Composition development of goods exports: exporter characteristics

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Characteristic of exporter Export growth (1 000 euros) Contribution to total export growth (%)
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 309,229 0.0
01 Agriculture 373,099 0.1
02 Forestry and logging -13,652 0.0
03 Fishing and aquaculture -50,218 0.0
B Mining and quarrying -31,428 0.0
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas 5,979 0.0
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) -27,456 0.0
09 Mining support activities -9,951 0.0
C Manufacturing -9,818,621 -1.3
10 Manufacture of food products -300,398 0.0
11 Manufacture of beverages 14,884 0.0
12 Manufacture of tobacco products -53,628 0.0
13 Manufacture of textiles 326,101 0.0
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel 40 0.0
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear -4,699 0.0
16 Manufacture of wood products -55,991 0.0
17 Manufacture of paper -585,293 -0.1
18 Printing and reproduction -13,203 0.0
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum -7,131,029 -1.0
20 Manufacture of chemicals -8,698,375 -1.2
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 229,579 0.0
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products -302,112 0.0
23 Manufacture of building materials 78,211 0.0
24 Manufacture of basic metals -1,438,541 -0.2
25 Manufacture of metal products -829,835 -0.1
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2,282,208 0.3
27 Manufacture of electric equipment -178,126 0.0
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 4,152,207 0.6
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 1,861,360 0.3
30 Manufacture of other transport 617,756 0.1
31 Manufacture of furniture -9,939 0.0
32 Manufacture of other products -404,642 -0.1
33 Repair and installation of machinery 624,843 0.1
D Energy supply 40,922 0.0
35 Energy supply 40,922 0.0
E Water supply and waste management -424,530 -0.1
36 Water collection and distribution 655 0.0
37 Sewerage -3,992 0.0
38 Waste collection and treatment -417,047 -0.1
39 Remediation, other waste management -4,146 0.0
F Construction -179,738 0.0
41 Construction buildings, development -90,244 0.0
42 Civil engineering -178,386 0.0
43 Specialised construction activities 88,892 0.0
G Wholesale and retail trade -2,051,236 -0.3
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 750,301 0.1
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) -4,039,669 -0.6
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 1,238,132 0.2
H Transportation and storage -1,561,331 -0.2
49 Land transport 601,415 0.1
50 Water transport -14,116 0.0
51 Air transport 593,132 0.1
52 Warehousing, services for transport -2,890,858 -0.4
53 Postal and courier activities 149,095 0.0
I Accommodation and food serving -82,046 0.0
55 Accommodation -9,060 0.0
56 Food and beverage service activities -72,986 0.0
J Information and communication -152,168 0.0
58 Publishing -272,313 0.0
59 Film, TV and music production etc 24,006 0.0
60 Programming and broadcasting -201 0.0
61 Telecommunications -52,676 0.0
62 Support activities in the field of IT 26,812 0.0
63 Information service activities 122,205 0.0
K Financial institutions -2,600,371 -0.4
64 Financial institutions, no insurance -3,613,326 -0.5
65 Insurance and pension funding -10,424 0.0
66 Other financial services 1,023,380 0.1
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 143,250 0.0
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 143,250 0.0
M Other specialised business services 140,580 0.0
69 Legal services, administration etc. -259,830 0.0
70 Holding companies (not financial) -648,472 -0.1
71 Architects, technical services etc. 300,939 0.0
72 Research and development 91,820 0.0
73 Advertising and market research 425,086 0.1
74 Other specialised business services 228,282 0.0
75 Veterinary activities 2,755 0.0
N Renting and other business support 385,123 0.1
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 597,445 0.1
78 Employment activities -54,850 0.0
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 15,945 0.0
80 Security and investigation -10,972 0.0
81 Cleaning activities, gardening etc. 12,319 0.0
82 Other business services -174,764 0.0
O Public administration and services 21,699 0.0
84 Public administration and services 21,699 0.0
P Education -3,093 0.0
85 Education -3,093 0.0
Q Health and social work activities -21,189 0.0
86 Human health activities -24,090 0.0
87 Residential care and guidance 1,143 0.0
88 Social work without accommodation 1,758 0.0
R Culture, sports and recreation 55,081 0.0
90 Arts 37,240 0.0
91 Libraries, museums, zoos etc -5,404 0.0
92 Lotteries and betting 2,178 0.0
93 Sports and recreation 21,066 0.0
S Other service activities -99,599 0.0
94 Membership organisations -37,336 0.0
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides figures on the development of Dutch export value and the contributions made by the exporters, broken down by size category, multinationality, industry and export status.

Data available as of: 2012, except the series broken down by export status, which has been available from 2014.

Status of the figures:
The provisional figures on international trade may be adjusted on the basis of new or revised source data. This means their provisional status may be prolonged. The provisional figures become definitive in Q4 of the year following the reporting year. Figures over the previous years have already become definitive.

Changes as of 7 July 2025:
The provisional figures for 2023 have been added

Changes as of November 7, 2023:
The provisional figures for 2022 have been added.
The yearly mutations compared to the previous year are absent due to a methodological change; Due to a technical reason, the yearly mutations are absent over 2022.

Changes as of October 7, 2022:
The provisional figures for 2020 and 2021 with regard to SIC2008 have been added, new figures on "Size of SMEs and multinationals" for the years 2012 to 2021 have been added and the provisional figures "Export status" for 2019 to 2021 have been added.

Because of a change in definition, firms that would be considered independent SME's in terms of persons employed but also have one or more subsidiaries abroad, are no longer viewed as independent SME's and have instead been moved to the categorie "Large enterprises". The “Export growth” and “Contribution to total export growth” of Large enterprises, Independent SME’s (0 to 9), Independent SME’s (10 to 49) and Independent SME’s (50 to 249) over the years 2012-2019 have therefore been modified. In addition, The “Export growth” and “Contribution to total export growth” of Dutch multinationals and Non-multinationals over the years 2012-2019 have also been changed. This was due to an improved method of determining Dutch multinationals.


Changes as of 22 December 2021:
The “Export growth” and “Contribution to total export growth” of Large enterprises, Independent SME’s (0 to 9), Independent SME’s (10 to 49), Independent SME’s (50 to 249) and Foreign multinationals over the years 2017 and 2018 have been modified because they were wrongly marked as definitive. The “Export growth” and “Contribution to total export growth” of Dutch multinationals and Non-multinationals over the years 2013-2014 and 2016-2018 have also been modified. This was due to an error in the underlying source data.

When will new figures become available?
New figures will be published in Q4 of the year following the reporting year.

Description topics

Export growth
Year-on-year changes in absolute value. Annual changes for 2015 were omitted due to the break in series 2014/2015.
Contribution to total export growth
The contribution of a specific category to the total percentage growth in goods exports, calculated by dividing the absolute change in a category by the total value change of goods exports, multiplied by the annual change of goods exports as a percentage.