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Exports to China down
Companies in the Netherlands exported 15 percent less in goods to China in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year.
Traffic performance motor vehicles; kilometres, type of vehicle, territory
Vehicle-kilometers Dutch and foreign vehicles, passenger cars, delivery vans, lorries, road tractors, special purpose vehicles, buses
Trade in goods increased in the first half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, more goods were traded internationally than in the first half of 2024.
Less coal transported by rail to Germany in 2024
A total of 37.8 million tonnes of goods were transported by rail in the Netherlands in 2024.
Dutch exports to China up again while Germany’s have fallen
In 2024, the value of Dutch exports to China increased by 7 percent, while Germany’s exports to China decreased by 8 percent.
Freight transport by Eastern European lorries increased sharply
In 2023, international lorries carried a total weight of 103 million tonnes of goods to and from the Netherlands.
Dutch exports to the United States, 2021-2023
Dutch exports the United States, multiple indicators and the Dutch trade share for American imports.
International trade and transit trade; value, weight, goods, transport mode
International trade, transport, transit trade Continents, NSTR chapters, flow types, value and weight
Domestic exports affected GDP growth negatively in 2023
The Netherlands’ gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.1 percent in 2023, but exports of goods and services contributed negatively to GDP by 0.3 percentage points.
Drop in prices of goods imports and exports has slowed in 2024
Prices of imported and exported goods were 3.8 percent lower (for exports) and 5.5 percent lower (for imports) in the first half of 2024 than in the same period of 2023
Value of goods exported to Africa down by a quarter
The total value of goods exported from the Netherlands to Africa fell by 24 percent in 2023, year on year.
Imports/exports; change of ownership; volume and price, changes
Imports and exports of goods, index figures base year 2015=100 and changes
Value of domestic exports down by over 5 percent in 2023
The export value of Dutch-manufactured goods (domestic exports) was down by 19 billion euros (5.2 percent) in 2023.
Macroeconomic scoreboard
Macroeconomic imbalances; macroeconomic risks; macroeconomic scoreboard; European Union; Quarter.
Export earnings grow less rapidly than total export value
Total export earnings from goods produced in the Netherlands rose by 39 percent between 2020 and 2022,
Imports from China down in 2023, exports up
Between January and July 2023, the Netherlands imported almost 70 billion euros in goods from China. That is nearly 5 billion euros less than in the same period last year.
Export quantity
The quantity of goods that go abroad from the Netherlands according to the method of physical border crossing.
International trade; import and export value, SITC (3 digits), countries
Import, export value and trade balance of goods; SITC (3 digits) and countries.
Caribbean Netherlands; import and export values per island
Import, export values and trade balance of Caribbean Netherlands per island (Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius).
Caribbean Netherlands, Bonaire; import and export values, SITC
Import, export value and trade balance of Bonaire according to SITC classification.
More trade with neighbouring countries in 2021
In 2021, the value of Dutch trade in goods was approximately 15 percent above its pre-pandemic level.
Over 3 thousand companies exported to Russia in 2021
In 2021, more than 3,000 enterprises in the Netherlands exported goods to Russia. Forty percent were active in wholesale trade and 10 percent in the machinery industry
Earnings and labour volume; export flows, countries
Earnings, employment, Contribution to gross domestic product Transactions in goods and services, countries
Economic importance of domestic exports has declined
In 2020, the Netherlands’ earnings from domestic exports accounted for 15.0 percent of GDP.
The Netherlands is the largest beer exporter in the EU
In 2020, the Netherlands was the biggest exporter of beer in the European Union.