Exports, imports, and mobilization compete for Swedish industry

Why is Sweden short of steel despite producing it?

Export commitments and projects leave too little steel for production. Importing steel or tightening export controls can address the shortfall, while free trade would increase it.

Sweden's steel balance shows 71 extracted, 35 exported, eight committed to projects, and 53 needed for production, leaving a deficit of 25. Resources assigned to export remain unavailable for domestic use even when the player has not arranged an individual sale. The choice is to import the shortage or tighten export controls. Free trade would worsen the resource deficit and require more civilian factories to pay for imports. Early mobilization is also recommended over retaining a civilian economy. The figures and policy effects describe Sweden's economy in this game.