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Statistics Sweden announces in its latest statistics on construction in Sweden that production of 28,350 apartments began in 2024. This represents a decrease of two percent compared to 2023 when 28,817 apartments began to be built. Apartment buildings increase slightly Of the apartments started, approximately 22,600 apartments are in apartment buildings including special housing. This is a […]

The last quarter of 2024 indicates that a turnaround is underway in the white goods market. Or at least a long-awaited stabilization of market development. This is now shown by APPLiA's review of 2024 industry statistics, which also points to some clear trends in this market. Are the industry figures for the full year 2024 surprising? The vast majority of home and construction-heavy industries generally performed very well […]

The Swedish Tax Agency has now added up the billions declared for electronics tax to the authority in Sweden during the full year 2024. The large increase in the tax levy that was implemented on July 1, 2023 is now showing its full impact on the full-year figures for 2024. APPLiA's chairman Kent Oderud comments on the year with the Electronics Tax. Despite a decline in sales of, among other things, white goods […]

Historically, November is the strongest sell-in month for white goods and household appliances during the year – this will also be the case in November 2024. But the level does not reach the corresponding month of last year. The larger white goods (MDA) have a decent month in terms of value, while the smaller household appliances (SDA) drag down the overall figures for the industry. In terms of volume, the opposite is true […]

APPLiA and eight other industry organizations are jointly urging the government to abolish the electronics tax. The tax, which was originally introduced to protect the environment, has instead led to negative consequences such as higher prices, increased trade in dangerous products by unscrupulous actors and a weakened Swedish competitiveness. APPLiA, Electronics Industry TechSverige, Swedish Trade, Technology Companies, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Computer Games Industry, Small Businesses and the Industry Association for Catering Suppliers feel a […]

The value development for the market for white goods (MDA) and household appliances (SDA) during October shows large differences between these two main segments within our industry. Overall for the industry's two main segments MDA and SDA, the value development during October is slightly higher than the annual rate so far this year. The total values of the industry companies' sell-in reports are just over 10 […]

The Construction Companies' latest economic forecast shows that residential construction will increase by 5,400 housing starts during the forecast period 2024-2025. It is forecast that 33,700 apartments and single-family homes will be built in 2025. Read the full Construction Companies' comprehensive economic forecast.

The Swedish Tax Agency has announced the new tax rates for the electronics tax on white goods and home electronics from 1 January 2025. The index increase that takes place on this date follows the index from July to July and ended at plus 2.6 percent. The maximum tax amount of SEK 548.21/item arises for white goods with a net weight of 44.5 kg and above […]

The APPLiA market has decreased by 12.8 percent compared to last year. September was the strongest month so far in 2024, but still below the level from August 2023. In terms of value, the APPLiA industry as a whole shows a distance from last year's values of an accumulated minus 12.8 percent. The month of September was the strongest month in terms of turnover for the industry so far in 2024, but still a good […]