International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

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Countries SITC Change of ownership goods; balance Trade balance (million euros)
Total countries Total goods 37,675
0 Food and live animals 9,633
1 Beverages and tobacco 568
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 4,994
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 917
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -532
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 9,889
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2,321
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 526
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1,118
Not physically in the Netherlands 8,246
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 55,844
0 Food and live animals 10,259
1 Beverages and tobacco -32
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 4,242
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 13,110
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 973
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 8,541
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,369
7 Machinery and transport equipment 6,688
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 5,936
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 410
Not physically in the Netherlands 4,348
Non-EU Total goods -18,169
0 Food and live animals -626
1 Beverages and tobacco 600
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 752
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -12,193
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -1,505
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 1,348
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -1,374
7 Machinery and transport equipment -4,367
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -5,410
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 707
Not physically in the Netherlands 3,898
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 65,261
0 Food and live animals 12,412
1 Beverages and tobacco 226
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 5,571
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 9,109
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 799
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 11,006
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,268
7 Machinery and transport equipment 10,479
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 7,156
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 443
Not physically in the Netherlands 6,791
Africa Total goods -512
0 Food and live animals -1,709
1 Beverages and tobacco 1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -195
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -475
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -50
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 431
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -55
7 Machinery and transport equipment 962
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 131
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 20
Not physically in the Netherlands 427
America Total goods -14,685
0 Food and live animals -1,928
1 Beverages and tobacco 218
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -639
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -6,895
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -218
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. -982
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 72
7 Machinery and transport equipment -366
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -1,473
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 97
Not physically in the Netherlands -2,571
Asia Total goods -17,293
0 Food and live animals 865
1 Beverages and tobacco 89
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 319
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -3,130
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -976
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. -809
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -1,845
7 Machinery and transport equipment -9,622
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -5,401
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 95
Not physically in the Netherlands 3,122
Oceania Total goods 983
0 Food and live animals -17
1 Beverages and tobacco 24
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -63
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 46
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -85
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 212
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 79
7 Machinery and transport equipment 504
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 100
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 3
Not physically in the Netherlands 179
Other Total goods 3,921
0 Food and live animals 11
1 Beverages and tobacco .
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1
Source: CBS.
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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; balance
The trade balance according to the method of change of economic ownership.
Trade balance
The export value minus the import value.