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 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 8,914 14,134 5,425 8,709 5,221 0.2 1.9
EU (excl. the Netherlands) 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 5,787 10,369 4,716 5,653 4,583 -1.4 5.5
Non-EU 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 3,127 3,765 709 3,056 638 3.4 -7.0
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 6,350 11,899 5,099 6,801 5,549 -1.6 5.2
Africa 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 836 369 51 318 -467 25.0 -13.0
America 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1,146 551 95 456 -595 4.3 9.0
Asia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 531 1,232 159 1,073 701 -11.8 -20.6
Oceania 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 44 81 21 60 36 -33.8 -2.6
Other 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 6 2 1 1 -4 -26.6 131.0
Afghanistan 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 0 0 0 0 -34.9 -70.4
Albania 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 5 0 5 5 -60.8 57.9
Algeria 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1 32 2 30 31 1.0 5.5
American Samoa 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
American Virgin Islands 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 . 0 . -9.4 .
Andorra 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 0 0 . -7.7 .
Angola 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 6 0 6 6 -71.7 2.0
Anguilla 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 . 0 . -53.7 .
Antartica 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
Antigua and Barbuda 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 1 0 1 . -19.3 .
Argentina 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 51 4 1 3 -47 -19.1 -20.0
Armenia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 2 0 1 2 -99.6 .
Aruba 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 8 1 7 8 61.4 -10.1
Australia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 14 59 18 41 45 6.7 -11.0
Austria 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 63 207 126 81 145 4.8 16.1
Azerbaijan 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 4 2 3 4 40,037.0 -23.3
Bahamas 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 0 0 . 79.1 .
Bahrain 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 6 1 5 6 18,074.0 15.1
Bangladesh 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 6 4 1 3 -2 -25.5 4.8
Barbados 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 2 0 2 2 -16.3 .
Belarus 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 6 4 2 6 255.3 -23.1
Belgium 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1,376 1,837 771 1,066 461 -3.7 3.2
Belize 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 1 0 1 1 -98.9 30.2
Benin 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 2 0 2 2 -51.0 -52.5
Bermuda 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
Bhutan 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 . 0 . 111.7 .
Bolivia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1 0 0 0 -1 -19.3 23.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1 16 1 15 16 11.0 23.5
Botswana 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 0 0 . 2.1 .
Bouvet Island 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
Brazil 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 322 34 3 31 -288 6.8 3.9
British Indian Ocean Territory 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
British Virgin Islands 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 . 0 . -92.7 .
Brunei 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 0 0 . 96.1 .
Bulgaria 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 26 52 26 25 26 67.6 37.3
Burkina Faso 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 4 2 2 . . -27.0
Burma 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 4 0 0 0 -4 429.5 29.2
Burundi 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 0 0 0 0 -100.0 1,235.2
Cambodia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 4 2 0 2 -2 -22.2 298.8
Cameroon 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 11 4 6 . . 99.2
Canada 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 21 27 2 25 6 -42.6 25.1
Cape Verde 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 3 0 2 2 659.1 -25.3
Caribbean Netherlands 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 4 0 4 4 -68.4 28.7
Cayman Islands 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
Central African Republic 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 1 0 1 . 32.1 .
Ceuta 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
Chad 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 2 0 2 . -15.1 .
Chile 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 99 24 2 23 -75 7.3 -5.1
China 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 155 336 17 320 182 1.5 -49.5
Christmas Island 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
Cocos Islands 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
Colombia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 83 10 1 9 -72 2.9 1.5
Comoros 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1 1 0 0 0 123.4 -49.3
Congo 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 12 1 11 . 74.1 .
Congo (Democratic Republic) 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1 6 0 6 5 20.8 0.1
Cook Islands 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 0 . 0 0 30.1 .
Costa Rica 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 53 4 1 4 -49 -1.6 -34.3
Côte d’Ivoire 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 196 20 2 18 -176 18.7 26.1
Croatia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 9 60 21 39 51 26.8 26.2
Cuba 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 14 0 14 13 49.1 1,022.7
Curaçao 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 14 1 13 14 7,323.9 18.3
Cyprus 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1 30 14 17 30 26.7 22.3
Czechia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 57 164 88 76 106 4.4 15.8
Denmark 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 152 281 142 139 129 1.5 3.2
Djibouti 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 0 0 0 0 -96.6 -7.5
Dominica 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 1 . 1 . 25.7 .
Dominican Republic 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 11 10 0 9 -1 -6.3 11.9
Ecuador 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 81 4 0 4 -77 17.8 5.2
Egypt 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 53 19 3 16 -34 -0.7 -30.6
El Salvador 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 2 1 2 2 -89.6 -12.1
Equatorial Guinea 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 3 0 2 . -14.5 .
Eritrea 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 0 0 . -83.7 .
Estonia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 15 28 15 13 13 68.8 3.4
Eswatini 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 . . . . 76,694.1 .
Ethiopia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1 1 0 1 0 -13.7 -40.5
Falkland Islands 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 0 0 0 0 35.1 .
Faroe Islands 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 5 1 0 1 -4 10.0 26.0
Fiji 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 1 0 1 1 -39.2 33.8
Finland 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 13 105 49 57 93 15.4 2.7
France 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 620 1,228 527 701 608 1.2 1.7
French Polynesia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 2 0 2 . 99.5 .
French Southern Territories 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . . . . . . .
Gabon 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 6 0 5 6 3.6 .
Gambia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 10 0 10 10 60.5 100.1
Georgia 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 9 3 5 8 109,849.9 11.8
Germany 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 1,863 3,518 1,683 1,835 1,654 -2.9 4.6
Ghana 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 68 22 4 18 -46 38.8 -21.1
Gibraltar 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 0 0 . 0.6 .
Greece 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 37 162 41 121 125 21.6 8.5
Greenland 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* . 0 0 0 . 544.2 .
Grenada 0 Food and live animals 2024 January-February* 0 1 0 1 1 -6.8 -17.4
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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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 May 2, 2024:
The provisional figures from December 2023 to February 2024 have been adjusted and the provisional figures from July 2023 to September 2023 have also been adjusted.

Changes as of November 22, 2023:
The figures for 2021 have been corrected. For this reporting year, some values (for the countries) were wrongly not settled. This 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.