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 (%)
EU (excl. the Netherlands) 0 Food and live animals 16,119 229 32,209 13,688 15,399 3,121 -0.4 -5.0
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,833 207 2,263 849 761 653 -1.9 4.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 13,254 853 36,805 14,047 15,580 7,178 19.9 7.9
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,225 77 2,394 745 1,533 116 -13.2 5.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 31,792 10,628 45,319 17,237 15,119 12,963 5.9 3.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 41,672 6,307 78,765 30,082 13,757 34,926 8.4 12.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 213 13 803 288 445 69 -1.4 159.5
Europe (excl. the Netherlands) 0 Food and live animals 18,302 1,027 36,708 14,875 18,402 3,431 -0.9 -5.7
1 Beverages and tobacco 1,979 272 2,852 961 1,050 841 -1.8 2.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 24,981 3,999 40,919 14,649 18,484 7,786 10.9 9.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 1,632 82 2,691 797 1,715 179 -5.4 9.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 35,250 11,493 52,439 19,623 18,309 14,507 4.5 3.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 48,036 8,619 90,481 34,600 17,887 37,993 8.8 10.6
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... 225 13 859 290 500 69 -1.2 142.3
American Virgin Islands 0 Food and live animals . . 0 . 0 . . 61.9
1 Beverages and tobacco . . 1 . 1 . . -23.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 0 . . . . . -100.0 .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . . . . . . .
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 0 . 0 0 0 . . -95.2
7 Machinery and transport equipment 0 . 1 1 0 . 156.1 -34.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . 0 . 0 . . 233.3
Andorra 0 Food and live animals . . 1 0 0 . . -25.1
1 Beverages and tobacco . . 2 0 0 1 . -47.1
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... . . 0 0 . . . .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . . . . . . .
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 0 . 1 0 0 0 -83.3 -12.1
7 Machinery and transport equipment 1 0 5 1 4 0 259.0 286.6
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . . . . . . .
Antigua and Barbuda 0 Food and live animals . . 2 0 2 . . -12.3
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 0 0 0 0 . 134.3 1.2
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 0 . 1 . 1 . 563.4 .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . 0 0 . . . 130.2
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. . . 0 0 0 0 . 291.6
7 Machinery and transport equipment 0 . 1 0 1 0 -33.6 -3.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . 1 . 1 . . 60.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Food and live animals 1 0 46 12 30 3 -31.3 2.6
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 . 1 0 1 0 11.7 17.8
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... . . 0 0 0 0 . -16.0
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 0 . 0 0 0 . 0.6 255.7
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 3 0 21 5 11 4 65.8 -1.3
7 Machinery and transport equipment 16 0 49 14 27 7 17.8 17.5
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . 0 . 0 . . .
Bouvet Island 0 Food and live animals . . . . . . . .
1 Beverages and tobacco . . . . . . . .
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... . . . . . . . .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . . . . . . .
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 0 . . . . . 230.8 .
7 Machinery and transport equipment . . 0 0 . 0 . .
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . . . . . . .
British Virgin Islands 0 Food and live animals . . 0 0 0 . . -69.1
1 Beverages and tobacco 0 0 0 0 0 . 321,250.7 -30.7
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... . . . . . . . .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . . . . . . .
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 0 . 0 0 0 . . 22.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment 0 . 0 0 0 . 1,985.3 -88.0
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . . . . . . .
Caribbean Netherlands 0 Food and live animals . . 8 0 8 0 . 1.8
1 Beverages and tobacco . . 4 1 3 . . 11.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 64 64 0 0 0 . 799,985,625.0 206.2
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... 0 0 0 0 0 . -44.4 -19.3
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 0 . 7 4 4 0 1,079.0 18.7
7 Machinery and transport equipment 0 0 12 3 9 0 154.8 13.7
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . 3 . 3 . . -10.5
Cayman Islands 0 Food and live animals 0 . 0 . 0 . -83.7 -20.3
1 Beverages and tobacco . . 1 0 0 . . -41.0
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... . . . . . . . .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . . . . . . .
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. . . 0 0 0 0 . -54.9
7 Machinery and transport equipment 92 0 92 0 91 0 36,575.3 -16.3
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . 0 . 0 . . -34.4
Christmas Island 0 Food and live animals . . . . . . . .
1 Beverages and tobacco . . . . . . . .
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... . . . . . . . .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . . . . . . .
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. . . . . . . . .
7 Machinery and transport equipment . . . . . . . .
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . . . . . . .
Cocos Islands 0 Food and live animals . . . . . . . .
1 Beverages and tobacco . . . . . . . .
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... . . . . . . . .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . . . . . . .
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. . . . . . . . .
7 Machinery and transport equipment . . 0 . 0 . . .
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . . . . . . .
Cook Islands 0 Food and live animals . . 0 . 0 . . 9.7
1 Beverages and tobacco . . . . . . . .
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... . . . . . . . .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . . . . . . .
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. . . . . . . . .
7 Machinery and transport equipment 0 . 0 . 0 . . -75.4
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . . . . . . .
Falkland Islands 0 Food and live animals 0 0 0 0 0 . -8.1 52.2
1 Beverages and tobacco . . . . . . . .
3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and relat... 0 . . . . . -8.7 .
4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and... . . 0 0 0 . . 33.8
5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. . . 0 . 0 . . 2.5
7 Machinery and transport equipment . . 0 0 0 . . 796.6
9 Commodities and transactions not cl... . . . . . . . .
Faroe Islands 0 Food and live animals 155 145 2 0 2 . 22.1 -23.9
1 Beverages and tobacco . . 0 0 0 . . 120.2
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 August 3, 2026:
The provisional figures for March, April en May 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.