of the Computer Games Industry, the Electronics Industry, Swedish Trade, TechSverige, the Swedish Federation of Small Businesses and the Industry Association […]

The Swedish electronics tax on white goods and home electronics has doubled since its introduction in 2017 – without achieving any measurable environmental effect. In 2024, the tax collection increased by just over 21 percent and amounted to SEK 2.4 billion, despite the fact that sales of white goods and home electronics decreased by approximately 7 percent. The industry organization APPLiA has produced an annual report for 2024, which […]

On March 11, APPLiA submitted a response to the report by SOU 2024:67 ”On economic instruments for a more circular economy”. APPLiA believes that the investigation has an outdated view of waste and emphasizes that products are now seen as a resource. APPLiA is critical of the chemicals tax and believes that it distorts competition, is administratively burdensome and lacks […]

The white goods and household appliance industry is making a slow start to the new year. This is despite the fact that the last quarter of 2024 showed some positive trends. But it is not completely dark. Within the product segments, there are still some categories that are up compared to January of the previous year. Lower sell-in values The industry value for sell-in for the entire industry (MDA+SDA) is falling by […]