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 280,623 324,074 133,927 190,147 43,451 1.4 -0.8
0 Food and live animals 25,840 38,184 15,558 22,626 12,344 -2.0 -5.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,009 2,724 1,179 1,545 715 3.9 -3.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 6,586 12,964 3,804 9,161 6,379 -1.4 1.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 38,452 38,664 15,841 22,824 212 8.6 11.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,173 2,483 833 1,649 -691 8.7 5.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 30,140 42,522 22,566 19,956 12,382 2.6 3.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 20,925 20,809 9,818 10,991 -116 2.6 2.8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 71,355 72,998 41,213 31,786 1,643 12.8 1.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 31,423 31,459 22,825 8,634 37 1.2 -3.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 217 1,632 292 1,340 1,415 -6.3 50.8
Not physically in the Netherlands 50,504 59,635 . 59,635 9,131 -14.5 -10.2
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 134,858 204,186 104,373 99,813 69,328 2.4 3.8
0 Food and live animals 15,729 28,622 13,595 15,027 12,893 -0.2 -3.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,536 1,518 762 756 -18 -3.6 1.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 3,611 9,015 3,030 5,985 5,404 -0.5 2.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 10,698 27,719 13,446 14,274 17,021 20.1 6.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,062 2,226 736 1,490 1,164 -17.3 5.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 19,362 29,829 17,054 12,775 10,467 2.9 5.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 13,959 15,528 8,542 6,986 1,569 3.2 3.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 34,001 42,291 29,531 12,760 8,289 9.7 10.4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 14,913 22,025 17,390 4,635 7,113 -0.8 -0.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 201 769 288 481 568 -5.1 154.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 19,786 24,644 . 24,644 4,858 -9.6 0.4
Non-EU Total goods 145,766 119,888 29,554 90,334 -25,877 0.5 -7.8
0 Food and live animals 10,111 9,562 1,963 7,598 -549 -4.7 -9.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 473 1,206 417 789 733 39.3 -7.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,975 3,950 774 3,176 975 -2.5 -1.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 27,755 10,945 2,395 8,550 -16,810 4.7 28.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,111 257 97 159 -1,855 29.2 -1.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 10,779 12,693 5,512 7,182 1,915 2.2 -2.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 6,966 5,281 1,276 4,005 -1,685 1.2 1.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 37,353 30,707 11,682 19,026 -6,646 15.8 -9.4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 16,510 9,434 5,435 3,999 -7,076 3.0 -11.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 16 862 3 859 847 -19.5 10.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 30,717 34,991 . 34,991 4,274 -17.4 -16.4
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 159,006 240,459 116,953 123,506 81,452 1.3 3.3
0 Food and live animals 17,040 32,766 14,798 17,968 15,725 -0.9 -4.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,616 1,917 874 1,043 301 -3.3 -0.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 4,013 11,049 3,381 7,669 7,037 -0.5 0.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 18,775 31,401 14,274 17,127 12,626 7.4 8.3
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,454 2,394 788 1,606 941 -7.2 7.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 21,674 35,196 19,441 15,754 13,522 2.7 6.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 16,108 17,496 9,086 8,411 1,389 3.0 2.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 37,628 50,889 34,065 16,824 13,261 7.8 9.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 17,394 25,938 19,956 5,982 8,544 -1.3 -0.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 213 825 290 536 612 -4.7 137.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 23,092 30,587 . 30,587 7,495 -9.4 -2.4
Africa Total goods 7,746 6,837 2,019 4,818 -909 -8.4 7.3
0 Food and live animals 2,977 901 108 793 -2,076 -16.1 -12.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 51 61 18 43 9 21.9 1.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 518 311 88 222 -207 1.0 58.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 2,703 1,974 503 1,471 -729 -3.1 68.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 65 5 1 4 -60 0.8 -69.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 104 653 299 354 549 74.3 -2.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 346 273 85 188 -73 -7.7 -13.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 151 1,375 740 635 1,224 -0.2 4.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 146 306 177 129 160 -3.0 -0.6
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 24 . 24 24 -64.1 -13.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 682 954 . 954 271 -10.6 -23.9
America Total goods 45,350 27,216 6,144 21,072 -18,134 -5.5 -21.9
0 Food and live animals 3,730 1,358 241 1,116 -2,373 5.9 -8.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 259 515 220 296 257 88.4 -5.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,359 601 119 481 -758 -3.8 -6.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 12,285 1,256 305 952 -11,029 40.7 -20.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 366 58 40 18 -308 33.9 -22.8
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 3,805 2,859 1,176 1,684 -946 -4.9 -24.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,144 1,247 302 945 103 44.5 -19.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 7,269 6,584 2,741 3,842 -686 13.5 -19.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,766 1,943 999 944 -1,823 -2.9 -26.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 2 118 1 117 116 70.9 35.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 11,365 10,677 . 10,677 -688 -39.6 -25.3
Asia Total goods 62,959 38,389 7,494 30,895 -24,570 8.2 -8.0
0 Food and live animals 1,844 2,934 367 2,567 1,090 -1.1 -10.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 74 176 54 122 101 3.6 -10.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 544 962 200 762 418 -1.1 -2.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 4,473 866 245 621 -3,608 -27.6 185.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,188 25 4 21 -1,163 32.5 -18.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 4,482 3,431 1,465 1,966 -1,051 8.9 -0.5
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 3,282 980 260 720 -2,303 -7.8 4.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 26,077 13,003 3,354 9,649 -13,075 20.4 -10.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 10,005 3,032 1,545 1,487 -6,973 6.9 -13.8
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1 112 1 111 112 -88.4 8.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 10,988 12,869 . 12,869 1,881 10.7 -10.5
Oceania Total goods 2,231 2,982 679 2,303 751 12.0 -11.8
0 Food and live animals 247 207 33 174 -40 8.0 -1.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 9 40 3 37 31 -17.0 -35.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 151 41 14 26 -111 -9.4 -0.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 150 150 9 141 1 -2.4 1,147.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 98 0 0 0 -98 -14.7 -49.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 64 337 182 155 273 3.6 12.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 43 125 58 67 82 22.0 14.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 100 710 239 471 610 17.0 2.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 103 221 140 82 119 73.5 6.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 4 0 4 4 659.9 -47.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,266 1,146 . 1,146 -121 17.8 -34.1
Other Total goods 3,331 8,191 637 7,554 4,860 4.7 8.7
0 Food and live animals 0 17 10 7 17 26,566.1 -22.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 16 11 5 16 . -4.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 1 1 0 1 562.1 -11.5
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 July 13, 2026:
The provisional figures for May 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.