Extraction, import and export of materials; national accounts
Explanation of symbols
Table explanation
This table contains information about materials that enter or leave the Dutch economy through import, export and extraction. Materials include raw products (resources), semi-finished products and finished products. The import, export and extraction of materials is recorded kilos (physically). The currently presented tables can be referred to as the material flow accounts.
This table is part of the environmental accounts. Data in the environmental accounts are compiled according the concepts and definitions of the national accounts, which makes it possible to quantify the environmental effects of the economic activities for the Netherlands in a consistent manner. As a result, the figures may differ from data presented elsewhere on the website.
Data available from: 1996
Status of the figures:
Provisional figures.
Changes as of June 2025:
Due to revision, all figures on material flows in physical amounts have been changed. Figures on material flows in monetary amounts are no longer visible in the table, because the production of the figures has not been continued since 2024.
When will new figures be published?
New provisional figures are published annually, usually around June
Description topics
- Material flows in physical amounts
- Extraction by type of material
- Materials that are extracted from the environment and used by residents as input for the production process. Extraction comprises not only the mining and quarrying of minerals but also harvest of agricultural goods and the catch of non-cultivated fish.
- Fossil energy carriers
- Total fossil energy carriers
- Coal
- Black, combustible mineral, consisting of pressed organic material.
- Peat
- Dried peat.
- Crude oil and natural gas liquids
- Resources from crude oil.
- Natural gas
- Gas from natural origin consisting mainly of methane.
- Import by type of material
- The import of goods comprises goods, destined for Dutch residents that originate in other economies. This also included goods that, after import, leave the country again without any significant treatment taken place as long as these goods are owned by Dutch residents (re-exports).
- Fossil energy carriers
- Total fossil energy carriers
- Products of fossil energy carriers
- Chemical compounds like carbon acids, ether and methanol.
- Export by type of material
- The export of goods comprises goods, supplied by Dutch residents, whose destiny is another county. This also included purchases in the Netherlands by foreigners.
- Fossil energy carriers
- Total fossil energy carriers
- Products of fossil energy carriers
- Chemical compounds like carbon acids, ether and methanol.
- Material flows in monetary amounts
- Import by type of material
- The import of goods comprises goods, destined for Dutch residents that originate in other economies. This also included goods that, after import, leave the country again without any significant treatment taken place as long as these goods are owned by Dutch residents (re-exports).
- Fossil energy carriers
- Total fossil energy carriers
- Products of fossil energy carriers
- Chemical compounds like carbon acids, ether and methanol.
- Export by type of material
- The export of goods comprises goods, supplied by Dutch residents, whose destiny is another county. This also included purchases in the Netherlands by foreigners.
- Fossil energy carriers
- Total fossil energy carriers
- Products of fossil energy carriers
- Chemical compounds like carbon acids, ether and methanol.