International trade; Imports and exports of services by country, quarter

International trade; Imports and exports of services by country, quarter

Services Countries Periods Imports of services (million euros) Exports of services (million euros) Net services (million euros)
S Total Services Belgium 2023** 19,630 17,826 -1,804
SA Manufacturing services Belgium 2023** 944 593 -351
SB Maintenance and repair services Belgium 2023** 269 309 40
SC Transport services Belgium 2023** 5,311 4,062 -1,249
SC1 Sea transport Belgium 2023** 700 618 -82
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport Belgium 2023** 1 . .
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport Belgium 2023** 555 322 -233
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil Belgium 2023** 144 . .
SC2 Air transport Belgium 2023** 255 898 642
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport Belgium 2023** 97 173 76
SC22 Air transport: freight transport Belgium 2023** 96 117 20
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil Belgium 2023** 62 608 546
SC3 Other transport Belgium 2023** 4,007 2,381 -1,626
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor Belgium 2023** . . -32
SC32 Other transport: freight transport Belgium 2023** 1,891 1,827 -64
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux Belgium 2023** . . -1,530
SC4 Postal and courier services Belgium 2023** 348 166 -182
SD Travel Belgium 2023** 1,720 2,027 307
SDA Business travel Belgium 2023** 226 466 240
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, Belgium 2023** 39 191 152
SDA2 Business travel: other Belgium 2023** 186 275 88
SDB Personal travel Belgium 2023** 1,494 1,561 67
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp Belgium 2023** 156 25 -131
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related Belgium 2023** 128 37 -91
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and Belgium 2023** 1,211 1,499 289
SE Construction Belgium 2023** 255 242 -13
SF Insurance: premiums and claims Belgium 2023** . . 232
SG Financial services Belgium 2023** 2,860 590 -2,271
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr Belgium 2023** 598 983 385
SI Telecommunications, computer and info Belgium 2023** 1,759 2,305 546
SI1 Telecommunications services Belgium 2023** 220 190 -30
SI2 Computer services Belgium 2023** 1,366 1,848 483
SI3 Information services Belgium 2023** 173 266 93
SJ Other business services Belgium 2023** 5,660 6,219 559
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) Belgium 2023** 505 856 351
SJ2 Professional and management consulti Belgium 2023** 3,021 2,545 -475
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other Belgium 2023** 2,134 2,817 683
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services Belgium 2023** 158 173 15
SK1 Audiovisual and related services Belgium 2023** 69 119 50
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. Belgium 2023** 89 53 -35
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. Belgium 2023** . . -4
Source: CBS.
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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: 2020

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 March 19, 2023:
The figures for the first quarter of 2023 through the third quarter of 2023 have been adjusted and remain revised provisional, and the provisional figures for the fourth quarter of 2023 and the year 2023 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
The first figures become available approximately 12 weeks after the reporting period.

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.