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 614,873 723,801 290,326 433,475 108,928 0.6 -0.3
0 Food and live animals 57,032 88,224 33,304 54,920 31,193 13.7 8.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 4,363 6,197 2,540 3,658 1,834 1.3 0.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 13,988 26,024 8,643 17,381 12,036 -0.2 4.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 75,593 74,539 33,716 40,823 -1,054 -5.0 -11.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 6,611 5,275 1,928 3,346 -1,336 4.1 4.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 63,918 89,348 46,016 43,332 25,430 3.4 1.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 44,836 45,040 20,785 24,255 205 0.1 1.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 145,823 166,778 88,407 78,371 20,954 3.8 4.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 69,665 74,905 54,798 20,107 5,239 -1.8 1.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 480 2,480 189 2,291 2,001 13.0 0.0
Not physically in the Netherlands 132,564 144,990 . 144,990 12,427 -4.3 -6.8
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 291,067 435,346 226,325 209,021 144,279 0.5 1.0
0 Food and live animals 34,759 64,801 29,337 35,464 30,042 10.4 9.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,647 3,370 1,799 1,571 -277 1.1 2.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 7,716 17,800 6,837 10,963 10,085 4.7 2.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 18,445 55,102 29,759 25,343 36,658 -4.4 -7.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,805 4,670 1,717 2,953 1,865 -7.0 8.4
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 41,261 61,379 34,693 26,686 20,118 5.1 2.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 29,641 33,048 18,146 14,902 3,407 0.7 0.8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 69,387 89,102 62,736 26,366 19,715 -0.1 2.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 34,158 51,541 41,119 10,422 17,383 -2.1 2.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 431 658 183 476 228 11.8 -1.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 48,816 53,874 . 53,874 5,057 -4.9 -3.4
Non-EU Total goods 323,806 288,455 64,001 224,453 -35,351 0.6 -2.2
0 Food and live animals 22,272 23,423 3,967 19,457 1,151 19.4 5.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 716 2,827 741 2,086 2,111 2.3 -1.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 6,273 8,224 1,806 6,418 1,951 -5.6 9.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 57,148 19,436 3,957 15,479 -37,712 -5.1 -19.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,806 604 211 393 -3,201 14.2 -17.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 22,657 27,969 11,323 16,646 5,312 0.4 1.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 15,194 11,992 2,639 9,353 -3,202 -1.0 2.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 76,436 77,676 25,671 52,004 1,240 7.6 6.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 35,507 23,363 13,679 9,685 -12,144 -1.5 -0.6
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 49 1,822 6 1,815 1,773 24.2 0.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 83,747 91,117 . 91,117 7,369 -3.9 -8.8
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 346,125 514,445 252,682 261,764 168,320 0.1 1.1
0 Food and live animals 37,701 74,973 31,664 43,309 37,272 8.7 9.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,831 4,321 2,043 2,277 490 0.8 0.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 8,676 21,738 7,555 14,183 13,062 2.4 3.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 36,216 61,436 31,781 29,655 25,220 -3.1 -8.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,486 5,032 1,833 3,199 1,546 -3.4 8.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 46,161 72,145 38,875 33,271 25,984 3.0 2.3
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 34,167 37,689 19,296 18,393 3,522 -0.1 0.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 77,944 107,572 72,432 35,141 29,628 0.5 2.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 39,846 60,488 47,018 13,470 20,642 -2.6 1.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 456 777 186 591 321 12.3 -13.0
Not physically in the Netherlands 57,642 68,275 . 68,275 10,633 -3.7 -2.8
Africa Total goods 17,683 13,568 3,758 9,811 -4,115 13.5 -4.8
0 Food and live animals 7,079 2,348 230 2,118 -4,731 46.3 7.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 86 139 35 104 53 17.9 1.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,022 570 128 441 -453 -9.2 11.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 6,116 2,945 449 2,496 -3,171 9.9 2.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 121 23 7 16 -98 -25.8 -41.8
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 131 1,479 635 845 1,348 -40.5 -4.3
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 801 644 193 450 -157 -19.1 -7.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 328 2,981 1,552 1,429 2,653 -0.2 -2.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 316 795 528 267 479 -7.0 3.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 58 . 58 58 384.9 -19.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,681 1,586 . 1,586 -95 -13.2 -33.2
America Total goods 111,534 78,939 14,037 64,902 -32,594 0.9 -8.9
0 Food and live animals 7,721 3,307 498 2,809 -4,413 14.7 2.9
1 Beverages and tobacco 265 1,125 269 857 860 9.1 7.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,801 1,446 342 1,104 -1,355 -11.7 9.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 19,585 3,537 889 2,649 -16,048 -7.6 -42.3
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 794 153 71 82 -641 30.1 -37.4
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 8,424 7,351 2,707 4,645 -1,073 11.1 1.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 2,111 3,357 604 2,753 1,245 7.0 3.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 16,431 16,852 5,458 11,394 421 20.6 -4.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 8,238 5,733 3,198 2,534 -2,506 -10.8 9.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 4 217 2 215 213 -20.3 11.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 45,159 35,860 . 35,860 -9,298 -2.2 -13.1
Asia Total goods 127,851 90,835 17,372 73,463 -37,016 -0.4 -0.7
0 Food and live animals 3,968 7,070 815 6,255 3,102 11.6 0.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 157 448 151 297 291 -5.4 -19.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,169 2,181 585 1,596 1,013 11.3 7.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 13,127 1,086 318 768 -12,040 -10.8 -26.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,955 63 16 47 -1,892 12.9 -51.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 9,028 7,677 3,411 4,265 -1,351 -0.2 0.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 7,661 2,103 525 1,578 -5,558 2.5 -6.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 50,857 34,696 7,830 26,865 -16,161 4.6 7.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 21,130 7,372 3,718 3,654 -13,758 3.9 -8.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 17 255 1 253 237 44.2 -14.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 18,783 27,884 . 27,884 9,102 -13.1 -6.1
Oceania Total goods 4,664 7,449 1,495 5,954 2,785 10.7 -15.4
0 Food and live animals 563 449 51 397 -115 67.7 -5.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 24 116 9 107 91 -5.8 14.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 320 84 28 56 -236 59.6 0.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 338 19 9 10 -319 -26.1 23.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 245 2 0 2 -244 4.7 -14.6
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 143 627 380 247 483 -4.3 -6.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 82 253 120 133 170 -41.1 -3.8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 182 1,496 578 918 1,314 -15.9 -30.8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 130 492 321 171 362 1.6 7.8
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 15 0 15 15 -65.7 -27.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 2,635 3,898 . 3,898 1,263 13.3 -14.4
Other Total goods 7,016 18,564 982 17,582 11,548 1.2 15.9
0 Food and live animals 0 78 45 32 78 -99.4 39.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 48 33 15 48 . 15.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 6 4 1 6 -95.0 34.1
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 January 14, 2026:
The provisional figures for November 2025 have been added. The provisional figures for January 2025, February 2025, March 2025 and April 2025 have also been adjusted.

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.