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 280,505 323,405 134,317 189,089 42,900 1.4 -1.0
0 Food and live animals 25,849 38,071 15,628 22,443 12,222 -1.9 -5.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,022 2,722 1,188 1,534 700 4.6 -3.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 6,529 12,864 3,759 9,106 6,335 -2.2 0.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 38,546 38,479 15,636 22,844 -67 8.9 11.1
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,183 2,495 842 1,653 -688 9.1 5.6
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 30,041 42,477 22,657 19,820 12,436 2.3 3.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 20,935 20,739 9,858 10,881 -196 2.6 2.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 71,181 72,896 41,550 31,346 1,714 12.5 1.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 31,420 31,437 22,908 8,529 18 1.1 -4.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 215 1,591 292 1,299 1,376 -7.0 47.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 50,584 59,635 . 59,635 9,051 -14.4 -10.2
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 134,966 204,007 105,184 98,823 69,041 2.5 3.8
0 Food and live animals 15,735 28,565 13,680 14,885 12,830 -0.1 -3.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,548 1,516 771 745 -32 -2.8 0.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 3,619 8,918 2,983 5,935 5,299 -0.3 1.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 10,786 27,730 13,466 14,264 16,944 21.1 6.3
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,071 2,238 745 1,493 1,167 -16.6 6.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 19,320 29,795 17,150 12,645 10,476 2.6 5.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 13,968 15,460 8,583 6,877 1,492 3.3 2.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 33,962 42,384 30,030 12,353 8,422 9.5 10.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 14,930 22,023 17,487 4,536 7,093 -0.7 -0.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 199 734 288 445 534 -5.9 142.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 19,828 24,644 . 24,644 4,816 -9.5 0.4
Non-EU Total goods 145,540 119,398 29,133 90,266 -26,141 0.3 -8.2
0 Food and live animals 10,114 9,506 1,947 7,558 -608 -4.6 -10.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 474 1,206 417 789 732 39.4 -7.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,910 3,946 776 3,170 1,036 -4.6 -1.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 27,760 10,749 2,170 8,580 -17,011 4.7 25.9
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,112 257 97 160 -1,855 29.2 -1.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 10,722 12,681 5,506 7,175 1,960 1.6 -2.3
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 6,967 5,279 1,275 4,003 -1,689 1.2 1.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 37,219 30,512 11,519 18,992 -6,707 15.4 -9.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 16,490 9,414 5,421 3,993 -7,075 2.9 -11.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 16 857 3 854 842 -19.5 10.0
Not physically in the Netherlands 30,756 34,991 . 34,991 4,235 -17.3 -16.4
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 159,046 239,972 117,500 122,472 80,927 1.3 3.1
0 Food and live animals 17,048 32,655 14,867 17,787 15,606 -0.9 -4.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,629 1,915 883 1,032 286 -2.6 -0.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 4,022 10,952 3,334 7,618 6,931 -0.3 -0.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 18,865 31,185 14,069 17,117 12,320 7.9 7.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,463 2,407 797 1,610 944 -6.6 7.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 21,625 35,160 19,536 15,625 13,535 2.4 6.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 16,117 17,429 9,126 8,302 1,312 3.0 1.8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 37,518 50,961 34,548 16,413 13,443 7.4 9.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 17,415 25,932 20,050 5,882 8,517 -1.1 -0.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 211 790 290 500 579 -5.4 127.4
Not physically in the Netherlands 23,133 30,587 . 30,587 7,454 -9.2 -2.4
Africa Total goods 7,743 6,834 2,018 4,816 -909 -8.5 7.3
0 Food and live animals 2,977 899 108 791 -2,078 -16.1 -12.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 51 61 18 43 9 21.9 1.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 515 311 88 222 -204 0.3 58.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 2,704 1,974 503 1,471 -729 -3.1 68.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 65 5 1 4 -60 0.8 -69.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 105 653 299 354 548 74.8 -2.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 347 273 85 188 -74 -7.5 -13.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 151 1,374 739 635 1,223 -0.1 4.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 146 306 177 129 160 -3.0 -0.6
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 24 . 24 24 -64.1 -13.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 682 954 . 954 271 -10.6 -23.9
America Total goods 45,234 27,107 6,042 21,065 -18,127 -5.7 -22.2
0 Food and live animals 3,730 1,358 241 1,116 -2,372 5.9 -8.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 259 515 220 296 257 88.4 -5.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,326 598 119 478 -729 -6.1 -7.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 12,289 1,256 305 952 -11,033 40.8 -20.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 366 58 40 18 -308 33.9 -22.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 3,791 2,859 1,175 1,684 -932 -5.3 -24.5
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,144 1,246 302 944 103 44.5 -19.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 7,193 6,489 2,645 3,844 -705 12.3 -20.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,769 1,933 994 940 -1,836 -2.8 -26.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 2 118 1 116 115 70.9 35.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 11,365 10,677 . 10,677 -688 -39.6 -25.3
Asia Total goods 62,882 38,301 7,448 30,853 -24,581 8.1 -8.2
0 Food and live animals 1,846 2,934 367 2,567 1,089 -1.1 -10.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 74 176 54 122 101 3.6 -10.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 515 962 202 760 447 -6.5 -2.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 4,474 866 245 621 -3,608 -27.6 185.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,188 25 4 21 -1,163 32.5 -18.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 4,446 3,421 1,463 1,958 -1,026 8.0 -0.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 3,283 978 260 718 -2,305 -7.7 4.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 26,090 12,932 3,312 9,619 -13,158 20.5 -11.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9,978 3,027 1,541 1,486 -6,951 6.7 -13.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1 112 1 111 112 -88.4 8.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 10,988 12,869 . 12,869 1,881 10.7 -10.5
Oceania Total goods 2,231 2,974 671 2,303 744 12.0 -12.0
0 Food and live animals 248 207 33 174 -40 8.1 -1.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 9 40 3 37 31 -17.0 -35.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 151 41 14 26 -111 -9.4 -0.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 149 150 9 141 1 -3.0 1,147.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 98 0 0 0 -98 -14.7 -49.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 64 337 182 155 273 3.6 12.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 43 125 58 67 82 22.0 13.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 100 703 232 471 603 17.0 1.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 103 220 139 82 118 73.5 5.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 4 0 4 4 659.9 -47.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,266 1,146 . 1,146 -121 17.8 -34.1
Other Total goods 3,369 8,216 637 7,579 4,847 5.9 9.0
0 Food and live animals 0 17 10 7 17 26,566.1 -22.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 16 11 5 16 . -4.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 1 1 0 1 562.1 -11.5
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 August 3, 2026:
The provisional figures for March, April and May 2026 have been revised.

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.