Imports of goods and services by destination; National Accounts

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Destination of imports Value at current prices Imports of goods and services (million euros) Value at current prices Imports of goods (million euros) Value at current prices Imports of services (million euros) Value at prices of 2021 Imports of goods and services (million euros) Value at prices of 2021 Imports of goods (million euros) Value at prices of 2021 Imports of services (million euros)
A-U All economic activities 386,623 216,757 169,866 331,481 179,628 152,725
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 4,819 3,711 1,108 3,770 2,878 888
01 Agriculture 4,698 3,628 1,070 3,672 2,814 853
02 Forestry and logging 55 34 21 39 22 17
03 Fishing and aquaculture 66 49 17 56 39 17
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 185,514 164,006 21,508 153,755 134,612 19,161
B Mining and quarrying 1,100 272 828 920 228 688
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas 385 120 265 335 105 221
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) 171 106 65 138 84 53
09 Mining support activities 544 46 498 453 41 412
C Manufacturing 177,044 157,831 19,213 148,065 130,870 17,165
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 46,255 42,369 3,886 33,895 30,473 3,412
10 Manufacture of food products 42,426 39,138 3,288 30,964 28,044 2,891
11 Manufacture of beverages 3,709 3,125 584 2,823 2,333 509
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 120 106 14 106 96 10
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 1,454 1,289 165 1,234 1,086 147
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 6,129 5,048 1,081 5,531 4,510 1,025
16 Manufacture of wood products 1,447 1,343 104 1,310 1,215 93
17 Manufacture of paper 3,855 3,082 773 3,494 2,765 737
18 Printing and reproduction 827 623 204 729 532 194
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 29,724 29,557 167 22,827 22,645 155
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 33,373 26,634 6,739 29,655 23,642 5,982
20 Manufacture of chemicals 27,478 23,167 4,311 24,494 20,561 3,894
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 5,895 3,467 2,428 5,328 3,219 2,086
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 4,658 4,142 516 3,972 3,519 461
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2,849 2,576 273 2,634 2,395 242
23 Manufacture of building materials 1,809 1,566 243 1,361 1,149 219
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 10,174 8,967 1,207 10,206 9,137 1,068
24 Manufacture of basic metals 4,482 4,052 430 4,683 4,295 381
25 Manufacture of metal products 5,692 4,915 777 5,531 4,847 688
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 15,480 12,758 2,722 14,664 12,211 2,430
26 Manufacture of electronic products 8,368 6,254 2,114 8,368 6,464 1,899
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 7,112 6,504 608 6,233 5,691 530
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 15,569 14,366 1,203 13,954 12,863 1,097
29-30 Transport equipment 9,461 8,706 755 8,633 7,945 689
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 5,799 5,466 333 5,274 4,968 307
30 Manufacture of other transport 3,662 3,240 422 3,332 2,953 381
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 4,767 3,995 772 4,302 3,603 702
31-32 Man. of furniture and other prods. 2,091 1,731 360 1,870 1,545 328
31 Manufacture of furniture 1,453 1,233 220 1,315 1,110 205
32 Manufacture of other products 638 498 140 560 440 123
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2,676 2,264 412 2,454 2,080 375
D Energy supply 5,556 4,833 723 3,545 3,009 654
35 Energy supply 5,556 4,833 723 3,545 3,009 654
E Water supply and waste management 1,814 1,070 744 1,527 887 658
36 Water collection and distribution 120 57 63 97 43 54
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 1,694 1,013 681 1,431 844 604
F Construction 20,136 14,775 5,361 17,440 12,856 4,634
41 Construction buildings, development 6,190 4,596 1,594 5,297 3,934 1,395
42 Civil engineering 3,774 1,629 2,145 3,168 1,374 1,808
43 Specialised construction activities 10,172 8,550 1,622 8,971 7,552 1,427
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 58,482 15,719 42,763 49,540 13,065 36,362
G Wholesale and retail trade 31,746 6,756 24,990 27,278 5,952 21,348
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 3,341 2,400 941 2,956 2,130 837
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 23,467 3,113 20,354 20,087 2,789 17,283
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 4,938 1,243 3,695 4,217 955 3,251
H Transportation and storage 21,653 4,960 16,693 18,231 3,968 14,098
49 Land transport 6,960 1,724 5,236 5,598 1,235 4,371
50 Water transport 4,486 683 3,803 3,769 504 3,219
51 Air transport 5,073 2,114 2,959 4,381 1,867 2,486
52 Warehousing, services for transport 4,004 402 3,602 3,394 359 3,029
53 Postal and courier activities 1,130 37 1,093 1,016 31 983
I Accommodation and food serving 5,083 4,003 1,080 4,086 3,130 963
55 Accommodation 1,188 814 374 991 663 339
56 Food and beverage service activities 3,895 3,189 706 3,094 2,468 625
J Information and communication 21,074 3,243 17,831 18,857 2,982 15,857
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 5,136 248 4,888 4,232 194 4,082
58 Publishing 674 164 510 554 124 459
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 4,462 84 4,378 3,701 79 3,621
59 Film, TV and music production etc 4,232 64 4,168 3,511 61 3,448
60 Programming and broadcasting 230 20 210 191 18 173
61 Telecommunications 3,169 1,712 1,457 3,072 1,593 1,435
62-63 IT- and information services 12,769 1,283 11,486 11,550 1,245 10,304
62 Support activities in the field of IT 10,319 946 9,373 9,372 920 8,453
63 Information service activities 2,450 337 2,113 2,178 325 1,850
K Financial institutions 14,270 203 14,067 17,071 192 16,878
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 7,649 38 7,611 7,065 29 7,037
65 Insurance and pension funding 5,150 80 5,070 8,802 87 8,714
66 Other financial services 1,471 85 1,386 1,283 76 1,207
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2,866 1,260 1,606 2,403 956 1,464
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2,866 1,260 1,606 2,403 956 1,464
M-N Business services 61,865 4,660 57,205 53,920 4,069 50,183
M Other specialised business services 42,479 2,560 39,919 36,889 2,194 35,045
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 37,287 1,205 36,082 32,339 1,012 31,706
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 35,332 476 34,856 30,600 409 30,629
69 Legal services, administration etc. 1,648 100 1,548 1,474 89 1,385
70 Holding companies (not financial) 33,684 376 33,308 29,126 320 29,244
71 Architects, technical services etc. 1,955 729 1,226 1,736 660 1,077
72 Research and development 1,662 801 861 1,448 697 737
73-75 Advertising, design and other 3,530 554 2,976 3,111 495 2,608
73 Advertising and market research 2,498 111 2,387 2,182 99 2,082
74-75 Other specialised services 1,032 443 589 927 398 527
74 Other specialised business services 883 310 573 789 274 512
75 Veterinary activities 149 133 16 139 124 15
N Renting and other business support 19,386 2,100 17,286 17,029 1,891 15,141
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 6,188 289 5,899 5,313 255 5,031
78 Employment activities 1,779 117 1,662 1,601 111 1,492
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 8,742 92 8,650 7,740 76 7,666
80-82 Security, other business services 2,677 1,602 1,075 2,389 1,442 955
80 Security and investigation 344 230 114 310 210 100
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table presents data of imports of goods and services by destination from the National Accounts. The table contains data of imported products by economic activities. It also shows data of imports intended for final expenditure and imports that can not be imputed to economic activities.

Data available from: 2021.

Status of the figures:
Data from 2021 up to and including 2023 are final. Data of 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of June 24th 2025:
Data of 2024 have been added to this table.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 18 months after the end of the reporting year.

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Value at current prices
The values are expressed at prices of the reporting period. Alternatively, values may be expressed at constant prices. In this case, prices of a reference period are used.
Imports of goods and services
Transactions in goods and services (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of goods occurs when economic ownership of goods is passed from non-residents to residents. This applies irrespective of corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers. An enterprise or institution is considered residential after it has been active in the Netherlands for at least one year. This applies irrespective of the question whether the enterprise or institute has foreign owners.
Imports of goods
Transactions in goods (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of goods occurs when economic ownership of goods is passed from non-residents to residents. This applies irrespective of corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers. An enterprise or institution is considered residential after it has been active in the Netherlands for at least one year. This applies irrespective of the question whether the enterprise or institute has foreign owners. Part of the imports are raw materials, semifinished products, fuel and fixed assets. Furthermore, imports of goods may be re-exports: goods that were imported before being exported, after having received at most minor adaptations.
Imports of services
Transactions in services (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of services applies among others to expenses made by Dutch companies abroad, like costs of transportation, banking costs and business travels. Imports by services are also made by the Dutch general government, among others by means of expenses made by Dutch embassies and consulates. Imports of services by households consist among others of imports of consumer goods and the direct consumptive expenditure by Dutch residents abroad.
Value at prices of 2021
The values are expressed at prices of the reference period 2021 by taking account of inflation. Alternatively, values may be expressed at prices of the reporting period.
Imports of goods and services
Transactions in goods and services (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of goods occurs when economic ownership of goods is passed from non-residents to residents. This applies irrespective of corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers. An enterprise or institution is considered residential after it has been active in the Netherlands for at least one year. This applies irrespective of the question whether the enterprise or institute has foreign owners.
Imports of goods
Transactions in goods (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of goods occurs when economic ownership of goods is passed from non-residents to residents. This applies irrespective of corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers. An enterprise or institution is considered residential after it has been active in the Netherlands for at least one year. This applies irrespective of the question whether the enterprise or institute has foreign owners. Part of the imports are raw materials, semifinished products, fuel and fixed assets. Furthermore, imports of goods may be re-exports: goods that were imported before being exported, after having received at most minor adaptations.
Imports of services
Transactions in services (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of services applies among others to expenses made by Dutch companies abroad, like costs of transportation, banking costs and business travels. Imports by services are also made by the Dutch general government, among others by means of expenses made by Dutch embassies and consulates. Imports of services by households consist among others of imports of consumer goods and the direct consumptive expenditure by Dutch residents abroad.