International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

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Countries SITC 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 103,052 122,500 49,519 72,981 19,448 -5.8 -4.8
0 Food and live animals 9,995 14,517 5,906 8,611 4,522 -1.7 -6.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 693 980 406 574 287 -1.0 -10.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,465 4,775 1,438 3,337 2,310 -5.9 -5.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 11,918 12,623 5,563 7,060 706 -18.2 -10.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,192 946 303 644 -245 7.7 -0.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 10,675 15,719 8,307 7,412 5,044 -5.4 -4.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 7,779 7,821 3,664 4,158 42 -2.6 0.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 25,320 26,873 14,955 11,918 1,554 5.9 -0.8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 11,703 12,335 8,910 3,425 632 -6.0 -8.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 121 607 67 540 487 31.6 51.2
Not physically in the Netherlands 21,193 25,303 . 25,303 4,110 -13.4 -5.6
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 50,242 77,448 38,974 38,473 27,205 -4.3 -0.7
0 Food and live animals 6,105 11,016 5,165 5,851 4,911 1.3 -2.9
1 Beverages and tobacco 556 540 261 280 -15 -4.7 -3.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,389 3,322 1,145 2,177 1,933 -2.6 0.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 3,518 9,220 4,814 4,406 5,702 -17.7 -14.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 382 871 276 595 489 -19.2 3.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 6,970 11,276 6,291 4,985 4,306 -5.9 -1.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 5,237 6,041 3,204 2,837 804 1.0 2.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 12,325 15,823 10,835 4,988 3,498 4.9 7.8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 5,708 8,921 6,919 2,002 3,213 -4.5 -2.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 113 323 65 257 209 35.4 163.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 7,941 10,095 . 10,095 2,155 -14.7 1.2
Non-EU Total goods 52,810 45,052 10,544 34,508 -7,758 -7.1 -11.2
0 Food and live animals 3,890 3,501 741 2,760 -389 -6.0 -16.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 138 439 145 294 302 17.4 -17.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,076 1,453 293 1,160 377 -9.8 -15.3
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 8,400 3,403 749 2,654 -4,997 -18.4 0.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 810 76 27 49 -734 27.6 -26.4
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 3,705 4,444 2,016 2,427 738 -4.6 -12.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 2,542 1,781 459 1,321 -761 -9.2 -7.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 12,995 11,050 4,121 6,930 -1,944 6.8 -10.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 5,995 3,414 1,990 1,423 -2,581 -7.4 -20.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 7 285 2 282 277 -7.5 2.0
Not physically in the Netherlands 13,252 15,208 . 15,208 1,956 -12.6 -9.6
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 59,195 90,957 43,606 47,351 31,762 -5.6 -1.7
0 Food and live animals 6,619 12,480 5,599 6,881 5,860 -0.5 -4.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 583 688 303 385 105 -4.3 -4.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,544 4,078 1,277 2,801 2,534 -2.9 -3.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 6,164 10,219 5,052 5,167 4,056 -19.0 -14.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 533 928 299 629 395 -8.4 3.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 7,887 13,344 7,290 6,053 5,457 -5.6 0.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 6,016 6,760 3,400 3,360 744 0.1 0.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 13,613 18,883 12,453 6,431 5,270 3.0 4.4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 6,598 10,344 7,867 2,476 3,746 -6.5 -3.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 119 339 66 273 219 36.5 140.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 9,519 12,896 . 12,896 3,376 -12.7 1.7
Africa Total goods 2,989 2,484 712 1,773 -505 -9.9 2.0
0 Food and live animals 1,277 333 36 297 -944 -6.1 -26.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 25 19 7 12 -6 33.4 -9.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 202 93 28 65 -108 -9.7 11.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 914 624 205 419 -290 -16.9 9.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 25 2 0 1 -23 143.8 -85.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 26 218 103 116 193 64.0 -18.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 153 95 32 63 -58 -10.8 -27.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 55 516 240 275 461 7.9 8.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 65 114 61 53 49 -4.7 -3.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 9 . 9 9 -64.1 -32.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 248 462 . 462 213 -17.0 62.4
America Total goods 16,480 9,971 1,973 7,997 -6,510 -14.2 -28.9
0 Food and live animals 1,367 501 97 404 -866 -0.8 -13.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 54 167 65 103 113 16.8 -30.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 493 221 43 179 -271 -14.4 -22.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 3,278 471 128 344 -2,807 -3.0 18.3
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 127 8 2 6 -119 42.5 -68.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 1,260 872 349 523 -387 -8.3 -37.5
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 375 439 101 338 65 16.1 -18.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2,453 2,090 832 1,258 -363 2.2 -25.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,312 675 355 320 -637 -8.4 -39.8
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1 49 1 47 48 124.3 16.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 5,762 4,477 . 4,477 -1,285 -29.9 -32.2
Asia Total goods 22,624 15,451 2,823 12,627 -7,174 2.3 -0.8
0 Food and live animals 668 1,130 159 971 462 -5.4 -16.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 28 86 27 59 58 27.0 12.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 205 368 86 282 163 17.2 -13.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 1,497 375 61 315 -1,122 -36.6 312.1
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 478 8 1 7 -470 24.6 -13.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 1,477 1,154 496 659 -323 -2.0 -13.3
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,220 354 89 265 -866 -17.0 -4.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 9,153 5,052 1,329 3,723 -4,101 11.7 -4.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,706 1,118 575 543 -2,588 -4.4 -21.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 52 0 52 52 -97.8 22.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 4,191 5,752 . 5,752 1,561 23.0 11.6
Oceania Total goods 512 978 242 735 466 -34.9 -28.7
0 Food and live animals 64 70 13 57 6 -6.5 -13.9
1 Beverages and tobacco 3 15 1 14 12 -24.1 -50.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 21 14 4 10 -7 -61.2 -7.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 44 2 0 2 -42 -45.8 -16.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 28 0 0 0 -28 -33.7 -80.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 20 120 68 52 100 -16.7 12.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 13 46 23 23 33 43.6 -1.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 31 274 83 191 243 -9.8 -6.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 21 80 50 30 59 8.4 13.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 2 . 2 2 822.2 -44.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 266 355 . 355 90 -40.6 -50.9
Other Total goods 1,251 2,659 162 2,497 1,408 -1.1 -3.8
0 Food and live animals 0 3 2 1 3 24,787.0 13.5
1 Beverages and tobacco . 5 3 2 . . 3.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 0 0 0 0 . 192.6
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 April 13, 2026:
The provisional figures for February 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.