Extraction, import and export of materials; national accounts
Explanation of symbols
Dataset is not available.
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 and export of materials is recorded both in kilos (physically) and in euros (monetary). 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 17 August 2023:
A correction has been made to the international trade of fossil fuels for the period 1996-2004. This series had been incompletely updated, causing some past years not to reflect the most recent figures.
Changes as of 1 August 2023:
Provisional figures for 2021 have been added. Data for previous years are adjusted according to the revision policy (see: Status of the figures).
When will new figures be published?
New provisional figures are published annually, usually around August
Description topics
- Material flows in physical 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).
- Metal
- Iron ore, primary and processed
- Iron ore and derived products like metal sheets.
- Non-ferro ore, primary and processed
- Non-ferro metal ores and products thereof.
- Total non-ferro ore
- Non-ferro metal ores and products thereof.
- Copper ore, primary and processed
- Copper ores and products thereof.
- Nickel ore, primary and processed
- Nickel ores and products thereof.
- Lead ore, primary and processed
- Lead ores and products thereof.
- Zinc ore, primary and processed
- Zinc ores and products thereof.
- Tin ore, primary and processed
- Tin ores and products thereof.
- Precious metal, primary and processed
- Precious metal ore like silver and platinum and products thereof.
- Bauxite, primary and processed
- Bauxite and products, like aluminium, thereof.
- Other metal ore, primary and processed
- Mainly rare metals like molybdenum and titanium.
- 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.
- Metal
- Iron ore, primary and processed
- Iron ore and derived products like metal sheets.
- Non-ferro ore, primary and processed
- Non-ferro metal ores and products thereof.
- Total non-ferro ore
- Non-ferro metal ores and products thereof.