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 | 2023 January-February* | 10,729 | 211 | 16,707 | 7,795 | 5,966 | 2,946 | 10.7 | 9.3 |
| Belgium | 0 Food and live animals | 2023 January-February* | 1,422 | 5 | 1,889 | 763 | 1,051 | 74 | 21.5 | 23.1 |
| Belgium | 1 Beverages and tobacco | 2023 January-February* | 135 | 1 | 119 | 66 | 45 | 8 | 16.6 | 31.3 |
| Belgium | 2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... | 2023 January-February* | 332 | 11 | 559 | 230 | 241 | 88 | -8.9 | 4.5 |
| Belgium | 3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... | 2023 January-February* | 2,203 | 51 | 5,599 | 2,608 | 1,597 | 1,394 | 20.5 | 9.0 |
| Belgium | 4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... | 2023 January-February* | 103 | 1 | 221 | 68 | 148 | 4 | 24.6 | 11.6 |
| Belgium | 5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. | 2023 January-February* | 2,353 | 47 | 2,764 | 1,247 | 1,217 | 300 | -6.3 | 1.5 |
| Belgium | 6 Manufactured goods classified chief... | 2023 January-February* | 1,306 | 56 | 1,491 | 676 | 598 | 217 | 8.0 | 3.0 |
| Belgium | 7 Machinery and transport equipment | 2023 January-February* | 1,903 | 25 | 2,745 | 1,341 | 613 | 791 | 21.9 | 15.6 |
| Belgium | 8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 2023 January-February* | 959 | 14 | 1,304 | 788 | 447 | 69 | 14.2 | 6.6 |
| Belgium | 9 Commodities and transactions not cl... | 2023 January-February* | 13 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | . | 16.7 | -11.5 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||
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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 May 10, 2023:
The provisional figures for February 2023 have been added. The provisional figures from July to September 2022, December 2022 and January 2023 have also been adjusted.
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;
- Due to technical reasons, the annual changes for 2022 are missing. However, the reporting years 2021 and 2022 are methodologically comparable.
- 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;
- Due to technical reasons, the annual changes for 2022 are missing. However, the reporting years 2021 and 2022 are methodologically comparable.