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 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Total goods | 2025 January-October* | 45,745 | 61,181 | 32,772 | 28,409 | 15,436 | 2.9 | -2.3 |
| Belgium | 0 Food and live animals | 2025 January-October* | 7,878 | 10,657 | 4,564 | 6,094 | 2,780 | 11.6 | 9.0 |
| Belgium | 1 Beverages and tobacco | 2025 January-October* | 870 | 658 | 417 | 241 | -212 | 1.2 | 13.3 |
| Belgium | 2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... | 2025 January-October* | 1,646 | 2,081 | 931 | 1,150 | 435 | 12.8 | -5.9 |
| Belgium | 3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... | 2025 January-October* | 5,957 | 13,396 | 8,406 | 4,990 | 7,439 | -6.3 | -14.2 |
| Belgium | 4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... | 2025 January-October* | 611 | 1,186 | 323 | 862 | 574 | -16.2 | 4.8 |
| Belgium | 5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. | 2025 January-October* | 8,993 | 10,061 | 4,935 | 5,125 | 1,067 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| Belgium | 6 Manufactured goods classified chief... | 2025 January-October* | 5,695 | 5,468 | 3,111 | 2,357 | -227 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| Belgium | 7 Machinery and transport equipment | 2025 January-October* | 8,445 | 9,475 | 6,067 | 3,409 | 1,030 | -2.5 | -4.5 |
| Belgium | 8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2025 January-October* | 4,190 | 5,834 | 3,981 | 1,852 | 1,644 | 9.1 | 3.6 |
| Belgium | 9 Commodities and transactions not cl... | 2025 January-October* | 105 | 90 | 37 | 53 | -15 | -6.3 | -9.5 |
| Belgium | Not physically in the Netherlands | 2025 January-October* | 1,354 | 2,275 | . | 2,275 | 921 | 12.9 | -4.8 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||
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 12, 2025:
The provisional figures for October 2025 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.