International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

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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 February*	54,545	63,997	25,401	38,596	9,452	1.8	0.0
Total countries	Total goods	2025 March*	57,157	69,318	27,986	41,332	12,161	1.6	0.6
Total countries	Total goods	2025 April*	56,124	63,999	25,536	38,462	7,874	-0.9	-4.2
Total countries	Total goods	2025 May*	55,379	64,595	25,491	39,104	9,216	-2.8	-3.3
Total countries	Total goods	2025 June*	55,809	65,562	26,128	39,434	9,752	0.7	-1.1
Total countries	Total goods	2025 July*	58,017	66,541	26,926	39,615	8,524	0.5	0.4
Total countries	Total goods	2025 August*	54,226	61,229	24,459	36,770	7,003	1.4	-1.1
Total countries	Total goods	2025 September*	55,543	67,172	27,055	40,117	11,629	1.5	1.5
Total countries	Total goods	2025 October*	57,899	68,914	28,887	40,027	11,015	-0.8	1.8
Total countries	Total goods	2025 November*	55,962	66,480	26,716	39,764	10,518	0.5	-1.4
Total countries	Total goods	2025 December*	56,855	66,671	26,749	39,922	9,816	4.8	4.2
Total countries	Total goods	2026 January*	53,381	61,445	24,739	36,705	8,063	-2.6	-5.1
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 February*	4,944	7,540	2,834	4,706	2,595	14.3	8.7
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 March*	5,323	8,152	3,163	4,989	2,828	19.7	11.4
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 April*	5,544	8,267	3,119	5,149	2,723	20.4	13.5
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 May*	5,341	8,239	3,090	5,149	2,898	17.2	8.8
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 June*	5,096	7,869	2,976	4,893	2,773	21.2	11.5
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 July*	5,478	8,330	3,157	5,173	2,853	16.0	8.6
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 August*	4,794	7,589	2,922	4,667	2,795	7.5	5.1
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 September*	4,984	7,979	3,153	4,826	2,996	12.6	6.2
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 October*	5,180	8,444	3,230	5,214	3,264	0.3	2.9
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 November*	5,075	7,627	2,930	4,696	2,551	3.0	-2.9
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2025 December*	5,234	7,583	3,017	4,566	2,350	5.8	4.1
Total countries	0 Food and live animals	2026 January*	5,051	7,393	3,014	4,379	2,343	-3.3	-7.6
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 February*	352	542	204	339	190	-0.2	3.0
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 March*	394	556	214	343	162	3.1	1.9
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 April*	435	548	225	323	114	1.2	-4.6
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 May*	411	609	247	363	199	-5.8	1.1
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 June*	416	585	235	350	169	4.8	-0.6
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 July*	430	630	258	372	200	1.6	3.8
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 August*	364	558	237	321	194	-1.8	-1.8
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 September*	385	533	233	300	148	3.4	-0.5
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 October*	420	572	257	315	153	3.8	3.1
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 November*	399	529	243	286	129	-2.9	-3.9
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2025 December*	397	535	262	273	138	2.9	9.9
Total countries	1 Beverages and tobacco	2026 January*	319	480	205	276	162	-8.5	-12.9
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 February*	1,377	2,656	815	1,841	1,279	10.6	3.7
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 March*	1,422	2,774	832	1,942	1,353	8.0	5.1
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 April*	1,361	2,610	809	1,801	1,250	4.7	3.6
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 May*	1,310	2,483	832	1,651	1,173	-5.2	-4.0
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 June*	1,240	2,013	768	1,245	773	2.3	0.5
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 July*	1,293	2,051	743	1,309	758	-1.1	2.6
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 August*	1,082	2,023	673	1,350	941	-10.5	4.0
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 September*	1,178	2,223	760	1,464	1,045	0.3	4.6
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 October*	1,259	2,410	793	1,617	1,150	-9.4	7.5
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 November*	1,221	2,258	759	1,499	1,038	-8.7	4.6
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2025 December*	1,260	2,123	671	1,452	863	0.7	11.5
Total countries	2 Crude materials, inedible, except f...	2026 January*	1,187	2,202	674	1,528	1,015	-4.3	-7.6
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 February*	7,664	7,117	3,349	3,768	-547	-2.9	-0.6
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 March*	6,880	7,659	3,654	4,005	780	-11.3	-9.7
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 April*	7,008	6,517	3,174	3,343	-491	-7.5	-21.3
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 May*	6,948	6,374	2,985	3,389	-574	-7.4	-15.3
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 June*	6,826	6,474	3,205	3,270	-352	-9.7	-17.8
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 July*	6,892	7,146	3,222	3,924	254	-8.5	-10.5
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 August*	7,101	6,314	2,892	3,422	-787	1.1	-10.7
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 September*	6,747	6,689	2,692	3,997	-58	4.8	-2.1
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 October*	7,002	6,598	2,674	3,924	-404	4.5	-6.5
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 November*	5,895	6,648	2,553	4,095	753	-10.6	-8.2
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2025 December*	6,239	6,901	2,884	4,017	662	-7.4	-1.8
Total countries	3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat...	2026 January*	5,996	6,353	2,523	3,830	357	-13.1	-9.3
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 February*	517	451	154	297	-66	-7.2	-2.6
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 March*	563	497	183	314	-66	-4.5	11.1
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 April*	671	454	174	279	-217	13.0	7.3
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 May*	589	486	190	296	-103	-7.3	8.8
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 June*	583	494	207	287	-89	-4.3	1.5
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 July*	646	462	159	303	-185	-2.1	3.9
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 August*	555	465	179	287	-90	-3.4	1.2
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 September*	540	492	172	319	-49	-4.7	10.3
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 October*	601	492	160	332	-109	32.7	9.7
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 November*	728	469	168	301	-260	47.4	1.3
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2025 December*	681	489	175	314	-191	32.9	12.9
Total countries	4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and...	2026 January*	567	496	176	320	-71	-3.8	0.1
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 February*	5,538	7,960	3,981	3,979	2,422	1.0	3.4
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 March*	6,264	8,718	4,420	4,299	2,454	11.0	7.6
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 April*	6,017	7,945	4,148	3,797	1,927	3.8	0.9
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 May*	5,936	8,079	4,100	3,979	2,143	1.4	-1.1
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 June*	5,788	8,008	4,192	3,816	2,221	3.0	-1.3
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 July*	6,109	8,079	4,106	3,974	1,971	3.8	-4.0
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 August*	5,434	7,454	3,691	3,763	2,020	0.7	-1.2
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 September*	5,523	7,964	4,193	3,772	2,441	-0.9	2.8
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 October*	5,870	8,550	4,685	3,865	2,680	-2.0	2.8
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 November*	5,675	8,038	4,322	3,716	2,362	2.9	0.1
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2025 December*	5,680	7,578	4,088	3,491	1,898	3.7	2.8
Total countries	5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s.	2026 January*	5,168	8,000	4,119	3,880	2,832	-10.2	-5.6
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 February*	4,010	3,908	1,894	2,013	-102	3.3	1.1
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 March*	4,222	4,160	1,939	2,221	-62	2.5	0.2
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 April*	4,100	4,123	1,894	2,229	23	-2.0	0.4
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 May*	4,052	4,197	1,936	2,260	145	-4.3	-2.0
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 June*	4,197	4,092	1,895	2,197	-105	4.5	-2.0
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 July*	4,182	4,325	1,882	2,443	143	0.2	4.7
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 August*	3,617	3,755	1,714	2,041	138	-1.5	4.8
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 September*	4,078	4,046	1,862	2,184	-32	1.0	2.1
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 October*	4,234	4,347	2,059	2,289	113	-5.7	2.3
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 November*	4,327	4,068	1,906	2,162	-258	4.8	-2.8
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2025 December*	4,241	3,553	1,621	1,933	-687	17.2	11.2
Total countries	6 Manufactured goods classified chief...	2026 January*	3,858	3,852	1,829	2,024	-6	-3.0	-1.6
Total countries	7 Machinery and transport equipment	2025 February*	11,910	13,955	7,343	6,612	2,045	3.4	0.6
Total countries	7 Machinery and transport equipment	2025 March*	13,284	16,329	8,355	7,974	3,045	2.4	4.6
Total countries	7 Machinery and transport equipment	2025 April*	13,048	14,034	7,524	6,510	986	2.2	-2.9
Total countries	7 Machinery and transport equipment	2025 May*	12,846	14,650	7,658	6,992	1,805	-1.3	1.8
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 March 16, 2026:
The provisional figures for January 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.