International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

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Countries 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 2022 March 63,927 72,913 29,050 43,863 8,986 33.4 25.6
2022 April 61,280 69,217 26,781 42,436 7,936 31.6 25.4
2022 May 66,235 74,114 28,585 45,529 7,879 43.9 36.4
2022 June 66,378 76,635 30,166 46,469 10,257 35.8 30.9
2022 July 63,506 73,059 29,372 43,688 9,553 29.6 26.1
2022 August 67,093 74,340 29,872 44,468 7,247 39.7 32.5
2022 September 70,315 81,661 34,065 47,596 11,346 36.4 34.2
2022 October 70,818 79,578 33,923 45,654 8,760 33.1 32.0
2022 November 67,795 80,035 33,612 46,423 12,240 18.4 24.3
2022 December 63,882 74,635 29,874 44,761 10,753 14.7 17.4
2022 770,421 881,742 354,484 527,258 111,320 31.7 28.2
2023 January 64,013 70,292 28,245 42,047 6,280 14.9 11.9
2023 February 58,881 69,739 27,409 42,330 10,858 10.1 11.2
2023 March 63,757 75,605 29,993 45,612 11,849 -0.3 3.7
2023 694,325 816,557 315,972 500,585 122,232 -9.9 -7.4
EU (excl. the Netherlands) 2022 March 28,800 44,887 23,386 21,500 16,086 24.1 28.1
2022 April 27,235 42,528 21,544 20,983 15,292 23.4 30.6
2022 May 28,783 44,379 23,011 21,368 15,596 31.9 37.0
2022 June 29,649 46,297 24,197 22,100 16,647 26.2 34.8
2022 July 27,891 43,473 23,519 19,954 15,582 21.3 26.5
2022 August 27,560 44,798 24,202 20,596 17,238 29.8 36.7
2022 September 29,498 50,034 27,515 22,519 20,537 21.9 36.9
2022 October 29,928 50,049 27,888 22,160 20,121 20.4 31.6
2022 November 30,268 49,493 26,882 22,611 19,225 15.5 26.1
2022 December 28,560 44,338 23,768 20,569 15,778 10.1 15.0
2022 338,732 536,633 285,755 250,878 197,901 22.5 29.9
2023 January 27,948 43,651 22,760 20,891 15,703 10.1 12.9
2023 February 26,650 42,636 21,988 20,647 15,986 5.8 13.1
2023 March 29,495 45,594 23,719 21,875 16,100 2.4 1.6
2023 320,958 487,463 249,841 237,623 166,505 -5.2 -9.2
Non-EU 2022 March 35,127 28,027 5,664 22,363 -7,100 42.2 21.8
2022 April 34,045 26,689 5,237 21,452 -7,356 39.1 17.8
2022 May 37,451 29,735 5,575 24,160 -7,717 54.8 35.6
2022 June 36,729 30,338 5,969 24,369 -6,391 44.6 25.3
2022 July 35,615 29,587 5,853 23,734 -6,029 37.0 25.6
2022 August 39,533 29,542 5,669 23,873 -9,991 47.6 26.6
2022 September 40,818 31,627 6,550 25,077 -9,191 49.1 30.1
2022 October 40,890 29,529 6,035 23,494 -11,361 44.3 32.6
2022 November 37,527 30,542 6,730 23,812 -6,985 20.8 21.4
2022 December 35,323 30,298 6,106 24,192 -5,025 18.7 21.1
2022 431,690 345,109 68,729 276,380 -86,581 39.9 25.8
2023 January 36,065 26,641 5,485 21,156 -9,424 19.0 10.4
2023 February 32,232 27,104 5,421 21,683 -5,128 13.8 8.2
2023 March 34,262 30,011 6,275 23,737 -4,251 -2.5 7.1
2023 373,367 329,093 66,131 262,962 -44,274 -13.5 -4.6
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 December 4, 2025:
The provisional figures for July, August and September 2025 have been adjusted.

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.

Changes as of December 12, 2024:
The figures for 2022 have been corrected. The figures for 2023 have been adjusted. For these years, the export value of Dutch products was overestimated due to a technical error. Additionally, the export value to Spain was underestimated in 2022. 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.