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 222,816 260,490 106,490 154,001 37,675 0.3 -0.6
0 Food and live animals 20,755 30,388 12,459 17,929 9,633 -1.2 -4.9
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,583 2,151 944 1,206 568 4.1 -2.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 5,281 10,275 2,996 7,279 4,994 -2.2 -1.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 28,617 29,534 12,446 17,088 917 0.6 4.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,534 2,002 651 1,351 -532 8.6 6.4
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 23,702 33,592 17,904 15,687 9,889 0.8 1.5
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 16,565 16,560 7,813 8,747 -5 1.2 2.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 56,405 58,726 32,553 26,173 2,321 12.0 2.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 24,855 25,380 18,485 6,895 526 -1.2 -4.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 159 1,276 236 1,040 1,118 -14.2 49.4
Not physically in the Netherlands 42,360 50,606 . 50,606 8,246 -11.4 -4.8
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 106,656 162,500 83,160 79,340 55,844 0.6 2.8
0 Food and live animals 12,588 22,847 10,885 11,962 10,259 0.4 -2.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,224 1,193 620 573 -32 -1.8 2.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,866 7,108 2,389 4,719 4,242 -3.6 0.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 8,100 21,210 10,562 10,648 13,110 8.2 -1.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 839 1,811 587 1,225 973 -17.5 7.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 15,151 23,692 13,532 10,160 8,541 0.8 4.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 11,029 12,398 6,793 5,604 1,369 2.1 3.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 26,975 33,663 23,447 10,216 6,688 8.6 9.8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 11,896 17,832 14,112 3,720 5,936 -1.6 -0.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 145 556 233 322 410 -14.1 134.2
Not physically in the Netherlands 15,843 20,191 . 20,191 4,348 -11.1 2.5
Non-EU Total goods 116,159 97,990 23,330 74,660 -18,169 0.1 -5.9
0 Food and live animals 8,167 7,541 1,574 5,967 -626 -3.4 -10.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 358 958 325 633 600 31.2 -8.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,415 3,167 607 2,560 752 -0.5 -5.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 20,517 8,324 1,884 6,440 -12,193 -2.1 21.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,695 190 65 126 -1,505 28.8 -6.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 8,552 9,900 4,372 5,527 1,348 0.9 -4.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 5,537 4,163 1,020 3,143 -1,374 -0.4 2.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 29,430 25,063 9,106 15,957 -4,367 15.2 -6.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 12,959 7,548 4,373 3,175 -5,410 -0.8 -13.8
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 14 721 3 718 707 -15.1 16.8
Not physically in the Netherlands 26,517 30,415 . 30,415 3,898 -11.5 -9.1
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 126,589 191,849 93,072 98,777 65,261 0.2 2.5
0 Food and live animals 13,655 26,067 11,843 14,225 12,412 -0.5 -3.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,288 1,514 708 806 226 -1.3 1.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 3,197 8,768 2,673 6,095 5,571 -3.2 -1.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 14,609 23,719 11,037 12,681 9,109 2.6 -0.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,149 1,948 632 1,316 799 -8.7 8.8
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 17,027 28,033 15,539 12,494 11,006 0.7 5.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 12,711 13,979 7,224 6,755 1,268 1.4 2.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 29,929 40,408 26,959 13,449 10,479 7.2 8.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 13,867 21,023 16,221 4,801 7,156 -2.3 -0.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 156 599 234 365 443 -12.4 120.9
Not physically in the Netherlands 19,001 25,791 . 25,791 6,791 -8.7 2.8
Africa Total goods 6,213 5,701 1,663 4,039 -512 -7.8 15.7
0 Food and live animals 2,439 729 85 645 -1,709 -13.1 -13.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 46 46 15 31 1 32.1 -1.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 433 238 63 175 -195 5.5 65.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 2,147 1,672 468 1,204 -475 -4.0 75.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 54 4 1 3 -50 3.2 -71.6
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 85 516 239 276 431 67.3 -4.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 272 216 66 151 -55 -8.1 -16.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 119 1,081 580 502 962 2.6 6.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 123 254 146 108 131 -2.4 2.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 20 . 20 20 -64.1 -5.9
Not physically in the Netherlands 497 924 . 924 427 -18.3 9.7
America Total goods 36,456 21,771 4,586 17,185 -14,685 -6.1 -23.6
0 Food and live animals 3,013 1,085 193 891 -1,928 7.9 -7.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 183 401 165 235 218 61.4 -9.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,107 467 87 380 -639 -2.5 -12.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 7,777 882 223 659 -6,895 12.9 -19.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 247 29 15 14 -218 14.5 -40.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 3,034 2,052 821 1,231 -982 -5.0 -32.3
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 930 1,002 241 761 72 52.8 -16.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 5,646 5,280 2,057 3,223 -366 9.8 -20.4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2,994 1,522 783 739 -1,473 -4.8 -30.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 2 99 1 98 97 56.5 33.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 11,524 8,953 . 8,953 -2,571 -26.0 -25.8
Asia Total goods 49,590 32,297 6,047 26,250 -17,293 7.7 -2.0
0 Food and live animals 1,469 2,334 307 2,027 865 -2.3 -12.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 59 147 46 101 89 -1.0 -7.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 450 769 162 607 319 5.8 -4.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 3,925 795 219 576 -3,130 -19.7 226.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 996 20 3 17 -976 36.0 -23.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 3,495 2,686 1,161 1,526 -809 6.4 -2.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 2,626 780 211 569 -1,845 -9.3 3.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 20,390 10,768 2,713 8,055 -9,622 19.2 -6.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 7,798 2,397 1,224 1,173 -5,401 1.9 -19.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1 95 1 94 95 -91.1 11.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 8,382 11,504 . 11,504 3,122 11.6 4.4
Oceania Total goods 1,218 2,201 532 1,669 983 -22.5 -19.0
0 Food and live animals 179 162 25 136 -17 3.7 -7.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 7 31 2 29 24 -5.4 -40.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 94 32 10 22 -63 -26.7 -2.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 104 149 9 140 46 -19.9 1,285.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 85 0 0 0 -85 18.0 -66.8
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 51 263 141 122 212 6.1 12.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 25 104 49 55 79 -1.0 21.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 72 576 189 387 504 5.8 2.8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 70 170 106 64 100 63.0 8.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 3 0 3 3 943.8 -50.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 532 711 . 711 179 -39.5 -49.3
Other Total goods 2,749 6,670 589 6,081 3,921 8.9 11.6
0 Food and live animals 0 11 6 5 11 26,566.1 -6.8
1 Beverages and tobacco . 11 7 4 . . -1.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 1 0 0 1 561.4 -21.2
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 June 15, 2026:
The provisional figures for April 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.