Globalisation

Globalisation

Trade missions help firms to get ahead internationally

Netherlands is second-largest exporter and importer of goods in EU

Netherlands is EU’s largest beer exporter, Belgium exports the most fries

Export earnings grow less rapidly than total export value

Dutch agricultural exports worth nearly 124 billion euros in 2023

Employment in vehicle exports down by more than 20 percent

Earnings from machinery and equipment exports doubled since 2015

14 percent of Dutch exports are online orders

China top supplier of products containing critical raw materials

More Dutch sanction goods exports to Turkey

Earnings from exports to Russia almost halved

Imports from China down in 2023, exports up

Goods exports to Germany declining

Goods exports to Germany declining

The Netherlands largest EU importer of soy, palm oil and cocoa

The Netherlands largest importer of Chinese solar panels

Re-exports higher than domestic exports in 2022

Most exporting industries not concerned about trade policy

Goods exports top 700 billion euros for the first time

More and more telecommunications and computer services from India

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Imports from India have increased eightfold since 2002

Container vessel

Crude oil imports from Russia nearly 14 percent lower in value since March

An oil tanker off the Dutch coast

Exports to Russia down by almost 40 percent in 2022

Container vessels

Agricultural exports hit record value due to price hikes

Export earnings in 2021 exceeding pre-pandemic level

High-tech industry

China's share in goods imports grew further in 2021

Exports to Taiwan quadrupled since 2010

More trade with neighbouring countries in 2021

Border crossing to Germany

Import value of transport services 32 percent up in first half of 2022

34 percent more Belgian enterprises in the Netherlands

The Netherlands largest EU importer of Brazilian agricultural goods

Green soybeans on plant stems

Service imports back at pre-pandemic level

Travellers at Schiphol Airport.

Sharp drop in exports to Ukraine and Russia

Container ship in the port

Fewer goods, more services to the UK in 2021

Hallway at flower auction full of flower trolleys

France imports 47.4 bn euros in goods from the Netherlands

Lorry at the seaport. Refineries in the background.

84 percent of sunflower oil imports in 2021 came from Ukraine

Empty shelf in the supermarket

Almost 3.5 bn euros in goods exported to the Baltic states

Flowers and plants at an auction

2.4 billion euros in services exported to Russia in 2021

Offices on the Zuidas

Over 3 thousand companies exported to Russia in 2021

containers

87 percent of imports from Russia are mineral fuels

cargo vessel in the port

Imports from Ukraine exceeded €2 bn for the first time in 2021

Rape seed field in spring in the central part of Ukraine

Soya imports from Brazil up despite price hike

Ripe soybeans, ready for harvesting.

Agricultural exports exceeded 100 billion euros in 2021

A farmer working the land on his tractor.

121 million euros paid in duties on imports from the UK

Container shipments at the port.

Fewer food products crossing the Channel

Quality inspection of red peppers

Economic importance of domestic exports has declined

Containers in the port

Dutch goods trade above pre-pandemic level in first half of 2021

Container vessel docked at the port

Service exports to Germany down in first half of 2021

Dutch-German border crossing

Goods imports from the UK up by 14 percent

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Goods exports to Germany up by 10.5 percent

The Netherlands is the EU’s largest meat exporter

butchered veal in cold storage

Exports to the UK generated almost €26 billion in 2020

More domestic exports to the UK in Q1 2021

Half of all imported goods from low-income countries are clothes

Service exports down more sharply than goods exports

11 percent fewer goods imported from Africa

Low import dependency in the larger product groups

Avocado imports up by 19 percent in 2020

Earnings from machinery and food exports to China surge

Agricultural exports staying rooted

Dutch importers bore the cost of European import duties

Service exports down by 11 percent in Q3

Exports to Poland generate over 5 billion euros

Domestic exports to the United Kingdom down by 17 percent

Trade surplus remains stable despite COVID-19

Bordersing with Germany onn a busy road and rest area

Goods imports down mainly due to less petroleum and gas

Soybean imports from Brazil up by 40 percent

Service exports 12 percent down in Q2

Exports contracted by 9 percent in first half year

Earnings from direct exports to China exceed 5.6 bn euros

Relatively many Chinese restaurant workers and students

Horticultural exports down in April 2020

Rise in domestic exports to China

Flower exports down by over one-quarter in March

Imports from China down by 9 percent in March 2020

Medical imports 8 percent up in Q1 2020

Exports to Germany account for 6.7 percent of GDP

Foreign travellers spent 17 billion euros in 2019

Growth in exports to the United Kingdom lagging behind

Agricultural exports hit record level

Goods imports from China worth over 39 billion euros