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 407,928 474,966 193,822 281,144 67,038 4.8 3.6
0 Food and live animals 36,229 53,783 21,675 32,108 17,554 -2.0 -4.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,003 4,080 1,826 2,254 1,078 8.0 1.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 9,158 17,283 5,189 12,094 8,125 -0.6 2.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 54,348 55,210 21,578 33,632 862 10.6 14.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 4,668 3,654 1,249 2,405 -1,014 12.6 10.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 43,586 61,650 32,946 28,704 18,063 5.7 7.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 30,203 29,993 14,016 15,978 -209 4.9 4.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 104,932 110,499 61,998 48,500 5,567 15.1 7.5
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 45,915 45,451 33,014 12,437 -463 4.5 -2.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 280 2,129 330 1,799 1,849 -6.7 38.2
Not physically in the Netherlands 75,607 91,233 . 91,233 15,626 -7.4 -1.6
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 193,724 292,383 151,653 140,729 98,658 5.1 6.3
0 Food and live animals 22,078 40,049 18,957 21,092 17,971 -0.6 -3.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,300 2,280 1,173 1,106 -20 -0.2 4.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 5,039 11,928 4,094 7,834 6,889 0.7 2.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 15,206 39,573 18,812 20,762 24,367 26.7 9.1
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,602 3,227 1,091 2,136 1,625 -11.4 9.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 27,946 43,110 24,939 18,170 15,164 6.1 9.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 20,115 21,965 12,100 9,865 1,850 5.5 4.8
7 Machinery and transport equipment 48,817 62,964 45,196 17,768 14,147 11.3 16.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 21,275 31,508 24,966 6,542 10,234 0.0 0.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 260 893 324 568 632 -4.7 111.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 29,086 34,885 . 34,885 5,799 -3.6 2.3
Non-EU Total goods 214,204 182,584 42,168 140,415 -31,621 4.5 -0.4
0 Food and live animals 14,151 13,734 2,718 11,016 -417 -4.0 -7.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 702 1,801 653 1,148 1,098 47.0 -2.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 4,119 5,354 1,094 4,260 1,235 -2.1 2.4
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 39,142 15,637 2,767 12,870 -23,505 5.4 30.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,065 427 158 269 -2,639 31.2 11.8
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 15,640 18,540 8,007 10,533 2,900 4.8 4.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 10,088 8,028 1,916 6,113 -2,060 3.9 3.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 56,115 47,534 16,802 30,732 -8,580 18.6 -2.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 24,640 13,943 8,048 5,895 -10,697 8.6 -8.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 20 1,237 6 1,230 1,217 -26.6 10.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 46,521 56,348 . 56,348 9,827 -9.6 -3.8
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 228,095 344,599 169,118 175,481 116,504 3.7 5.8
0 Food and live animals 24,002 45,907 20,589 25,318 21,904 -0.8 -4.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,419 2,867 1,333 1,534 448 -0.2 2.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 5,608 14,514 4,573 9,941 8,906 0.6 1.4
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 26,784 44,679 19,648 25,031 17,895 11.5 11.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,112 3,463 1,170 2,293 1,351 -5.8 10.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 31,165 50,963 28,388 22,575 19,798 5.3 10.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 23,295 24,787 12,922 11,865 1,492 5.7 3.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 53,901 75,290 51,495 23,795 21,389 8.8 14.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 24,893 37,145 28,676 8,470 12,252 -0.1 -0.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 274 978 325 653 704 -5.4 96.9
Not physically in the Netherlands 33,642 44,006 . 44,006 10,364 -4.3 1.0
Africa Total goods 11,189 10,312 2,826 7,487 -877 -4.7 10.6
0 Food and live animals 4,013 1,318 157 1,161 -2,696 -18.7 -6.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 66 90 24 65 24 17.1 2.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 707 444 114 329 -263 4.5 56.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 4,266 3,048 624 2,424 -1,218 8.4 102.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 90 6 1 6 -83 9.6 -65.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 148 985 436 549 837 86.4 6.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 498 401 124 277 -96 -6.5 -5.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 215 1,985 1,080 905 1,770 5.9 6.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 202 449 265 184 248 -4.2 -5.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 31 0 31 31 62,660.9 -12.3
Not physically in the Netherlands 985 1,555 . 1,555 570 -4.1 -32.1
America Total goods 66,825 43,282 9,171 34,111 -23,543 -1.0 -9.0
0 Food and live animals 5,193 1,942 339 1,603 -3,250 6.1 -7.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 392 773 369 404 381 118.4 0.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,889 843 180 663 -1,046 -2.6 0.3
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 16,776 1,999 432 1,567 -14,778 36.4 -12.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 545 134 55 79 -410 19.9 15.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 5,461 4,202 1,740 2,461 -1,259 -2.2 -14.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,614 1,830 426 1,404 216 31.2 -19.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 11,882 10,501 4,069 6,432 -1,381 18.7 -8.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 5,545 3,012 1,559 1,453 -2,533 3.1 -18.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 3 182 1 180 179 47.8 40.2
Not physically in the Netherlands 17,526 17,865 . 17,865 339 -31.4 -5.9
Asia Total goods 94,190 59,674 10,839 48,835 -34,516 13.5 -0.4
0 Food and live animals 2,600 4,275 521 3,754 1,675 1.7 -6.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 112 264 76 188 152 5.4 -6.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 763 1,419 294 1,125 656 -0.5 5.3
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 6,221 1,113 303 811 -5,108 -27.4 77.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,774 49 22 27 -1,724 46.9 26.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 6,691 4,950 2,097 2,852 -1,741 14.1 2.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 4,734 1,411 363 1,048 -3,323 -3.9 6.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 38,644 20,701 4,861 15,840 -17,943 23.7 -2.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 15,047 4,490 2,297 2,193 -10,557 12.7 -7.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 2 173 4 170 172 -80.0 9.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 17,604 20,828 . 20,828 3,225 22.7 0.8
Oceania Total goods 2,847 4,968 979 3,989 2,122 5.3 5.1
0 Food and live animals 421 305 47 258 -116 11.8 2.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 13 59 5 54 46 -19.0 -29.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 192 58 23 36 -133 -23.0 7.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 204 153 10 143 -51 1.0 956.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 143 1 0 1 -142 -7.3 -38.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 89 492 280 211 402 -11.4 15.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 59 185 81 103 126 15.4 15.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 148 1,165 326 839 1,017 22.7 22.8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 219 330 207 123 111 151.6 4.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 6 0 6 6 660.8 -40.6
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,358 2,215 . 2,215 856 1.0 -8.3
Other Total goods 4,782 12,130 889 11,241 7,348 7.6 8.6
0 Food and live animals 0 37 22 14 36 26,566.1 -12.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 27 18 9 27 . -2.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 5 5 1 5 232.3 379.5
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 September 11, 2026:
The provisional figures for July 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.