International trade in goods; change of ownership, key figures

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Countries 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 119,994 127,541 71,450 56,090 7,546 15.3 9.6
EU (excl. the Netherlands) 55,274 71,877 51,843 20,034 16,602 11.5 17.1
Non-EU 64,720 55,664 19,608 36,056 -9,056 18.7 1.3
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) 61,050 85,832 58,950 26,881 24,781 9.2 15.0
Africa 255 2,283 1,256 1,027 2,029 10.5 8.2
America 13,962 12,522 4,852 7,669 -1,440 17.7 -2.9
Asia 44,408 24,567 5,833 18,734 -19,841 23.8 2.2
Oceania 168 1,152 380 772 984 22.3 5.2
Other 151 1,185 178 1,007 1,034 158.3 -24.2
Afghanistan 0 2 0 2 2 -79.1 -7.8
Albania 1 26 13 14 25 -29.5 6.8
Algeria 0 119 91 28 119 -98.3 44.9
American Samoa . 0 . 0 . . -91.1
American Virgin Islands 0 1 1 0 1 -41.4 -11.8
Andorra 1 7 2 5 6 301.6 201.4
Angola 2 58 31 27 56 47.5 -6.5
Anguilla 0 2 1 1 2 . 349.7
Antartica 0 0 0 0 0 -15.4 .
Antigua and Barbuda 0 2 1 1 2 -88.1 12.3
Argentina 6 122 78 43 116 -36.8 6.8
Armenia 2 58 41 17 56 922.6 73.5
Aruba 0 25 10 15 24 -18.4 5.9
Australia 114 779 321 458 665 36.8 8.6
Austria 638 1,537 1,070 467 899 6.0 18.1
Azerbaijan 2 47 17 30 45 261.5 -40.1
Bahamas 0 4 2 2 4 -99.3 -14.7
Bahrain 1 22 14 8 21 -23.4 -23.9
Bangladesh 5 32 16 16 27 2.2 -17.1
Barbados 0 4 2 2 4 -12.7 -33.7
Belarus 0 9 1 8 9 -58.7 113.1
Belgium 7,135 9,235 6,497 2,738 2,100 9.6 25.0
Belize . 1 0 0 . . 19.5
Benin 2 5 2 3 3 2,049.4 -22.8
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 1,225.7 40.3
Bhutan 0 1 0 0 1 . 347.0
Bolivia 0 31 8 23 31 1,623.1 176.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 63 24 38 39 17.5 46.0
Botswana 0 1 1 1 1 -95.7 74.4
Bouvet Island . 0 0 0 . . 71.9
Brazil 28 870 532 338 842 -61.9 2.8
British Indian Ocean Territory . . . . . . .
British Virgin Islands 0 52 1 51 52 233.4 1,981.0
Brunei 3 16 9 7 13 -12.5 -16.7
Bulgaria 106 406 302 104 301 -6.0 9.0
Burkina Faso 0 21 12 8 21 -98.9 11.6
Burma 1 2 0 2 1 35.9 -47.9
Burundi 0 1 0 1 1 5,804.8 77.5
Cambodia 36 6 3 3 -30 -2.7 1.1
Cameroon 0 17 7 10 17 -96.8 -15.9
Canada 320 826 282 544 505 14.3 4.2
Cape Verde 0 4 1 3 4 10.0 -23.7
Caribbean Netherlands 0 18 4 15 18 45.1 23.4
Cayman Islands 1 0 0 0 0 1,963.1 -99.8
Central African Republic . 2 1 2 . . 116.8
Ceuta . 0 0 0 . . -21.5
Chad 0 3 1 2 3 -69.5 -36.7
Chile 3 161 68 93 158 34.3 11.2
China 17,400 4,718 830 3,888 -12,682 15.3 -23.3
Christmas Island . . . . . . .
Cocos Islands . 0 . 0 . . .
Colombia 1 97 46 50 95 -36.6 -27.7
Comoros . 0 0 0 . . 260.5
Congo 0 10 2 7 9 -95.9 -11.0
Congo (Democratic Republic) 0 23 14 10 23 499.4 62.9
Cook Islands 0 0 . 0 0 . -55.3
Costa Rica 17 13 6 7 -4 -91.1 -10.8
Côte d’Ivoire 2 53 18 35 52 223.1 -8.0
Croatia 142 241 175 65 99 -0.1 12.3
Cuba 1 19 6 13 19 42.5 -28.9
Curaçao 2 45 10 35 44 45.4 1.2
Cyprus 19 113 69 44 94 120.3 -16.2
Czechia 4,144 3,833 3,279 554 -311 31.3 96.0
Denmark 1,373 1,985 1,394 591 612 30.0 16.9
Djibouti 0 4 3 1 4 -82.9 -39.7
Dominica . 1 0 1 . . 120.1
Dominican Republic 27 33 17 16 5 39.1 4.2
Ecuador 1 44 26 18 44 38.8 -28.7
Egypt 96 292 167 125 196 14.6 6.0
El Salvador 0 7 6 1 7 260.7 -27.3
Equatorial Guinea 0 2 2 1 2 644.4 -56.1
Eritrea . 3 2 1 . . 123.7
Estonia 110 256 167 89 146 107.7 36.4
Eswatini 0 0 0 0 0 . -97.4
Ethiopia 0 26 17 9 26 -51.8 47.2
Falkland Islands . 0 0 0 . . 789.8
Faroe Islands 1 7 3 4 6 1,035.7 45.1
Fiji 0 5 3 2 5 2.2 3.7
Finland 881 1,839 1,533 306 957 16.6 53.4
France 3,085 8,804 6,301 2,503 5,719 7.9 14.6
French Polynesia 12 22 12 9 10 -33.4 -10.6
French Southern Territories 1 1 0 1 1 795.3 413.5
Gabon 0 13 9 5 13 -60.6 25.1
Gambia 0 1 0 1 1 -66.8 -38.2
Georgia 2 50 20 29 48 44.3 -40.5
Germany 23,137 20,206 14,334 5,872 -2,931 7.2 10.5
Ghana 0 107 50 57 107 -87.5 20.9
Gibraltar 16 5 2 3 -11 -19.7 -43.6
Greece 97 648 379 268 551 102.4 23.6
Greenland 0 14 1 14 14 . 244.2
Grenada 0 1 0 0 1 -53.8 -69.6
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 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.