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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 APPLiA believes that the investigation has an outdated view of waste and emphasizes that products are now seen as a resource.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 […]

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.