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 572,839 134,050 649,226 244,491 251,202 153,533 2.8 3.1
0 Food and live animals 56,080 5,466 81,112 28,008 47,128 5,976 15.4 10.8
1 Beverages and tobacco 4,606 850 7,017 2,232 3,127 1,657 2.8 -1.6
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 17,503 4,348 25,786 7,248 14,458 4,080 2.7 3.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 83,697 12,029 77,090 29,496 35,510 12,084 -9.1 -10.1
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 6,358 248 4,768 1,580 2,833 355 4.7 4.9
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 87,627 26,676 114,896 41,630 41,650 31,616 6.1 3.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 49,824 11,359 50,462 17,185 20,615 12,662 -0.6 -0.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 189,048 57,891 205,579 71,745 66,952 66,883 3.8 5.2
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 77,728 15,176 80,180 45,228 17,084 17,869 5.1 6.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 369 7 2,336 140 1,846 350 18.8 3.1
EU (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 242,193 34,274 447,971 190,295 138,738 118,938 2.9 3.0
0 Food and live animals 29,217 410 60,560 24,792 30,883 4,885 11.5 11.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,496 373 4,038 1,652 1,333 1,052 -0.9 0.3
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 7,015 508 18,916 5,773 9,204 3,940 6.9 1.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 18,910 1,140 59,133 26,203 23,141 9,789 -10.5 -7.6
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,557 103 4,108 1,405 2,432 271 -7.0 8.5
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 54,258 16,232 77,257 30,161 26,761 20,335 8.1 6.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 26,988 2,148 39,378 15,039 12,876 11,464 0.2 0.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 68,804 10,841 126,644 51,013 22,760 52,871 2.1 1.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 30,616 2,513 57,405 34,121 8,974 14,309 0.6 7.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 331 7 532 135 375 22 16.2 1.1
Non-EU Total goods 330,646 99,775 201,255 54,196 112,464 34,595 2.7 3.3
0 Food and live animals 26,863 5,055 20,552 3,216 16,245 1,091 20.1 8.2
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,111 477 2,979 580 1,794 605 16.5 -4.1
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 10,488 3,840 6,870 1,475 5,254 141 0.1 9.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 64,787 10,888 17,957 3,293 12,368 2,296 -8.7 -17.3
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,801 145 660 175 401 84 14.4 -13.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 33,368 10,444 37,639 11,469 14,890 11,281 3.0 -0.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 22,835 9,211 11,084 2,146 7,739 1,199 -1.6 -2.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 120,244 47,050 78,935 20,731 44,192 14,012 4.9 11.4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 47,112 12,663 22,775 11,106 8,109 3,560 8.3 3.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 38 0 1,803 4 1,471 328 48.4 3.8
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) Total goods 298,907 48,980 514,223 212,046 170,872 131,305 1.8 3.1
0 Food and live animals 33,050 1,632 69,662 26,684 37,601 5,377 9.8 12.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 3,780 501 5,130 1,851 1,933 1,346 -1.8 -0.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 8,255 853 22,346 6,371 11,967 4,009 2.9 3.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 38,842 5,142 64,969 27,896 26,541 10,532 -6.8 -8.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 3,115 108 4,518 1,489 2,695 334 -5.9 9.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 60,649 18,177 90,246 33,814 32,365 24,067 5.8 6.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 34,555 5,729 43,830 15,979 15,806 12,045 -1.2 0.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 78,855 12,882 147,280 58,859 30,004 58,416 2.5 2.4
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 37,454 3,948 65,611 38,965 11,489 15,157 1.0 6.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 352 7 632 137 472 23 17.3 -12.5
Africa Total goods 20,779 4,157 10,578 2,970 6,303 1,305 12.9 -2.5
0 Food and live animals 8,904 1,016 1,899 187 1,662 50 43.9 10.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 129 55 116 28 85 3 31.0 0.8
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,411 503 420 91 326 4 -17.2 3.6
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 7,890 1,732 2,125 374 1,696 55 3.4 -18.5
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 152 7 27 7 16 4 -0.8 -40.0
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 151 37 1,494 501 711 283 -50.5 -6.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 1,264 571 567 160 374 33 -17.8 -8.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 527 185 3,175 1,221 1,168 785 22.1 8.1
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 349 50 705 402 216 87 -1.9 -4.1
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 . 50 . 50 . 3,128.3 -20.8
America Total goods 86,980 20,325 49,663 12,846 25,644 11,173 3.6 4.7
0 Food and live animals 9,066 1,943 2,941 401 2,351 189 14.0 5.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 483 242 998 193 745 60 56.3 -0.4
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 5,760 2,424 1,146 267 878 1 -1.1 9.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 22,224 2,837 4,318 747 2,279 1,292 -10.0 -28.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 687 40 142 70 70 3 26.6 -37.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 14,853 5,276 12,035 3,629 4,743 3,663 11.5 4.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 2,751 923 3,164 511 2,334 320 -6.7 8.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 20,621 4,617 18,505 4,505 9,970 4,030 15.8 10.9
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 10,531 2,022 6,249 2,523 2,112 1,614 -0.4 22.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 3 0 165 2 163 0 -19.2 7.4
Asia Total goods 160,027 58,772 60,992 14,703 37,585 8,705 1.4 0.2
0 Food and live animals 4,430 786 6,106 656 5,156 293 12.8 0.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 190 49 619 127 254 238 -2.4 -17.2
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 1,346 315 1,800 492 1,242 67 13.0 8.9
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 12,932 1,032 1,014 259 665 90 -21.9 -5.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 2,162 77 77 14 49 14 16.0 -41.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 11,727 3,126 10,167 3,258 3,583 3,325 2.2 -12.7
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 10,986 4,104 1,905 412 1,276 217 6.0 -9.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 87,093 40,186 31,991 6,415 22,045 3,532 0.7 8.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 29,149 9,096 7,113 3,070 3,115 929 13.4 -7.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 12 0 200 0 200 0 152.5 -10.5
Oceania Total goods 3,189 1,048 3,498 1,331 1,693 473 3.9 -17.4
0 Food and live animals 630 89 443 42 333 67 56.2 -0.4
1 Beverages and tobacco 23 2 115 7 98 10 -10.7 22.5
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 729 253 68 24 44 0 143.2 1.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 885 577 16 8 8 0 -33.3 30.4
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 209 0 3 0 2 1 9.8 -4.1
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 173 29 890 420 196 273 12.4 -2.9
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 107 28 207 99 104 3 -41.8 -5.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 198 13 1,274 475 755 43 -21.9 -36.6
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 235 58 471 256 140 75 0.9 3.9
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 0 . 12 0 12 . -73.3 -29.4
Other Total goods 2,958 768 10,272 595 9,104 573 380.7 31.4
0 Food and live animals 0 0 62 38 25 0 -99.5 41.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 0 39 26 12 0 -97.2 20.9
2 Crude materials, inedible, except f... 0 0 6 4 1 0 -76.1 39.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 925 708 4,648 212 4,321 114 311.2 -7.7
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 33 15 1 0 1 . 191.4 52.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 74 30 65 7 52 5 177.6 10.0
6 Manufactured goods classified chief... 160 4 789 24 721 44 12.8 -27.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 1,754 7 3,355 269 3,010 76 836.2 664.7
8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9 4 32 13 12 7 21.6 9.8
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 2 0 1,277 0 949 327 12.1 17.7
Afghanistan Total goods 3 0 12 2 10 0 4.7 -32.1
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 December 4, 2025:
The provisional figures for the month of September 2025 have been added. The months of July 2025 and August 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.

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. This 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.