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 69,579 68,524 31,418 37,105 -1,055 -4.6 -10.6
EU (excl. the Netherlands) 16,813 50,869 27,691 23,177 34,055 -4.8 -6.4
Non-EU 52,765 17,655 3,727 13,928 -35,111 -4.5 -20.8
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) 33,455 56,669 29,621 27,048 23,214 -2.8 -7.7
Africa 5,737 2,474 407 2,067 -3,263 9.5 -1.1
America 17,916 3,322 832 2,491 -14,594 -6.5 -43.9
Asia 11,958 1,044 314 730 -10,914 -11.6 -15.7
Oceania 308 18 8 9 -290 -21.9 26.4
Other 205 4,997 237 4,760 4,792 6.6 -10.7
Afghanistan . . . . . . .
Albania 0 1 0 1 1 -23.6 -56.7
Algeria 420 4 2 1 -416 -56.1 -40.8
American Samoa . . . . . . .
American Virgin Islands 39 . . . . 26,292,183.1 .
Andorra . . . . . . .
Angola 1,012 49 8 41 -963 57.3 365.0
Anguilla . . . . . . .
Antartica . . . . . . .
Antigua and Barbuda 0 . . . . -99.2 .
Argentina 86 308 51 256 222 -2.7 147.9
Armenia . 4 0 4 . . 78.1
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 81.7 27.1
Australia 308 15 8 7 -293 -21.9 29.6
Austria 34 211 40 170 177 -26.0 117.1
Azerbaijan 185 14 1 12 -171 740,288,588.0 111.0
Bahamas 1 0 0 0 -1 147,345.5 -8.3
Bahrain 34 0 0 0 -34 -64.0 -28.6
Bangladesh 0 1 0 1 1 -80.3 -4.9
Barbados . 0 0 0 . . -82.7
Belarus . . . . . . .
Belgium 5,957 13,396 8,406 4,990 7,439 -6.3 -14.2
Belize . 0 0 0 . . 238.3
Benin 0 1 0 1 1 3.6 -4.6
Bermuda . 0 0 0 . . -17.6
Bhutan . . . . . . .
Bolivia . 0 0 0 . . -4.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 0 1 1 -100.0 337.6
Botswana . . . . . . .
Bouvet Island . . . . . . .
Brazil 2,027 374 58 316 -1,653 -21.2 -15.7
British Indian Ocean Territory . . . . . . .
British Virgin Islands . . . . . . .
Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 -86.4 -54.9
Bulgaria 86 10 1 9 -76 80.2 106.4
Burkina Faso . 1 0 1 . . -22.0
Burma . . . . . . .
Burundi . 0 . 0 . . 352.6
Cambodia . 0 0 0 . . 16.2
Cameroon 322 3 1 2 -319 -23.4 72.2
Canada 1,305 539 133 406 -766 40.2 -42.7
Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 -74.1 -99.8
Caribbean Netherlands . 0 0 0 . . 6.9
Cayman Islands . . . . . . .
Central African Republic . 0 . 0 . . .
Ceuta . . . . . . .
Chad 558 1 0 1 -557 52.2 12.2
Chile 9 6 1 5 -3 14,064.6 17.7
China 457 66 51 15 -392 77.1 136.6
Christmas Island . . . . . . .
Cocos Islands . . . . . . .
Colombia 573 50 9 41 -522 84.7 -64.9
Comoros 0 . . . . 104.6 .
Congo 0 1 0 1 1 -100.0 12.7
Congo (Democratic Republic) 0 0 0 0 0 -73.4 97.2
Cook Islands . . . . . . .
Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 0 18.2 -99.3
Côte d’Ivoire 190 175 28 147 -15 -38.9 346.4
Croatia 2 20 1 19 18 -23.8 129.9
Cuba . 2 0 2 . . 1.3
Curaçao 0 1 0 1 1 -60.4 -1.7
Cyprus 1 27 6 21 27 8,689.2 410.2
Czechia 9 65 23 43 56 -11.9 34.6
Denmark 757 384 63 322 -373 -20.1 -6.6
Djibouti 0 0 . 0 0 . -45.4
Dominica . 0 0 0 . . 73.4
Dominican Republic 0 2 1 1 2 -93.3 -7.2
Ecuador 0 1 1 1 1 -48.5 -97.0
Egypt 19 66 12 53 46 -79.3 -35.0
El Salvador 0 0 0 0 0 101.8 -58.3
Equatorial Guinea 190 1 1 0 -189 661.9 175.7
Eritrea . 0 0 0 . . -49.0
Estonia 67 61 10 52 -6 -47.5 0.1
Eswatini . . . . . . .
Ethiopia . 0 0 0 . . -48.4
Falkland Islands 0 . . . . . .
Faroe Islands 0 1 1 0 1 416.7 -88.2
Fiji . . . . . . .
Finland 677 . . . . 31.1 .
France 1,333 3,601 2,266 1,336 2,268 21.3 -1.1
French Polynesia 0 0 0 0 0 131.9 -66.9
French Southern Territories . . . . . . .
Gabon 98 2 0 2 -97 -60.4 10.0
Gambia 0 0 0 0 0 -89.8 -52.8
Georgia 20 5 0 4 -16 129.7 -47.8
Germany 4,384 23,504 14,428 9,076 19,120 -7.8 -4.5
Ghana 79 334 28 306 256 1,810.8 -51.1
Gibraltar 3 325 84 241 322 8,016.3 -45.4
Greece 124 71 26 46 -53 108.5 30.6
Greenland 0 0 . 0 0 -66.4 -100.0
Grenada . . . . . . .
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.