International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

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Countries 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 12,938 23,855 7,966 15,889 10,917 2.0 4.9
EU (excl. the Netherlands) 7,065 16,332 6,318 10,014 9,267 6.1 2.6
Non-EU 5,872 7,523 1,648 5,875 1,651 -2.5 10.4
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) 7,961 20,007 6,985 13,021 12,046 4.1 4.2
Africa 944 489 107 382 -455 -7.7 11.9
America 2,671 1,308 304 1,004 -1,363 -8.4 9.5
Asia 1,058 1,969 539 1,430 911 14.8 8.3
Oceania 304 77 27 51 -227 69.6 2.3
Other 0 6 4 1 5 -95.0 33.7
Afghanistan 0 1 0 0 1 -90.6 -35.4
Albania 1 9 1 8 8 -19.6 38.9
Algeria 1 27 11 16 26 5.7 48.7
American Samoa . 0 . 0 . . -61.5
American Virgin Islands . . . . . . .
Andorra 0 0 0 . 0 -99.1 -99.7
Angola 0 1 1 1 1 -76.6 61.1
Anguilla . 0 0 . . . .
Antartica . . . . . . .
Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 . 149.9
Argentina 261 21 7 14 -239 3.3 69.2
Armenia 1 16 5 11 15 -85.6 18.6
Aruba 2 1 0 1 -1 26.2 26.4
Australia 240 60 24 36 -179 128.3 0.3
Austria 59 459 179 280 400 7.3 0.1
Azerbaijan 0 20 3 17 20 -92.0 37.9
Bahamas 0 0 0 0 0 -42.1 40.6
Bahrain 0 4 0 4 4 -100.0 3.6
Bangladesh 1 1 1 1 0 632.1 -91.2
Barbados 0 1 0 1 1 -78.7 53.6
Belarus 1 63 30 32 62 338.9 22.9
Belgium 1,646 2,081 931 1,150 435 12.8 -5.9
Belize . . . . . . .
Benin 0 1 0 0 1 -97.3 80.7
Bermuda 0 0 0 . 0 . -96.9
Bhutan . . . . . . .
Bolivia 2 1 0 1 0 -30.2 -17.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 10 1 9 3 44.1 6.0
Botswana 0 0 . 0 0 71.6 -43.2
Bouvet Island . . . . . . .
Brazil 634 92 36 56 -542 -7.2 -4.0
British Indian Ocean Territory . . . . . . .
British Virgin Islands . 0 0 0 . . -94.9
Brunei . 1 0 0 . . -14.0
Bulgaria 34 118 51 67 84 -55.6 8.3
Burkina Faso 0 1 0 1 1 -76.9 22.6
Burma 0 0 0 0 0 2,098.8 11.4
Burundi . 0 . 0 . . -96.1
Cambodia 0 2 1 1 2 32,591.0 19.6
Cameroon 9 13 2 12 4 -14.9 0.5
Canada 330 180 45 135 -149 4.6 19.4
Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 . 178.2
Caribbean Netherlands 0 1 0 1 1 -77.8 -17.2
Cayman Islands . 0 0 0 . . 4,567.8
Central African Republic . 1 0 1 . . -58.7
Ceuta . 0 0 0 . . .
Chad . 2 0 2 . . -4.1
Chile 184 91 66 25 -93 -4.6 122.7
China 370 550 235 315 180 -0.4 20.6
Christmas Island . . . . . . .
Cocos Islands . . . . . . .
Colombia 66 36 3 33 -30 -2.9 10.8
Comoros 0 0 . 0 0 . 162.5
Congo 8 2 0 1 -7 62.7 4.7
Congo (Democratic Republic) 0 2 0 2 2 -95.7 -2.1
Cook Islands . . . . . . .
Costa Rica 32 13 3 10 -19 -14.6 0.7
Côte d’Ivoire 17 3 0 3 -13 6.8 31.2
Croatia 9 45 15 31 36 -13.3 14.9
Cuba 20 0 0 0 -20 -29.3 62.9
Curaçao 1 1 0 1 1 -42.9 -16.5
Cyprus 5 14 6 8 9 7.4 18.8
Czechia 51 307 89 218 256 13.4 2.7
Denmark 210 304 95 210 94 27.9 -2.0
Djibouti 0 0 . 0 0 -15.6 4,410.2
Dominica . 0 . 0 . . -99.9
Dominican Republic 16 7 2 6 -9 21.6 -9.4
Ecuador 175 17 3 15 -157 -10.8 9.1
Egypt 55 208 35 172 153 -22.5 28.4
El Salvador 2 0 0 0 -1 -42.3 65.8
Equatorial Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 -51.3 -37.7
Eritrea . 0 0 0 . . 2,126.7
Estonia 92 64 21 43 -27 84.4 -7.3
Eswatini . . . . . . .
Ethiopia 150 5 1 4 -145 0.6 -23.5
Falkland Islands . . . . . . .
Faroe Islands 1 0 0 0 0 34.2 -16.7
Fiji 0 0 0 . 0 487.8 -97.1
Finland 218 . . . . 46.5 .
France 569 1,620 681 939 1,052 9.5 2.0
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 -93.4 5.0
French Southern Territories . . . . . . .
Gabon 0 1 0 1 1 -89.7 -20.5
Gambia 0 0 0 0 0 -99.9 -52.8
Georgia 1 12 2 10 11 -57.9 13.0
Germany 2,179 6,086 2,312 3,774 3,907 3.8 3.7
Ghana 6 12 2 10 6 16.8 8.3
Gibraltar . 0 0 0 . . 0.8
Greece 31 129 79 51 98 -7.3 7.6
Greenland 2 0 0 0 -2 75.9 -93.6
Grenada 0 . . . . 331.3 .
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 December 12, 2025:
The provisional figures for October 2025 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.