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 19,448
0 Food and live animals 4,522
1 Beverages and tobacco 287
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,310
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 706
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -245
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 5,044
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 42
7 Machinery and transport equipment 1,554
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 632
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 487
Not physically in the Netherlands 4,110
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 27,205
0 Food and live animals 4,911
1 Beverages and tobacco -15
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,933
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 5,702
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 489
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 4,306
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 804
7 Machinery and transport equipment 3,498
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,213
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 209
Not physically in the Netherlands 2,155
Non-EU Total goods -7,758
0 Food and live animals -389
1 Beverages and tobacco 302
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 377
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -4,997
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -734
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 738
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -761
7 Machinery and transport equipment -1,944
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -2,581
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 277
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,956
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 31,762
0 Food and live animals 5,860
1 Beverages and tobacco 105
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,534
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 4,056
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 395
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 5,457
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 744
7 Machinery and transport equipment 5,270
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,746
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 219
Not physically in the Netherlands 3,376
Africa Total goods -505
0 Food and live animals -944
1 Beverages and tobacco -6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -108
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -290
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -23
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 193
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -58
7 Machinery and transport equipment 461
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 49
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 9
Not physically in the Netherlands 213
America Total goods -6,510
0 Food and live animals -866
1 Beverages and tobacco 113
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -271
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -2,807
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -119
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. -387
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 65
7 Machinery and transport equipment -363
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -637
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 48
Not physically in the Netherlands -1,285
Asia Total goods -7,174
0 Food and live animals 462
1 Beverages and tobacco 58
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 163
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -1,122
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -470
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. -323
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... -866
7 Machinery and transport equipment -4,101
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles -2,588
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 52
Not physically in the Netherlands 1,561
Oceania Total goods 466
0 Food and live animals 6
1 Beverages and tobacco 12
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... -7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... -42
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... -28
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 100
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 33
7 Machinery and transport equipment 243
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 59
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 2
Not physically in the Netherlands 90
Other Total goods 1,408
0 Food and live animals 3
1 Beverages and tobacco .
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0
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 April 13, 2026:
The provisional figures for February 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; balance
The trade balance according to the method of change of economic ownership.
Trade balance
The export value minus the import value.