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 468,033 543,606 221,923 321,683 75,573 5.7 4.7
0 Food and live animals 40,997 61,167 24,714 36,454 20,170 -1.8 -4.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,406 4,706 2,113 2,594 1,300 8.3 2.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 10,438 19,362 5,858 13,504 8,924 1.5 2.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 64,057 64,189 25,217 38,972 132 13.9 17.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 5,278 4,159 1,441 2,718 -1,119 12.4 10.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 50,047 69,685 37,461 32,223 19,637 7.2 7.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 34,045 33,781 15,789 17,993 -264 5.1 3.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 119,994 127,541 71,450 56,090 7,546 15.3 9.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 52,614 51,639 37,518 14,121 -975 4.6 -1.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 307 2,371 363 2,009 2,065 -7.0 35.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 86,850 105,005 . 105,005 18,155 -6.5 -0.7
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 220,227 333,000 173,375 159,625 112,773 5.5 7.0
0 Food and live animals 24,980 45,482 21,622 23,861 20,502 -0.6 -3.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,624 2,639 1,369 1,269 15 0.3 5.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 5,675 13,331 4,621 8,710 7,656 1.4 2.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 17,315 45,979 22,023 23,956 28,664 27.8 12.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,846 3,649 1,251 2,397 1,803 -10.5 9.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 32,026 48,621 28,327 20,294 16,594 7.5 9.3
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 22,576 24,750 13,620 11,131 2,174 5.5 4.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 55,274 71,877 51,843 20,034 16,602 11.5 17.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 24,235 35,790 28,344 7,446 11,554 -0.4 0.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 285 989 356 633 704 -4.4 113.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 33,391 39,895 . 39,895 6,504 -2.9 2.7
Non-EU Total goods 247,806 210,606 48,548 162,058 -37,200 5.9 1.3
0 Food and live animals 16,017 15,685 3,092 12,593 -332 -3.7 -7.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 782 2,068 743 1,324 1,285 47.4 -2.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 4,763 6,032 1,238 4,794 1,269 1.5 2.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 46,742 18,210 3,194 15,016 -28,532 9.5 32.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,432 510 190 321 -2,922 30.4 15.6
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 18,021 21,064 9,134 11,930 3,043 6.8 4.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 11,469 9,031 2,169 6,862 -2,438 4.3 2.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 64,720 55,664 19,608 36,056 -9,056 18.7 1.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 28,379 15,849 9,174 6,675 -12,530 9.3 -6.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 21 1,382 6 1,376 1,361 -31.4 7.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 53,459 65,110 . 65,110 11,651 -8.7 -2.7
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 260,395 392,598 193,122 199,476 132,203 4.5 6.5
0 Food and live animals 27,166 52,181 23,464 28,717 25,016 -0.7 -4.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,761 3,307 1,546 1,762 546 0.4 3.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 6,318 16,193 5,148 11,045 9,875 0.7 1.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 31,679 52,061 23,004 29,058 20,382 16.7 14.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,411 3,929 1,339 2,590 1,518 -5.0 9.4
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 35,667 57,505 32,210 25,295 21,838 6.5 10.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 26,151 27,945 14,556 13,389 1,794 5.8 3.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 61,050 85,832 58,950 26,881 24,781 9.2 15.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 28,317 42,175 32,547 9,628 13,858 -0.4 0.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 300 1,090 358 733 791 -5.2 97.0
Not physically in the Netherlands 38,574 50,378 . 50,378 11,804 -4.0 1.6
Africa Total goods 12,889 11,864 3,278 8,586 -1,025 -2.0 8.1
0 Food and live animals 4,530 1,519 183 1,336 -3,010 -17.7 -4.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 71 106 27 78 34 13.1 4.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 791 501 123 378 -290 5.9 40.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 5,055 3,541 750 2,791 -1,514 13.5 101.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 103 7 1 6 -96 11.6 -62.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 162 1,126 499 627 964 80.0 5.5
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 562 445 139 306 -117 -5.5 -5.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 255 2,283 1,256 1,027 2,029 10.5 8.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 230 504 300 205 275 -4.0 -8.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 35 0 35 35 56.4 -12.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,131 1,796 . 1,796 666 -0.4 -38.4
America Total goods 77,661 50,305 10,708 39,597 -27,356 0.4 -6.1
0 Food and live animals 5,865 2,233 396 1,837 -3,632 5.7 -6.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 431 884 423 461 453 120.5 2.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,209 982 216 766 -1,227 3.4 1.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 19,872 2,313 461 1,853 -17,558 38.3 -11.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 623 167 78 89 -456 22.4 33.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 6,375 4,814 2,027 2,787 -1,561 0.9 -12.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,853 2,068 488 1,580 215 32.6 -17.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 13,962 12,522 4,852 7,669 -1,440 17.7 -2.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 6,342 3,410 1,766 1,644 -2,932 5.1 -16.8
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 3 196 1 195 193 33.5 32.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 20,127 20,716 . 20,716 590 -30.6 -3.4
Asia Total goods 108,410 69,264 12,656 56,609 -39,146 14.0 2.0
0 Food and live animals 2,935 4,843 590 4,252 1,907 0.3 -5.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 126 304 88 216 178 6.0 -5.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 900 1,616 341 1,275 716 4.8 4.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 7,094 1,285 313 972 -5,809 -28.1 64.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,993 54 23 31 -1,938 44.9 28.6
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 7,707 5,614 2,401 3,213 -2,093 16.2 3.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 5,406 1,596 414 1,182 -3,810 -3.8 6.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 44,408 24,567 5,833 18,734 -19,841 23.8 2.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 17,471 5,134 2,649 2,485 -12,337 12.9 -4.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 2 185 4 182 184 -83.5 1.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 20,369 24,067 . 24,067 3,698 24.5 2.0
Oceania Total goods 3,229 5,553 1,127 4,426 2,324 8.4 3.3
0 Food and live animals 502 345 52 293 -156 16.1 3.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 15 73 6 67 57 -17.0 -23.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 220 63 25 39 -157 -19.5 4.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 247 154 10 144 -93 -3.2 904.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 143 1 0 1 -142 -18.1 -24.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 99 562 320 242 463 -12.0 18.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 67 205 89 116 138 18.5 12.8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 168 1,152 380 772 984 22.3 5.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 244 388 245 143 143 145.2 10.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 7 0 7 6 631.2 -39.4
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,523 2,603 . 2,603 1,080 7.3 -5.6
Other Total goods 5,449 14,022 1,032 12,990 8,573 7.2 9.9
0 Food and live animals 0 45 27 18 45 19.7 -11.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 33 23 10 33 . -1.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 6 6 1 6 232.3 444.4
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 October 12, 2026:
The provisional figures for August 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.