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 341,805 395,137 163,768 231,369 53,332 2.9 0.7
0 Food and live animals 31,136 45,937 18,556 27,381 14,801 -1.1 -4.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,508 3,391 1,471 1,920 884 6.7 -0.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 7,878 15,103 4,489 10,614 7,225 -0.5 1.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 46,552 46,712 18,621 28,091 159 10.2 13.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,892 3,028 1,018 2,010 -863 11.2 6.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 36,872 52,223 27,856 24,367 15,351 4.8 6.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 25,673 25,284 11,855 13,429 -390 4.4 4.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 88,062 91,661 51,690 39,971 3,599 14.4 4.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 38,312 38,533 27,870 10,663 222 2.8 -2.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 258 1,884 343 1,541 1,626 -3.6 44.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 60,661 71,381 . 71,381 10,719 -13.8 -10.4
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 164,015 248,215 128,156 120,059 84,200 4.1 5.4
0 Food and live animals 18,952 34,305 16,210 18,095 15,353 0.1 -3.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,923 1,896 942 955 -27 -1.0 3.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 4,322 10,446 3,539 6,907 6,125 0.4 2.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 13,044 33,516 16,120 17,396 20,473 24.8 7.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,341 2,708 894 1,813 1,367 -10.6 7.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 23,736 36,541 21,096 15,445 12,805 5.7 8.3
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 17,145 18,752 10,279 8,473 1,608 5.1 4.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 41,440 52,912 37,633 15,279 11,472 10.7 14.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 18,035 26,744 21,105 5,638 8,709 -0.3 1.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 241 851 337 514 610 -1.6 133.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 23,838 29,543 . 29,543 5,705 -8.2 0.6
Non-EU Total goods 177,790 146,921 35,612 111,310 -30,868 1.8 -6.3
0 Food and live animals 12,184 11,632 2,346 9,286 -552 -2.9 -8.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 585 1,495 529 966 910 43.3 -4.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 3,556 4,656 950 3,707 1,100 -1.5 1.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 33,509 13,196 2,500 10,695 -20,313 5.4 31.9
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,551 320 123 197 -2,230 27.6 -0.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 13,136 15,682 6,760 8,922 2,545 3.2 1.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 8,529 6,531 1,575 4,956 -1,998 2.9 2.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 46,622 38,748 14,057 24,691 -7,873 17.8 -7.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 20,277 11,790 6,765 5,025 -8,487 5.6 -9.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 17 1,033 6 1,027 1,016 -24.7 10.0
Not physically in the Netherlands 36,824 41,838 . 41,838 5,014 -17.1 -16.8
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 193,236 291,804 143,112 148,692 98,568 2.8 4.6
0 Food and live animals 20,565 39,279 17,628 21,651 18,714 -0.3 -4.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,025 2,387 1,076 1,311 362 -0.8 1.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 4,804 12,771 3,976 8,794 7,966 0.5 0.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 22,864 37,736 16,851 20,886 14,873 10.4 9.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,774 2,911 960 1,951 1,137 -5.1 7.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 26,536 43,184 24,013 19,171 16,648 5.1 9.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 19,804 21,164 10,967 10,197 1,360 5.0 3.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 45,738 63,277 43,031 20,246 17,539 8.4 12.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 21,101 31,555 24,272 7,283 10,454 -0.3 0.6
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 253 918 338 580 665 -2.4 116.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 27,772 36,622 . 36,622 8,850 -7.9 -2.5
Africa Total goods 9,415 8,564 2,453 6,111 -851 -5.6 11.5
0 Food and live animals 3,538 1,112 135 977 -2,425 -15.3 -7.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 59 75 21 54 16 20.5 3.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 610 400 102 298 -210 2.9 76.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 3,428 2,577 578 1,999 -851 4.6 96.1
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 74 6 1 5 -69 3.2 -66.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 128 834 372 462 706 83.2 4.5
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 405 338 105 233 -66 -13.6 -7.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 179 1,676 915 761 1,497 1.9 4.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 172 383 224 159 211 -2.6 -0.6
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 28 0 28 28 62,632.6 -10.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 822 1,134 . 1,134 312 -10.5 -31.9
America Total goods 55,434 33,298 7,503 25,795 -22,136 -4.0 -19.4
0 Food and live animals 4,482 1,646 291 1,355 -2,836 7.0 -7.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 322 637 290 347 315 101.8 -2.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,664 697 143 553 -967 -1.0 -4.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 14,932 1,578 373 1,205 -13,353 40.8 -15.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 435 82 52 30 -354 12.0 -16.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 4,560 3,551 1,434 2,117 -1,008 -4.9 -18.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,365 1,514 358 1,156 149 35.1 -18.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 9,507 8,157 3,272 4,884 -1,350 15.6 -19.8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 4,679 2,511 1,287 1,224 -2,168 0.5 -22.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 3 138 1 136 135 70.2 27.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 13,486 12,787 . 12,787 -699 -38.9 -22.6
Asia Total goods 76,903 47,738 9,145 38,593 -29,164 9.3 -6.8
0 Food and live animals 2,239 3,613 445 3,168 1,373 2.5 -7.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 92 220 66 155 128 3.4 -8.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 634 1,182 245 937 548 -2.1 2.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 5,058 1,022 283 739 -4,036 -31.4 153.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,497 29 5 24 -1,468 44.7 -16.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 5,555 4,182 1,801 2,381 -1,373 11.8 0.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 4,045 1,202 313 889 -2,843 -4.0 7.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 32,372 16,987 4,076 12,911 -15,385 23.2 -6.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 12,198 3,789 1,908 1,881 -8,409 8.9 -10.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1 146 3 143 145 -78.1 14.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 13,211 15,367 . 15,367 2,156 7.1 -13.3
Oceania Total goods 2,738 3,767 824 2,944 1,029 14.6 -6.6
0 Food and live animals 312 262 40 222 -51 9.0 5.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 10 51 4 47 41 -20.0 -30.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 165 49 18 31 -116 -23.1 1.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 192 152 10 142 -40 7.2 1,037.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 106 1 0 1 -105 -18.5 -27.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 73 420 233 187 347 -7.2 19.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 52 157 71 86 105 21.7 17.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 125 1,009 278 731 884 21.9 22.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 153 275 171 104 121 114.4 5.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 5 0 5 5 658.9 -42.4
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,550 1,388 . 1,388 -162 21.8 -33.1
Other Total goods 4,079 9,965 730 9,235 5,887 7.1 8.7
0 Food and live animals 0 26 16 10 26 26,566.1 -19.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 21 14 7 21 . -5.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 4 4 0 4 745.8 349.4
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 11, 2026:
The provisional figures for June 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; 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.