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 563,332 666,229 271,849 394,380 102,897 1.4 1.1
0 Food and live animals 52,250 81,437 31,065 50,372 29,187 15.6 10.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,981 5,740 2,326 3,414 1,759 2.2 2.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 12,938 23,855 7,966 15,889 10,917 2.0 4.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 69,579 68,524 31,418 37,105 -1,055 -4.6 -10.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 5,883 4,800 1,750 3,050 -1,083 0.5 4.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 60,333 85,894 46,045 39,850 25,561 7.1 7.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 40,646 41,319 19,272 22,047 674 0.0 2.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 132,090 151,012 80,858 70,155 18,922 3.8 4.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 64,655 69,549 50,981 18,568 4,894 0.4 4.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 412 2,244 167 2,077 1,832 13.1 -0.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 120,564 131,854 . 131,854 11,290 -4.4 -7.2
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 265,464 401,126 210,910 190,216 135,662 1.2 2.7
0 Food and live animals 31,766 60,143 27,455 32,688 28,377 11.5 12.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,323 3,114 1,666 1,448 -208 1.8 4.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 7,065 16,332 6,318 10,014 9,267 6.1 2.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 16,813 50,869 27,691 23,177 34,055 -4.8 -6.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,586 4,254 1,560 2,694 1,668 -8.0 8.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 38,802 57,525 33,219 24,306 18,723 8.6 5.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 26,833 30,398 16,852 13,546 3,565 0.7 2.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 62,437 80,929 57,622 23,307 18,492 -0.5 3.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 31,033 47,970 38,364 9,606 16,937 -1.6 5.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 368 593 163 430 225 9.8 -0.4
Not physically in the Netherlands 44,438 49,000 . 49,000 4,562 -4.2 -3.5
Non-EU Total goods 297,868 265,103 60,939 204,164 -32,765 1.5 -1.1
0 Food and live animals 20,484 21,294 3,611 17,684 810 22.4 6.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 659 2,626 660 1,966 1,967 4.1 0.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 5,872 7,523 1,648 5,875 1,651 -2.5 10.4
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 52,765 17,655 3,727 13,928 -35,111 -4.5 -20.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,297 546 190 356 -2,751 8.3 -18.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 21,532 28,370 12,826 15,544 6,838 4.6 14.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 13,813 10,921 2,419 8,502 -2,892 -1.3 2.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 69,653 70,084 23,236 46,848 430 8.1 6.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 33,622 21,579 12,618 8,962 -12,043 2.3 1.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 44 1,651 4 1,647 1,607 49.7 -0.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 76,126 82,854 . 82,854 6,728 -4.5 -9.3
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 316,195 473,686 235,338 238,348 157,492 0.9 2.7
0 Food and live animals 34,446 69,480 29,583 39,897 35,034 9.9 12.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,490 4,001 1,891 2,110 511 1.5 3.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 7,961 20,007 6,985 13,021 12,046 4.1 4.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 33,455 56,669 29,621 27,048 23,214 -2.8 -7.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,166 4,575 1,656 2,919 1,409 -6.0 9.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 43,332 67,656 37,350 30,306 24,324 6.4 5.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 31,055 34,662 17,906 16,756 3,606 0.2 2.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 70,163 97,666 66,407 31,259 27,503 0.1 3.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 36,276 56,168 43,773 12,395 19,892 -1.9 4.8
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 391 702 165 537 311 11.2 -13.0
Not physically in the Netherlands 52,459 62,100 . 62,100 9,641 -3.1 -2.8
Africa Total goods 16,479 12,014 3,394 8,620 -4,465 15.0 -5.6
0 Food and live animals 6,658 2,071 209 1,862 -4,587 52.4 10.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 80 127 31 96 48 16.9 3.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 944 489 107 382 -455 -7.7 11.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 5,737 2,474 407 2,067 -3,263 9.5 -1.1
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 111 21 7 14 -90 -28.7 -45.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 114 1,343 564 778 1,229 -42.9 -4.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 711 586 177 408 -126 -20.0 -8.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 305 2,697 1,420 1,276 2,392 1.5 0.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 292 711 471 239 418 -1.2 1.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 55 . 55 55 384.9 -19.2
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,528 1,441 . 1,441 -86 -14.8 -35.5
America Total goods 102,844 74,228 14,384 59,844 -28,616 2.3 -6.5
0 Food and live animals 7,031 2,999 450 2,548 -4,032 17.5 3.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 246 1,031 227 805 786 14.8 7.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,671 1,308 304 1,004 -1,363 -8.4 9.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 17,916 3,322 832 2,491 -14,594 -6.5 -43.9
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 689 141 70 71 -547 25.8 -36.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 8,489 8,568 3,901 4,666 78 22.3 30.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,810 3,115 569 2,545 1,305 -1.6 6.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 15,033 15,620 5,017 10,603 587 21.3 -1.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 7,902 5,328 3,012 2,316 -2,575 -6.7 12.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 4 187 2 185 183 -17.9 8.4
Not physically in the Netherlands 41,053 32,609 . 32,609 -8,444 -2.5 -14.0
Asia Total goods 117,114 83,425 16,464 66,962 -33,688 0.0 0.9
0 Food and live animals 3,582 6,401 733 5,669 2,820 12.1 -0.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 144 425 139 286 280 -5.6 -18.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,058 1,969 539 1,430 911 14.8 8.3
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 11,958 1,044 314 730 -10,914 -11.6 -15.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,694 60 16 44 -1,635 7.1 -51.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 8,241 7,608 3,777 3,831 -633 -0.7 9.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 6,981 1,888 467 1,421 -5,093 2.8 -8.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 46,346 31,575 7,060 24,515 -14,771 5.1 9.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 20,024 6,874 3,419 3,455 -13,150 8.2 -6.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 15 228 0 228 212 122.6 -16.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 17,070 25,354 . 25,354 8,284 -14.8 -6.4
Oceania Total goods 4,300 6,845 1,460 5,385 2,545 13.4 -15.5
0 Food and live animals 533 412 47 365 -121 74.9 -4.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 22 110 8 102 89 -11.5 24.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 304 77 27 51 -227 69.6 2.3
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 308 18 8 9 -290 -21.9 26.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 215 2 0 1 -213 5.7 -19.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 131 655 443 212 524 -1.8 7.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 75 230 110 121 156 -39.7 -3.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 168 1,340 526 814 1,172 -16.7 -33.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 156 445 291 154 289 32.2 7.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 13 0 13 13 -68.1 -29.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 2,389 3,543 . 3,543 1,154 13.2 -15.2
Other Total goods 6,400 16,030 809 15,222 9,630 1.4 9.7
0 Food and live animals 0 74 44 30 74 -99.5 43.7
1 Beverages and tobacco . 45 31 14 . . 19.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 6 4 1 5 -95.0 33.7
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 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.