International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

Countries SITC Periods Change of ownership goods; import Total import value (million euros) Change of ownership goods; export Total export value (million euros) Change of ownership goods; export Re-export value (million euros) Change of ownership goods; export Export value of Dutch product (million euros) Change of ownership goods; balance Trade balance (million euros) Change of ownership goods; growth Annual change in import value (%) Change of ownership goods; growth Annual change in export value (%)
Total countries Total goods 2025 July* 57,153 66,187 26,474 39,713 9,034 -1.0 -0.1
Total countries Total goods 2025 August* 53,454 60,800 24,194 36,605 7,346 -0.1 -1.8
Total countries Total goods 2025 September* 55,746 66,907 26,869 40,038 11,161 1.9 1.1
Total countries Total goods 2025 October* 56,005 68,105 28,646 39,459 12,100 -4.0 0.6
Total countries Total goods 2025 November* 54,179 65,534 26,556 38,979 11,355 -2.7 -2.8
Total countries Total goods 2025 December* 55,004 65,670 26,709 38,961 10,665 1.4 2.7
Total countries Total goods 2025* 663,743 785,462 316,706 468,756 121,719 -0.3 -0.6
Total countries Total goods 2026 January* 51,711 61,004 24,932 36,072 9,294 -5.7 -5.7
Total countries Total goods 2026 February* 50,784 60,304 25,247 35,056 9,520 -6.9 -5.8
Total countries Total goods 2026 March* 59,534 69,967 30,078 39,889 10,434 4.2 0.9
Total countries Total goods 2026 April* 60,695 68,788 27,475 41,313 8,094 9.2 7.2
Total countries Total goods 2026 May* 60,500 67,631 27,103 40,528 7,131 10.7 4.9
Total countries Total goods 2026 June* 62,481 74,134 30,243 43,891 11,653 12.6 13.0
Total countries Total goods 2026 July* 62,225 73,137 28,743 44,395 10,912 8.9 10.5
Total countries Total goods 2026 January-July* 407,928 474,966 193,822 281,144 67,038 4.8 3.6
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2025 July* 26,716 39,727 20,946 18,780 13,011 -2.5 1.7
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2025 August* 24,423 36,144 18,955 17,189 11,720 1.6 -1.4
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2025 September* 26,985 40,516 21,494 19,022 13,531 4.0 3.9
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2025 October* 27,795 41,571 21,984 19,587 13,777 -2.9 1.7
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2025 November* 26,245 39,621 20,804 18,817 13,376 -3.7 -2.1
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2025 December* 26,433 39,002 20,733 18,269 12,569 0.4 6.0
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2025* 316,204 471,977 247,467 224,510 155,773 0.1 0.9
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2026 January* 24,469 38,067 19,609 18,458 13,597 -8.2 -4.4
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2026 February* 25,719 38,404 19,981 18,423 12,685 -0.4 0.6
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2026 March* 28,844 44,459 23,442 21,017 15,615 6.7 8.1
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2026 April* 28,821 41,960 21,536 20,424 13,140 8.8 7.7
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2026 May* 27,816 41,504 21,117 20,387 13,688 8.4 7.7
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2026 June* 29,385 44,613 23,729 20,884 15,228 13.3 15.0
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2026 July* 28,670 43,375 22,240 21,135 14,705 7.3 9.2
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 2026 January-July* 193,724 292,383 151,653 140,729 98,658 5.1 6.3
Non-EU Total goods 2025 July* 30,437 26,460 5,528 20,932 -3,977 0.4 -2.7
Non-EU Total goods 2025 August* 29,030 24,656 5,240 19,416 -4,374 -1.5 -2.5
Non-EU Total goods 2025 September* 28,761 26,391 5,375 21,016 -2,371 0.0 -2.9
Non-EU Total goods 2025 October* 28,211 26,534 6,663 19,871 -1,677 -5.0 -1.1
Non-EU Total goods 2025 November* 27,934 25,914 5,752 20,162 -2,020 -1.8 -3.8
Non-EU Total goods 2025 December* 28,571 26,668 5,976 20,691 -1,903 2.2 -1.8
Non-EU Total goods 2025* 347,538 313,485 69,239 244,246 -34,054 -0.6 -2.7
Non-EU Total goods 2026 January* 27,241 22,937 5,324 17,614 -4,304 -3.3 -7.9
Non-EU Total goods 2026 February* 25,065 21,900 5,267 16,633 -3,165 -12.7 -15.2
Non-EU Total goods 2026 March* 30,689 25,508 6,636 18,872 -5,181 1.8 -9.5
Non-EU Total goods 2026 April* 31,874 26,828 5,939 20,889 -5,046 9.6 6.5
Non-EU Total goods 2026 May* 32,684 26,127 5,986 20,141 -6,557 12.7 0.7
Non-EU Total goods 2026 June* 33,096 29,521 6,515 23,006 -3,575 12.1 10.1
Non-EU Total goods 2026 July* 33,555 29,763 6,503 23,260 -3,793 10.2 12.5
Non-EU Total goods 2026 January-July* 214,204 182,584 42,168 140,415 -31,621 4.5 -0.4
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


In this table, the Dutch import, (re)export value and trade balance according to change of ownership are classified by the sections of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC). The data is broken down further by continents and countries according to the Geonomenclature (GEONOM).

Data available from: January 2015.

Status of the figures:
The figures on international trade in goods are provisional for a longer period of time, as they can be adjusted on the basis of new or current source information. The provisional figures become revised provisional in the fourth quarter after a reporting year. The revised provisional figures will become definitive in the fourth quarter of the following year.

Changes as of September 11, 2026:
The provisional figures for July 2026 have been added.

Changes as of November 26, 2025:
The figures for 2015 up and until 2023 have been corrected. The figures for 2024 and 2025 have been adjusted. For these years, the value of goods not physically imported in the Netherlands was overestimated due to a technical error. Because the import value for goods of the SITC sections 3 and 9 was overestimated by the same amount, the total import value remains unchanged. Additionally, it was possible for the annual change of the export value to be unjustly accounted for as annual change of the import value. The previous has been fixed in this version.

When will new figures be published?
New figures become available about six weeks after a reporting month.

Description topics

Change of ownership goods; import
Goods that foreign companies and persons transfer to Dutch companies and persons according to the method of change of economic ownership.
Total import value
The total value of the goods that foreign companies and persons transfer to Dutch companies and persons.
Change of ownership goods; export
Goods that Dutch companies and persons transfer to foreign companies and persons according to the method of change of economic ownership.
Total export value
The total value of the goods that Dutch companies and persons transfer to foreign companies and persons.
Re-export value
The part of the export value that consists of originally imported goods that have become the property of Dutch companies and persons, and that are re-exported (almost) unprocessed for foreign use or consumption.
Export value of Dutch product
The part of the export value that consists of goods made by Dutch companies and persons.
Change of ownership goods; balance
The trade balance according to the method of change of economic ownership.
Trade balance
The export value minus the import value.
Change of ownership goods; growth
The development of international trade in goods according to the method of change of economic ownership.
Annual change in import value
Percentage change compared to the same period a year earlier.

Please note:
- For a country group, annual changes are only shown if it represents the same countries as in the same period the year before;
- After a method break, the annual changes in comparison with the previous year are missing.
Annual change in export value
Percentage change compared to the same period a year earlier.

Please note:
- For a country group, annual changes are only shown if it represents the same countries as in the same period the year before;
- After a method break, the annual changes in comparison with the previous year are missing.