Today, Finland’s main industrial sectors that together account for over 80 percent of the total exports are:
the metal and electronics industry at 46 percent, the forestry industry at 19 percent and the chemicals
industry at 17 percent. Despite the fact that Finland’s forest resources are relatively minor in global
comparison, Finland is one of the world’s foremost producers and exporters of forest industry products.
The currency unit of Finland is the Euro. Finland was one of the 12 EU countries that started using the
Euro in 2002.
In international competitiveness comparisons Finland has recently been ranked very high. In particular, the
high level of education, the advanced technological environment, the well-developed telecommunications
infrastructure and the functioning of society in general have been listed as the main assets in Finland. High
taxation and a relatively inflexible labor market are considered to be the biggest inconveniences.