International trade in goods; border crossing, key figures

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Countries SITC 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 (%)
Total countries Total goods 771,120 189,470 876,129 319,631 335,603 220,895 2.2 3.0
0 Food and live animals 74,449 7,852 107,682 36,801 61,588 9,293 11.6 8.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 6,274 1,245 9,277 3,031 3,975 2,270 4.2 -0.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 23,137 6,198 33,945 9,390 19,010 5,546 0.0 4.4
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 108,997 15,329 101,732 37,499 48,246 15,987 -9.5 -9.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 8,635 332 6,353 2,083 3,823 448 10.2 6.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 114,782 37,040 151,414 50,787 54,086 46,541 2.2 3.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 67,207 15,212 66,380 22,492 27,209 16,679 0.9 0.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 262,054 83,740 287,159 97,591 92,597 96,970 4.8 6.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 105,004 22,504 108,970 59,747 22,511 26,712 3.9 4.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 580 17 3,218 211 2,559 448 14.7 6.6
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 325,555 46,391 604,250 249,479 183,831 170,940 1.7 2.8
0 Food and live animals 39,062 654 80,043 32,401 39,830 7,811 9.4 8.9
1 Beverages and tobacco 4,717 515 5,371 2,201 1,732 1,438 0.0 1.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 9,379 769 24,792 7,446 12,053 5,293 5.3 2.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 24,987 1,464 77,519 33,385 31,325 12,808 -8.4 -8.3
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,335 154 5,496 1,848 3,310 338 -6.4 8.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 71,156 22,016 101,692 38,230 34,737 28,725 2.1 5.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 36,140 2,626 51,777 19,608 17,054 15,115 0.4 0.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 94,444 14,774 178,526 69,372 31,409 77,746 2.2 3.8
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 41,812 3,402 78,262 44,783 11,850 21,628 1.1 5.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 522 17 772 205 530 37 13.8 4.6
Non-EU Total goods 445,566 143,079 271,880 70,152 151,772 49,955 2.5 3.4
0 Food and live animals 35,387 7,197 27,639 4,399 21,757 1,482 14.1 6.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,558 730 3,905 830 2,243 832 19.0 -4.0
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 13,758 5,428 9,153 1,944 6,957 253 -3.3 8.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 84,010 13,866 24,213 4,114 16,921 3,179 -9.8 -13.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 5,300 178 857 235 513 109 24.1 -9.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 43,626 15,024 49,722 12,557 19,349 17,816 2.5 -1.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 31,067 12,586 14,603 2,883 10,155 1,564 1.5 -0.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 167,610 68,966 108,632 28,219 61,189 19,225 6.3 10.4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 63,192 19,102 30,708 14,964 10,660 5,084 5.8 2.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 57 0 2,446 7 2,029 410 23.1 7.2
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 399,290 65,690 692,846 278,247 226,648 187,951 0.5 3.0
0 Food and live animals 44,165 2,333 92,072 34,960 48,584 8,528 7.6 9.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 5,106 701 6,832 2,481 2,498 1,853 -0.7 0.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 11,056 1,308 29,156 8,238 15,515 5,403 0.7 3.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 50,180 6,409 85,511 35,492 36,120 13,899 -7.8 -8.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 4,136 161 6,049 1,981 3,648 420 -2.1 9.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 79,371 24,457 119,091 42,890 42,371 33,830 0.3 5.4
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 46,024 7,368 57,473 20,838 20,811 15,823 -1.0 0.4
7 Machinery and transport equipment 108,047 17,774 206,513 79,923 41,274 85,316 2.7 4.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 50,654 5,164 89,249 51,236 15,174 22,839 0.7 5.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 551 17 899 208 651 40 13.8 -7.5
Africa Total goods 26,585 5,472 15,025 4,089 9,126 1,809 9.9 0.0
0 Food and live animals 11,140 1,433 2,765 266 2,430 69 30.8 8.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 175 76 155 37 112 6 29.9 0.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,872 704 616 131 481 4 -14.0 8.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 10,033 2,007 3,305 440 2,715 151 4.0 -5.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 210 9 38 8 24 7 11.0 -23.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 205 47 2,014 683 933 399 -48.2 -6.8
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,836 891 753 214 492 48 -7.7 -10.0
7 Machinery and transport equipment 666 242 4,322 1,737 1,579 1,006 0.0 4.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 448 63 993 575 298 119 -6.6 3.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 . 64 . 64 . 389.0 -15.9
America Total goods 117,106 30,911 64,764 15,441 32,181 17,143 2.7 1.2
0 Food and live animals 12,381 2,877 3,971 560 3,169 242 10.7 4.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 705 396 1,294 301 912 82 58.0 -0.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 7,565 3,506 1,571 363 1,202 5 -4.3 9.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 29,302 3,757 5,281 895 2,758 1,628 -12.4 -24.8
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,009 49 168 77 87 4 32.3 -36.4
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 19,501 8,223 15,237 3,026 5,424 6,786 12.1 -1.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 4,271 1,298 4,096 664 2,975 457 13.7 4.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 28,002 7,322 24,306 6,082 12,644 5,580 12.8 2.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 14,364 3,481 8,594 3,469 2,765 2,359 0.4 22.2
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 5 0 247 2 245 0 -21.6 14.4
Asia Total goods 220,213 85,127 83,930 19,192 52,200 12,539 2.9 0.3
0 Food and live animals 5,974 1,083 8,207 906 6,937 363 10.7 0.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 257 69 807 167 325 315 -3.5 -15.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,814 406 2,504 623 1,750 131 12.5 9.3
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 17,237 1,569 1,403 378 858 166 -16.9 -21.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,960 92 94 17 61 16 24.5 -38.8
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 15,407 4,247 13,844 3,762 5,027 5,056 2.2 -8.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 14,727 5,616 2,623 581 1,745 297 5.2 -5.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 122,588 58,375 44,726 8,658 31,149 4,920 3.2 7.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 39,227 13,669 9,442 4,098 4,068 1,275 9.9 -9.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 21 0 282 1 280 0 62.6 -11.9
Oceania Total goods 4,064 1,437 4,667 1,635 2,296 736 -4.9 -13.3
0 Food and live animals 789 126 586 62 433 91 44.3 -1.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 31 3 136 9 113 14 -5.8 3.7
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 829 273 91 30 61 0 78.5 -2.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 1,214 825 20 9 11 0 -35.4 23.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 275 0 3 0 2 1 4.0 -13.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 214 32 1,147 417 265 465 0.7 -5.2
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 136 34 285 130 150 5 -38.2 -2.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 277 21 1,743 627 1,059 57 -20.7 -27.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 299 122 640 351 186 103 -2.2 4.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 . 16 0 16 . -64.1 -25.8
Other Total goods 3,862 833 14,897 1,027 13,153 717 391.3 46.0
0 Food and live animals 0 0 80 46 34 0 -99.2 39.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 0 52 35 16 0 138,541.7 15.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1 0 7 5 1 1 -59.2 34.5
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 1,032 762 6,212 286 5,783 143 281.0 -8.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 45 20 1 0 1 . 182.0 28.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 84 34 81 10 66 6 156.1 5.1
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 212 5 1,150 65 1,036 49 15.2 -2.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 2,474 8 5,548 563 4,893 92 865.9 821.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 11 4 53 17 19 18 7.9 41.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 3 0 1,711 0 1,303 408 35.0 21.0
Afghanistan Total goods 4 1 16 2 13 1 -2.4 -29.6
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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 March 5, 2026:
The provisional figures for December 2025 have been added. The provisional figures for January 2025 to March 2025, October 2025 and November 2025 have also 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.