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 China 2023** 2,908 3,309 402
SA Manufacturing services China 2023** 8 1 -7
SB Maintenance and repair services China 2023** . . 1,070
SC Transport services China 2023** 814 580 -234
SC1 Sea transport China 2023** 342 232 -110
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport China 2023** 0 0 0
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport China 2023** 307 185 -122
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil China 2023** 35 47 12
SC2 Air transport China 2023** 310 250 -60
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport China 2023** 54 185 131
SC22 Air transport: freight transport China 2023** 212 54 -158
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil China 2023** 44 12 -32
SC3 Other transport China 2023** 159 74 -85
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor China 2023** 0 0 0
SC32 Other transport: freight transport China 2023** 128 65 -63
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux China 2023** 31 9 -23
SC4 Postal and courier services China 2023** 3 25 22
SD Travel China 2023** 70 141 71
SDA Business travel China 2023** 35 35 0
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, China 2023** 0 0 0
SDA2 Business travel: other China 2023** 35 35 0
SDB Personal travel China 2023** 35 106 71
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp China 2023** 0 0 0
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related China 2023** 0 59 59
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and China 2023** 35 47 11
SE Construction China 2023** 106 4 -102
SF Insurance: premiums and claims China 2023** 11 4 -7
SG Financial services China 2023** 231 44 -186
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr China 2023** 38 344 306
SI Telecommunications, computer and info China 2023** 73 270 196
SI1 Telecommunications services China 2023** 13 11 -3
SI2 Computer services China 2023** 44 161 117
SI3 Information services China 2023** 16 98 82
SJ Other business services China 2023** 1,517 803 -714
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) China 2023** 536 94 -442
SJ2 Professional and management consulti China 2023** 404 414 10
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other China 2023** 577 295 -282
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services China 2023** 5 0 -4
SK1 Audiovisual and related services China 2023** 4 0 -4
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. China 2023** 1 0 -1
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. China 2023** . . 12
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.