Exports up by almost 2 percent in June

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In June 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 1.8 percent year on year, as reported by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Growth is slightly higher than a month earlier. Export volumes were higher for machinery, transport equipment and food, beverages and tobacco. The volume of goods imported was up by 4.9 percent on June 2024. This was mainly because imports of crude oil and natural gas, food, beverages and tobacco, machinery and transport equipment were up.

The CBS Exports Radar for August indicates that conditions for exports were more unfavourable than they were in June’s radar.

Conditions for exports more unfavourable in August

Every month, CBS also publishes an update on the conditions for exports in its Exports Radar. These are largely determined by developments in key sales markets for domestic exports and by the competitive position of the Netherlands. Although the Radar indicators are closely correlated with export activity, improved conditions do not necessarily mean higher export growth.

According to the CBS Exports Radar for August, conditions for exports were more unfavourable than they were in June. This was mainly due to a larger year-on-year decline in German manufacturing output.

Goods exports account for approximately three-quarters of total exports. Figures on services exports are not published monthly. Figures on total exports are published quarterly and annually. The figures in this news release are provisional and subject to revision.

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