International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

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Countries SITC Change of ownership goods; balance Trade balance (million euros)
Total countries Total goods 117,494
0 Food and live animals 33,324
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,939
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 12,743
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -264
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -1,527
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 27,070
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -682
7 Machinery and transport equipment 23,672
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 5,451
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 2,218
Not physically in the Netherlands 13,550
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 154,598
0 Food and live animals 32,028
1 Beverages and tobacco -343
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 10,688
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 40,361
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,065
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 21,124
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 3,258
7 Machinery and transport equipment 20,930
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 18,709
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 235
Not physically in the Netherlands 5,543
Non-EU Total goods -37,104
0 Food and live animals 1,296
1 Beverages and tobacco 2,281
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,055
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -40,626
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -3,592
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 5,946
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -3,939
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2,743
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -13,258
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1,983
Not physically in the Netherlands 8,008
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 181,080
0 Food and live animals 39,798
1 Beverages and tobacco 492
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 13,900
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 28,222
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,724
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 27,677
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 3,260
7 Machinery and transport equipment 31,754
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 22,304
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 333
Not physically in the Netherlands 11,616
Africa Total goods -4,212
0 Food and live animals -4,990
1 Beverages and tobacco 55
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -493
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -3,375
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -106
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 1,462
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -195
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2,940
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 530
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 64
Not physically in the Netherlands -104
America Total goods -35,623
0 Food and live animals -4,837
1 Beverages and tobacco 927
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -1,479
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -17,623
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -719
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. -1,138
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,036
7 Machinery and transport equipment 946
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -2,826
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 242
Not physically in the Netherlands -10,153
Asia Total goods -39,266
0 Food and live animals 3,383
1 Beverages and tobacco 317
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,078
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -12,991
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -2,165
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. -1,501
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -6,058
7 Machinery and transport equipment -16,534
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -14,976
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 262
Not physically in the Netherlands 9,919
Oceania Total goods 3,073
0 Food and live animals -111
1 Beverages and tobacco 96
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -270
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -341
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -252
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 525
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 191
7 Machinery and transport equipment 1,452
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 395
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 16
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,373
Other Total goods 12,443
0 Food and live animals 80
1 Beverages and tobacco 52
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 6
Source: CBS.
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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 February 11, 2026:
The provisional figures for December 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; balance
The trade balance according to the method of change of economic ownership.
Trade balance
The export value minus the import value.