International trade; Imports and exports of services 2014-2020

International trade; Imports and exports of services 2014-2020

Services Countries Periods Imports of services (million euros) Exports of services (million euros) Net services (million euros)
S Total Services Total countries 2018 219,731 220,311 580
S Total Services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 53,081 56,509 3,429
S Total Services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 57,794 60,114 2,320
S Total Services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 61,550 62,529 979
S Total Services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 64,836 67,332 2,496
S Total Services Total countries 2019 237,261 246,484 9,223
SA Manufacturing services Total countries 2018 6,190 6,811 621
SA Manufacturing services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 1,672 1,813 140
SA Manufacturing services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 1,753 1,776 23
SA Manufacturing services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 1,691 1,738 46
SA Manufacturing services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 1,707 1,953 246
SA Manufacturing services Total countries 2019 6,824 7,279 455
SB Maintenance and repair services Total countries 2018 2,051 2,471 421
SB Maintenance and repair services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 588 624 37
SB Maintenance and repair services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 549 623 74
SB Maintenance and repair services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 525 656 131
SB Maintenance and repair services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 614 689 75
SB Maintenance and repair services Total countries 2019 2,275 2,592 316
SC Transport services Total countries 2018 33,007 41,545 8,538
SC Transport services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 8,066 10,499 2,433
SC Transport services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 8,292 10,621 2,329
SC Transport services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 8,358 10,565 2,207
SC Transport services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 8,443 10,825 2,382
SC Transport services Total countries 2019 33,159 42,510 9,351
SC1 Sea transport Total countries 2018 4,801 10,223 5,422
SC1 Sea transport Total countries 2019 1st quarter 1,242 2,535 1,293
SC1 Sea transport Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 1,274 2,585 1,311
SC1 Sea transport Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 1,191 2,674 1,483
SC1 Sea transport Total countries 2019 4th quarter 1,231 2,649 1,418
SC1 Sea transport Total countries 2019 4,938 10,444 5,505
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport Total countries 2018 0 123 122
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 1st quarter 0 19 19
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 0 34 34
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 0 48 48
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 4th quarter 0 25 25
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 0 127 127
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport Total countries 2018 3,160 7,327 4,168
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 1st quarter 819 1,790 971
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 808 1,838 1,029
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 761 1,911 1,150
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 4th quarter 781 1,907 1,126
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 3,170 7,446 4,276
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2018 1,641 2,773 1,132
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 1st quarter 423 726 303
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 466 713 248
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 430 715 284
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 4th quarter 450 717 267
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 1,769 2,871 1,102
SC2 Air transport Total countries 2018 6,404 15,222 8,818
SC2 Air transport Total countries 2019 1st quarter 1,376 3,902 2,525
SC2 Air transport Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 1,456 3,913 2,457
SC2 Air transport Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 1,812 3,801 1,990
SC2 Air transport Total countries 2019 4th quarter 1,405 3,963 2,557
SC2 Air transport Total countries 2019 6,049 15,579 9,530
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport Total countries 2018 2,810 6,079 3,268
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 1st quarter 604 1,278 674
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 636 1,617 981
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 972 1,729 758
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 4th quarter 587 1,497 910
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport Total countries 2019 2,798 6,121 3,323
SC22 Air transport: freight transport Total countries 2018 1,208 3,361 2,153
SC22 Air transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 1st quarter 362 1,245 883
SC22 Air transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 350 839 489
SC22 Air transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 351 678 327
SC22 Air transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 4th quarter 383 927 543
SC22 Air transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 1,447 3,688 2,242
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2018 2,385 5,782 3,397
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 1st quarter 410 1,379 969
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 471 1,458 987
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 489 1,394 905
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 4th quarter 435 1,540 1,105
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil Total countries 2019 1,804 5,770 3,966
SC3 Other transport Total countries 2018 20,944 14,389 -6,555
SC3 Other transport Total countries 2019 1st quarter 5,244 3,794 -1,450
SC3 Other transport Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 5,304 3,831 -1,473
SC3 Other transport Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 5,164 3,750 -1,414
SC3 Other transport Total countries 2019 4th quarter 5,535 3,899 -1,637
SC3 Other transport Total countries 2019 21,247 15,274 -5,974
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor Total countries 2018 91 92 1
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor Total countries 2019 1st quarter 26 19 -6
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 25 24 -2
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 24 25 2
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor Total countries 2019 4th quarter 25 22 -2
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor Total countries 2019 99 90 -9
SC32 Other transport: freight transport Total countries 2018 10,893 11,385 492
SC32 Other transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 1st quarter 2,920 2,977 57
SC32 Other transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 2,832 3,031 198
SC32 Other transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 2,850 3,005 155
SC32 Other transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 4th quarter 2,988 3,108 120
SC32 Other transport: freight transport Total countries 2019 11,589 12,120 530
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux Total countries 2018 9,960 2,912 -7,048
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux Total countries 2019 1st quarter 2,299 798 -1,500
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 2,446 776 -1,670
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 2,291 720 -1,571
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux Total countries 2019 4th quarter 2,523 768 -1,755
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux Total countries 2019 9,559 3,063 -6,495
SC4 Postal and courier services Total countries 2018 858 1,711 852
SC4 Postal and courier services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 204 268 64
SC4 Postal and courier services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 258 291 33
SC4 Postal and courier services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 191 339 149
SC4 Postal and courier services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 272 315 43
SC4 Postal and courier services Total countries 2019 924 1,213 289
SD Travel Total countries 2018 19,287 16,236 -3,051
SD Travel Total countries 2019 1st quarter 3,666 3,665 -2
SD Travel Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 5,254 4,685 -569
SD Travel Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 7,704 4,996 -2,708
SD Travel Total countries 2019 4th quarter 4,031 4,278 247
SD Travel Total countries 2019 20,656 17,624 -3,032
SDA Business travel Total countries 2018 2,620 5,542 2,923
SDA Business travel Total countries 2019 1st quarter 656 1,692 1,036
SDA Business travel Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 668 1,379 711
SDA Business travel Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 690 1,040 350
SDA Business travel Total countries 2019 4th quarter 605 1,995 1,390
SDA Business travel Total countries 2019 2,620 6,106 3,486
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, Total countries 2018 98 1,493 1,395
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, Total countries 2019 1st quarter 24 360 336
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 24 396 371
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 24 440 415
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, Total countries 2019 4th quarter 24 383 359
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, Total countries 2019 98 1,579 1,481
SDA2 Business travel: other Total countries 2018 2,522 4,050 1,528
SDA2 Business travel: other Total countries 2019 1st quarter 632 1,332 700
SDA2 Business travel: other Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 644 983 339
SDA2 Business travel: other Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 666 601 -65
SDA2 Business travel: other Total countries 2019 4th quarter 581 1,612 1,031
SDA2 Business travel: other Total countries 2019 2,522 4,527 2,005
SDB Personal travel Total countries 2018 16,668 10,694 -5,974
SDB Personal travel Total countries 2019 1st quarter 3,010 1,973 -1,038
SDB Personal travel Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 4,586 3,306 -1,280
SDB Personal travel Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 7,014 3,956 -3,058
SDB Personal travel Total countries 2019 4th quarter 3,425 2,283 -1,143
SDB Personal travel Total countries 2019 18,035 11,517 -6,518
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp Total countries 2018 598 77 -521
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp Total countries 2019 1st quarter 155 19 -136
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 155 19 -136
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 155 19 -136
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp Total countries 2019 4th quarter 155 19 -136
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp Total countries 2019 622 78 -544
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related Total countries 2018 505 755 250
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related Total countries 2019 1st quarter 131 214 83
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 131 214 83
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 150 214 64
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related Total countries 2019 4th quarter 150 214 64
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related Total countries 2019 562 856 293
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and Total countries 2018 15,564 9,862 -5,702
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and Total countries 2019 1st quarter 2,724 1,739 -985
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 4,300 3,073 -1,227
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 6,708 3,722 -2,986
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and Total countries 2019 4th quarter 3,120 2,049 -1,070
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and Total countries 2019 16,851 10,584 -6,267
SE Construction Total countries 2018 3,013 3,067 54
SE Construction Total countries 2019 1st quarter 569 821 252
SE Construction Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 673 892 219
SE Construction Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 717 810 93
SE Construction Total countries 2019 4th quarter 637 978 341
SE Construction Total countries 2019 2,596 3,501 905
SF Insurance: premiums and claims Total countries 2018 583 1,411 828
SF Insurance: premiums and claims Total countries 2019 1st quarter 144 332 188
SF Insurance: premiums and claims Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 127 315 188
SF Insurance: premiums and claims Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 161 324 163
SF Insurance: premiums and claims Total countries 2019 4th quarter 167 313 146
SF Insurance: premiums and claims Total countries 2019 600 1,284 684
SG Financial services Total countries 2018 8,720 6,273 -2,447
SG Financial services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 2,824 2,104 -719
SG Financial services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 2,667 2,127 -540
SG Financial services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 2,634 2,248 -385
SG Financial services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 2,761 2,152 -609
SG Financial services Total countries 2019 10,885 8,632 -2,253
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr Total countries 2018 55,030 49,423 -5,607
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr Total countries 2019 1st quarter 12,694 14,261 1,566
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 14,635 15,283 648
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 15,421 16,224 803
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr Total countries 2019 4th quarter 18,833 17,935 -899
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr Total countries 2019 61,584 63,702 2,119
SI Telecommunications, computer and info Total countries 2018 15,772 22,692 6,920
SI Telecommunications, computer and info Total countries 2019 1st quarter 4,281 6,048 1,767
SI Telecommunications, computer and info Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 4,588 5,884 1,296
SI Telecommunications, computer and info Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 4,353 6,363 2,010
SI Telecommunications, computer and info Total countries 2019 4th quarter 5,006 6,976 1,970
SI Telecommunications, computer and info Total countries 2019 18,228 25,270 7,042
SI1 Telecommunications services Total countries 2018 2,471 3,246 775
SI1 Telecommunications services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 629 822 193
SI1 Telecommunications services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 682 769 87
SI1 Telecommunications services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 674 839 165
SI1 Telecommunications services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 733 840 107
SI1 Telecommunications services Total countries 2019 2,719 3,270 552
SI2 Computer services Total countries 2018 11,155 12,876 1,721
SI2 Computer services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 3,092 3,496 403
SI2 Computer services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 3,388 3,238 -149
SI2 Computer services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 3,146 3,634 488
SI2 Computer services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 3,688 4,141 453
SI2 Computer services Total countries 2019 13,314 14,509 1,195
SI3 Information services Total countries 2018 2,146 6,570 4,424
SI3 Information services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 559 1,730 1,170
SI3 Information services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 518 1,876 1,359
SI3 Information services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 533 1,890 1,357
SI3 Information services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 585 1,995 1,410
SI3 Information services Total countries 2019 2,196 7,491 5,295
SJ Other business services Total countries 2018 72,640 66,697 -5,944
SJ Other business services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 17,719 15,319 -2,400
SJ Other business services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 18,440 16,863 -1,577
SJ Other business services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 19,096 17,628 -1,468
SJ Other business services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 21,676 20,160 -1,516
SJ Other business services Total countries 2019 76,931 69,969 -6,962
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) Total countries 2018 8,707 8,981 273
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) Total countries 2019 1st quarter 1,895 1,857 -38
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 2,272 2,071 -200
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 2,213 2,116 -97
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) Total countries 2019 4th quarter 2,817 2,748 -69
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) Total countries 2019 9,197 8,792 -405
SJ2 Professional and management consulti Total countries 2018 35,727 22,283 -13,444
SJ2 Professional and management consulti Total countries 2019 1st quarter 9,647 6,423 -3,224
SJ2 Professional and management consulti Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 9,257 6,862 -2,395
SJ2 Professional and management consulti Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 10,203 5,914 -4,289
SJ2 Professional and management consulti Total countries 2019 4th quarter 11,313 8,640 -2,673
SJ2 Professional and management consulti Total countries 2019 40,418 27,838 -12,580
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other Total countries 2018 28,206 35,432 7,227
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other Total countries 2019 1st quarter 6,177 7,039 862
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 6,911 7,930 1,018
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 6,681 9,599 2,918
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other Total countries 2019 4th quarter 7,546 8,772 1,226
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other Total countries 2019 27,315 33,339 6,024
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services Total countries 2018 3,172 2,016 -1,156
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 808 585 -223
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 765 604 -161
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 829 534 -295
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 909 627 -282
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services Total countries 2019 3,312 2,350 -961
SK1 Audiovisual and related services Total countries 2018 2,852 1,665 -1,188
SK1 Audiovisual and related services Total countries 2019 1st quarter 719 465 -255
SK1 Audiovisual and related services Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 656 505 -151
SK1 Audiovisual and related services Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 723 433 -290
SK1 Audiovisual and related services Total countries 2019 4th quarter 793 530 -263
SK1 Audiovisual and related services Total countries 2019 2,891 1,932 -959
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. Total countries 2018 320 351 31
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. Total countries 2019 1st quarter 89 121 32
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 110 99 -10
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 107 101 -5
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. Total countries 2019 4th quarter 116 97 -18
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. Total countries 2019 421 419 -2
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. Total countries 2018 265 1,668 1,403
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. Total countries 2019 1st quarter 50 439 389
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. Total countries 2019 2nd quarter 50 441 391
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. Total countries 2019 3rd quarter 61 444 383
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. Total countries 2019 4th quarter 52 447 395
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. Total countries 2019 212 1,771 1,559
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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This table contains information on Dutch imports, exports and net balance of services broken down by various service types and countries (groups) provided or purchased by companies and persons domiciled in the Netherlands.

An entirely renewed classification of services which are used by all EU countries from 2014 onwards is based on the “Balance of Payments Manual 6” (BPM6).

Data available from: 2014

Status of the figures:
As of 2020, a redesign of the International trade in services has taken place. To make time series and mutual comparison possible, 2020 will be published in 2 ways. In the 2014-2020 time series table 2020 is model-based using response data and auxiliary data from the tax authorities. The first quarter of 2021 has temporarily been added to the old 2014-2020 table awaiting the publication of the new table. With the release of the new table starting in 2020, the first quarter 2021 is no longer published in the old time series.

As of 2017 is the publication and revision policy of international trade in services review.
The figures on the Dutch international trade in services are available on quarterly and annual basis. Provisional quarterly figures are one quarter after the end of the reporting period available. With the publication of a new quarter, also the figures for the previous quarter and if applicable the other previous quarters of the year are adjusted on the basis of new source material (provisional figures). At the time of a year four quarters are available quarterly on the basis of these four figures a year calculation is made. This year calculation is available in the autumn of the following year. The year calculation is then adjusted again the following year, this time final. Also the quarterly figures of the year reviewed.

Changes as of October 6, 2021:
The figures of 2020 are adjusted and are final now.

Changes as of October 15, 2021:
The 2019 figures are final and the provisional 2020 figures are adjusted.
The first quarter of 2021 is no longer model-based available in the old time series because of the release of the new table starting in 2020.
See table International trade; "Imports and exports of services by country, quarter" in chapter 3.

Changes as of June 25, 2021:
From the first quarter of 2020, the figures of this statistic have been influenced by COVID-19 and this is reflected in some services. The provisional figures of the fourth quarter of 2020 are adjusted and the provisional figures of the first quarter of year 2021 are added.

When will new figures be published?
There will be no new figures, all figures are final.

Description topics

Imports of services
The value of services received from non-residents by Dutch resident companies and persons, including expenditures of Dutch residents abroad (travel).
Exports of services
The value of services provided to non-residents by Dutch resident companies, including purchases by non-residents in the Netherlands (travel).
Net services
The value of exports of services minus the value of imports of services.