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 103,328 122,624 50,093 72,531 19,296 -5.5 -4.7
0 Food and live animals 10,004 14,555 6,054 8,501 4,550 -1.6 -6.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 689 977 413 565 289 -1.7 -10.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,422 4,761 1,426 3,336 2,339 -7.5 -5.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 11,931 12,664 5,560 7,104 734 -18.1 -10.3
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,231 944 301 643 -287 11.3 -0.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 10,861 15,764 8,350 7,414 4,903 -3.8 -4.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 7,750 7,772 3,820 3,952 22 -3.0 -0.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 25,494 27,032 15,116 11,916 1,539 6.6 -0.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 11,709 12,241 8,905 3,336 533 -6.0 -8.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 73 609 148 461 537 -20.7 51.8
Not physically in the Netherlands 21,165 25,303 . 25,303 4,138 -13.5 -5.6
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 50,128 77,059 39,474 37,585 26,931 -4.5 -1.2
0 Food and live animals 6,053 10,980 5,300 5,680 4,927 0.4 -3.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 548 537 274 264 -10 -6.1 -4.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,355 3,265 1,132 2,133 1,909 -4.9 -1.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 3,510 9,233 4,804 4,429 5,723 -17.9 -14.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 384 867 274 592 483 -18.7 2.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 7,017 11,257 6,309 4,947 4,240 -5.2 -1.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 5,163 5,961 3,345 2,616 798 -0.4 1.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 12,558 15,790 11,019 4,771 3,232 6.9 7.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 5,551 8,752 6,872 1,880 3,201 -7.1 -4.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 65 323 146 177 258 -22.4 163.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 7,924 10,095 . 10,095 2,171 -14.9 1.2
Non-EU Total goods 53,200 45,565 10,618 34,946 -7,636 -6.5 -10.2
0 Food and live animals 3,951 3,574 754 2,820 -377 -4.5 -14.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 141 440 139 301 299 20.4 -17.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,067 1,497 293 1,203 430 -10.6 -12.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 8,421 3,431 756 2,675 -4,990 -18.2 1.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 848 78 27 51 -770 33.5 -24.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 3,844 4,507 2,040 2,467 663 -1.1 -10.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 2,587 1,811 475 1,337 -775 -7.6 -6.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 12,936 11,242 4,098 7,145 -1,693 6.3 -9.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 6,158 3,490 2,033 1,456 -2,668 -4.9 -19.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 8 286 2 284 279 -2.3 2.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 13,240 15,208 . 15,208 1,967 -12.7 -9.6
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 59,175 90,763 44,131 46,632 31,587 -5.6 -1.9
0 Food and live animals 6,577 12,466 5,739 6,727 5,889 -1.1 -4.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 575 682 311 371 107 -5.6 -5.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,497 4,051 1,265 2,786 2,554 -5.8 -4.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 6,166 10,256 5,044 5,212 4,091 -19.0 -14.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 538 925 297 628 388 -7.5 3.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 7,949 13,340 7,313 6,027 5,391 -4.8 0.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 5,953 6,691 3,547 3,144 738 -1.0 -0.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 13,881 18,908 12,627 6,282 5,027 5.0 4.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 6,464 10,208 7,842 2,366 3,743 -8.4 -4.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 71 339 147 193 268 -18.5 141.2
Not physically in the Netherlands 9,503 12,896 . 12,896 3,392 -12.8 1.7
Africa Total goods 2,993 2,476 722 1,755 -516 -9.8 1.7
0 Food and live animals 1,273 340 37 303 -932 -6.4 -25.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 25 19 7 12 -6 34.2 -8.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 204 94 28 66 -110 -8.8 12.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 915 626 205 421 -288 -16.9 10.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 25 2 0 1 -23 147.1 -85.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 26 221 104 116 195 66.7 -18.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 156 97 33 65 -58 -9.3 -25.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 56 490 245 245 434 11.2 2.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 65 116 62 54 51 -4.0 -2.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 9 . 9 9 -64.1 -30.8
Not physically in the Netherlands 248 462 . 462 213 -17.0 62.4
America Total goods 16,597 10,093 1,982 8,111 -6,505 -13.6 -28.0
0 Food and live animals 1,399 516 100 417 -883 1.5 -10.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 56 168 63 106 112 22.3 -29.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 491 225 43 183 -265 -14.7 -21.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 3,290 492 131 361 -2,797 -2.7 23.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 128 8 2 6 -119 43.5 -68.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 1,303 894 357 537 -410 -5.1 -36.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 379 449 108 341 70 17.6 -16.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2,453 2,118 810 1,307 -336 2.2 -24.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,335 697 368 329 -638 -6.7 -37.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1 49 1 48 48 161.3 18.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 5,762 4,477 . 4,477 -1,285 -29.9 -32.2
Asia Total goods 22,793 15,659 2,851 12,808 -7,134 3.1 0.6
0 Food and live animals 691 1,158 164 994 467 -2.2 -14.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 28 88 28 60 59 29.8 15.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 209 376 86 290 167 19.2 -11.4
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 1,497 376 61 315 -1,121 -36.5 312.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 497 9 1 8 -488 29.5 -6.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 1,556 1,179 506 673 -377 3.2 -11.5
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,247 360 91 269 -886 -15.2 -2.8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 9,055 5,178 1,333 3,845 -3,877 10.5 -2.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,821 1,133 580 553 -2,688 -1.5 -20.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 50 0 50 50 -97.8 17.4
Not physically in the Netherlands 4,191 5,752 . 5,752 1,561 23.0 11.6
Oceania Total goods 531 986 244 742 456 -32.5 -28.1
0 Food and live animals 65 72 13 58 7 -4.9 -11.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 3 15 1 14 12 -21.6 -48.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 21 14 4 11 -7 -61.0 -5.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 43 2 0 2 -41 -46.4 -14.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 43 0 0 0 -43 2.3 -75.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 20 120 68 52 100 -15.5 12.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 13 47 23 24 34 43.7 1.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 33 275 83 193 243 -4.2 -5.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 21 83 52 30 61 9.0 17.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 2 . 2 2 822.2 -44.2
Not physically in the Netherlands 266 355 . 355 90 -40.6 -50.9
Other Total goods 1,240 2,647 163 2,484 1,407 -2.0 -4.3
0 Food and live animals 0 3 2 1 3 24,787.0 14.2
1 Beverages and tobacco . 5 3 2 . . 4.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 0 0 0 0 . 192.7
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 May 7, 2026:
The provisional figures from December 2025 to February 2026 and July 2025 to September 2025 have 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.