Exports up by almost 3 percent in September

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In September 2025, the total volume of goods exported (adjusted for the number of working days) was up by 2.6 percent year on year, as reported by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Export volumes were higher for machinery, transport equipment and crude oil and natural gas. However, exports of chemical products were lower than a year earlier. The volume of goods imported was up by 1.7 percent on September 2024. This was mainly because imports of crude oil and natural gas, machinery and transport equipment.

The CBS Exports Radar for November indicates that conditions for exports were slightly more unfavourable than they were in September’s radar.

Conditions for exports slightly more unfavourable in November

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 November, conditions for exports were slightly more unfavourable than they were in September. This was mainly due to a shift from year-on-year growth in German manufacturing output to a contraction. Furthermore, the year-on-year change in real exchange rates was more unfavourable.

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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