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 227,603 271,464 112,849 158,614 43,861 2.5 0.7
0 Food and live animals 21,415 32,872 12,589 20,283 11,457 17.7 12.9
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,569 2,228 871 1,357 659 1.5 0.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 5,569 10,610 3,405 7,205 5,040 7.8 5.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 29,808 28,837 13,680 15,157 -971 -5.9 -11.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,383 1,901 681 1,220 -482 0.6 2.8
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 25,714 37,776 21,165 16,611 12,063 6.9 9.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 16,343 16,407 7,852 8,556 64 2.8 1.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 51,203 58,527 31,816 26,711 7,324 4.1 1.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 26,475 28,401 20,719 7,683 1,927 4.2 5.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 229 867 71 795 638 22.1 -3.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 46,896 53,038 . 53,038 6,142 -2.8 -7.9
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 107,570 164,043 86,843 77,200 56,474 2.0 2.1
0 Food and live animals 12,804 24,386 11,126 13,260 11,582 9.3 13.5
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,290 1,164 626 538 -127 -0.2 1.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 3,049 7,209 2,682 4,528 4,161 10.9 2.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 8,684 21,886 12,285 9,601 13,202 -4.5 -4.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,076 1,697 613 1,084 621 -7.4 7.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 16,340 24,448 14,654 9,794 8,108 9.6 6.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 10,572 12,289 6,894 5,395 1,717 1.2 0.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 24,738 31,542 22,384 9,158 6,804 -1.0 -2.3
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 11,969 19,425 15,511 3,915 7,457 -0.7 5.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 182 237 69 168 56 25.0 9.2
Not physically in the Netherlands 16,868 19,760 . 19,760 2,893 0.0 -4.0
Non-EU Total goods 120,033 107,421 26,006 81,415 -12,612 3.0 -1.4
0 Food and live animals 8,612 8,486 1,463 7,023 -125 32.9 11.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 278 1,064 246 818 786 10.3 -0.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 2,521 3,400 724 2,677 880 4.2 12.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 21,125 6,951 1,396 5,555 -14,173 -6.5 -29.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,306 204 67 137 -1,102 8.4 -26.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 9,374 13,329 6,511 6,818 3,955 2.6 15.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 5,771 4,118 958 3,161 -1,653 5.8 1.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 26,465 26,985 9,432 17,554 520 9.3 5.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 14,506 8,976 5,208 3,768 -5,530 8.8 7.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 48 629 2 627 582 12.3 -7.1
Not physically in the Netherlands 30,028 33,277 . 33,277 3,250 -4.4 -10.0
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 128,473 193,482 96,808 96,674 65,009 2.3 2.1
0 Food and live animals 13,994 27,987 11,985 16,002 13,993 8.8 13.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,352 1,511 721 790 159 -1.2 0.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 3,402 9,073 2,985 6,088 5,671 8.2 6.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 15,412 24,347 12,986 11,361 8,935 1.3 -5.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,318 1,810 645 1,165 492 -7.6 8.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 18,231 28,561 16,364 12,197 10,330 7.3 6.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 12,416 13,970 7,313 6,656 1,554 1.2 0.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 27,919 38,236 26,027 12,209 10,317 -0.2 -1.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 14,176 22,665 17,713 4,951 8,488 -1.2 3.8
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 190 271 69 202 81 26.1 -22.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 20,063 25,052 . 25,052 4,989 0.9 -1.9
Africa Total goods 6,795 4,692 1,337 3,355 -2,103 13.4 -19.0
0 Food and live animals 2,862 846 97 749 -2,016 67.7 19.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 35 47 12 35 12 10.7 -6.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 416 146 34 113 -270 -2.7 -22.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 2,232 953 161 792 -1,279 -6.1 -19.9
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 52 15 7 8 -38 14.1 -5.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 51 563 243 320 513 -37.9 2.6
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 297 262 73 190 -34 -16.7 -1.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 116 1,013 549 464 897 -9.4 -5.0
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 126 249 161 87 122 -13.3 -14.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 21 . 21 21 -90.9 -12.8
Not physically in the Netherlands 608 576 . 576 -32 -12.1 -59.9
America Total goods 41,043 31,564 6,810 24,754 -9,479 1.4 1.9
0 Food and live animals 2,851 1,175 182 993 -1,676 24.2 8.9
1 Beverages and tobacco 115 445 74 371 330 35.8 9.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,197 550 116 434 -647 1.3 11.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 6,859 1,127 317 810 -5,731 -15.8 -57.9
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 216 49 26 23 -167 19.2 -44.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 4,002 4,936 2,554 2,382 934 11.5 41.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 636 1,227 244 983 591 -6.7 4.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 5,157 6,639 2,072 4,567 1,482 7.9 15.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 3,590 2,239 1,224 1,016 -1,351 -5.0 24.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 1 74 2 73 73 -2.6 1.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 16,420 13,103 . 13,103 -3,318 4.1 -6.2
Asia Total goods 47,115 32,916 6,964 25,952 -14,199 3.0 -3.2
0 Food and live animals 1,536 2,677 302 2,376 1,142 26.0 4.9
1 Beverages and tobacco 60 161 53 108 101 20.0 -23.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 426 807 259 548 381 18.9 6.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 4,817 257 110 147 -4,560 -10.8 -61.1
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 722 26 2 24 -696 13.2 -63.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 3,364 3,364 1,760 1,604 0 1.2 5.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 2,968 756 168 588 -2,212 16.6 -6.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 17,923 11,525 2,799 8,726 -6,398 10.7 7.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 8,501 3,084 1,510 1,573 -5,417 20.8 13.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 6 85 0 85 80 247.2 1.7
Not physically in the Netherlands 6,793 10,173 . 10,173 3,380 -24.3 -16.7
Oceania Total goods 1,649 2,818 648 2,170 1,169 9.8 -24.8
0 Food and live animals 174 175 17 158 2 68.6 10.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 8 52 3 49 45 -29.6 63.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 129 33 12 21 -96 135.6 15.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 129 11 7 4 -119 -18.0 100.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 72 1 0 1 -71 -5.5 -13.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 48 325 241 84 277 -2.2 -4.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 26 86 41 45 61 -43.5 -1.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 70 560 222 338 490 -3.7 -54.4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 79 157 104 53 78 -3.7 -9.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 7 0 7 7 -75.4 7.5
Not physically in the Netherlands 915 1,411 . 1,411 496 7.7 -16.4
Other Total goods 2,527 5,992 282 5,709 3,465 -2.6 8.0
0 Food and live animals 0 12 7 4 12 -100.0 94.0
1 Beverages and tobacco . 12 8 4 . 49.4 .
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 1 0 1 1 -79.1 -53.6
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 July 3, 2025:
The provisional figures for February, March and April 2025 have been adjusted.

Changes as of December 12, 2024:
The figures for 2022 have been corrected. The figures for 2023 have been adjusted. For these years, the export value of Dutch products was overestimated due to a technical error. Additionally, the export value to Spain was underestimated in 2022. 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.