International trade in goods; border crossing, key figures
| Countries | SITC | Periods | Border crossing goods; import Total import value (million euros) | Border crossing goods; import Inbound transit value (million euros) | Border crossing goods; export Total export value (million euros) | Border crossing goods; export Re-export value (million euros) | Border crossing goods; export Export value of Dutch product (million euros) | Border crossing goods; export Outbound transit value (million euros) | Border crossing goods; growth Annual change in import value (%) | Border crossing goods; growth Annual change in export value (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Total goods | 2026 January-April* | 20,221 | 956 | 33,777 | 13,656 | 12,499 | 7,623 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
| Belgium | 0 Food and live animals | 2026 January-April* | 3,201 | 33 | 4,381 | 1,865 | 2,255 | 262 | 4.0 | -4.0 |
| Belgium | 1 Beverages and tobacco | 2026 January-April* | 344 | 12 | 326 | 173 | 112 | 41 | 4.4 | 8.5 |
| Belgium | 2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... | 2026 January-April* | 750 | 37 | 1,120 | 387 | 558 | 175 | 4.9 | 8.1 |
| Belgium | 3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... | 2026 January-April* | 3,262 | 97 | 10,851 | 3,645 | 3,033 | 4,173 | 8.5 | 3.9 |
| Belgium | 4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... | 2026 January-April* | 198 | 4 | 490 | 118 | 360 | 12 | -13.6 | -4.1 |
| Belgium | 5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. | 2026 January-April* | 4,383 | 369 | 5,256 | 2,008 | 2,524 | 724 | 2.8 | -0.7 |
| Belgium | 6 Manufactured goods classified chief... | 2026 January-April* | 2,471 | 43 | 2,952 | 1,315 | 1,195 | 442 | -0.8 | 7.7 |
| Belgium | 7 Machinery and transport equipment | 2026 January-April* | 3,777 | 208 | 5,553 | 2,558 | 1,499 | 1,496 | 8.5 | 6.7 |
| Belgium | 8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2026 January-April* | 1,741 | 152 | 2,751 | 1,571 | 882 | 299 | -1.5 | 1.1 |
| Belgium | 9 Commodities and transactions not cl... | 2026 January-April* | 92 | 0 | 96 | 16 | 80 | 0 | 90.9 | 126.5 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||
Table explanation
In this table, the Dutch import, (re)export and incoming and outgoing transit value according to border crossing 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 2, 2026:
The provisional figures for April 2026 have been added. The provisional figures for February and March 2026 have been adjusted.
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, 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 two months after a reporting month.
Description topics
- Border crossing goods; import
- Goods that come to the Netherlands from abroad according to the method of physical border crossing.
- Total import value
- The total value of the goods that come to the Netherlands from abroad.
- Inbound transit value
- The part of the import value that consists of goods that foreign companies and persons re-export from the Netherlands to abroad in an (almost) unprocessed state.
Please note: this concerns so-called quasi-transit, whereby goods do not cross the Netherlands exclusively for technical transport reasons. In most cases they are only in the Netherlands for customs declaration.
- Border crossing goods; export
- Goods that go abroad from the Netherlands according to the method of physical border crossing.
- Total export value
- The total value of the goods that go abroad from the Netherlands.
- Re-export value
- The part of the export value that consists of originally imported goods that Dutch companies and persons re-export from the Netherlands to abroad in an (almost) unprocessed state.
- Export value of Dutch product
- The part of the export value that consists of goods made in the Netherlands.
- Outbound transit value
- The part of the export value that consists of originally imported goods that foreign companies and persons re-export from the Netherlands to abroad in an (almost) unprocessed state.
Please note: this concerns so-called quasi-transit, whereby goods do not cross the Netherlands exclusively for technical transport reasons. In most cases they are only in the Netherlands for customs declaration.
- Border crossing goods; growth
- The development of international trade in goods according to the method of physical border crossing.
- 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.