International trade; Imports and exports of services 2014-2020

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Services Periods Imports of services (million euros) Exports of services (million euros) Net services (million euros)
S Total Services 2019 1st quarter 53,081 56,509 3,429
2019 2nd quarter 57,794 60,114 2,320
2019 3rd quarter 61,550 62,529 979
2019 4th quarter 64,836 67,332 2,496
2019 237,261 246,484 9,223
2020 1st quarter 55,621 57,710 2,090
2020 2nd quarter 48,252 53,240 4,988
SA Manufacturing services 2019 1st quarter 1,672 1,813 140
2019 2nd quarter 1,753 1,776 23
2019 3rd quarter 1,691 1,738 46
2019 4th quarter 1,707 1,953 246
2019 6,824 7,279 455
2020 1st quarter 1,707 1,605 -102
2020 2nd quarter 1,642 1,589 -53
SB Maintenance and repair services 2019 1st quarter 588 624 37
2019 2nd quarter 549 623 74
2019 3rd quarter 525 656 131
2019 4th quarter 614 689 75
2019 2,275 2,592 316
2020 1st quarter 568 630 62
2020 2nd quarter 491 586 96
SC Transport services 2019 1st quarter 8,066 10,499 2,433
2019 2nd quarter 8,292 10,621 2,329
2019 3rd quarter 8,358 10,565 2,207
2019 4th quarter 8,443 10,825 2,382
2019 33,159 42,510 9,351
2020 1st quarter 8,202 10,100 1,899
2020 2nd quarter 7,191 8,831 1,640
SC1 Sea transport 2019 1st quarter 1,242 2,535 1,293
2019 2nd quarter 1,274 2,585 1,311
2019 3rd quarter 1,191 2,674 1,483
2019 4th quarter 1,231 2,649 1,418
2019 4,938 10,444 5,505
2020 1st quarter 1,301 2,708 1,407
2020 2nd quarter 1,278 2,551 1,273
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport 2019 1st quarter 0 19 19
2019 2nd quarter 0 34 34
2019 3rd quarter 0 48 48
2019 4th quarter 0 25 25
2019 0 127 127
2020 1st quarter 0 17 17
2020 2nd quarter 0 18 18
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport 2019 1st quarter 819 1,790 971
2019 2nd quarter 808 1,838 1,029
2019 3rd quarter 761 1,911 1,150
2019 4th quarter 781 1,907 1,126
2019 3,170 7,446 4,276
2020 1st quarter 818 1,966 1,148
2020 2nd quarter 827 1,839 1,012
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil 2019 1st quarter 423 726 303
2019 2nd quarter 466 713 248
2019 3rd quarter 430 715 284
2019 4th quarter 450 717 267
2019 1,769 2,871 1,102
2020 1st quarter 482 724 242
2020 2nd quarter 451 694 243
SC2 Air transport 2019 1st quarter 1,376 3,902 2,525
2019 2nd quarter 1,456 3,913 2,457
2019 3rd quarter 1,812 3,801 1,990
2019 4th quarter 1,405 3,963 2,557
2019 6,049 15,579 9,530
2020 1st quarter 1,159 3,423 2,264
2020 2nd quarter 687 2,479 1,793
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport 2019 1st quarter 604 1,278 674
2019 2nd quarter 636 1,617 981
2019 3rd quarter 972 1,729 758
2019 4th quarter 587 1,497 910
2019 2,798 6,121 3,323
2020 1st quarter 422 1,118 695
2020 2nd quarter 36 227 191
SC22 Air transport: freight transport 2019 1st quarter 362 1,245 883
2019 2nd quarter 350 839 489
2019 3rd quarter 351 678 327
2019 4th quarter 383 927 543
2019 1,447 3,688 2,242
2020 1st quarter 336 952 617
2020 2nd quarter 393 1,057 665
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil 2019 1st quarter 410 1,379 969
2019 2nd quarter 471 1,458 987
2019 3rd quarter 489 1,394 905
2019 4th quarter 435 1,540 1,105
2019 1,804 5,770 3,966
2020 1st quarter 401 1,353 952
2020 2nd quarter 258 1,195 937
SC3 Other transport 2019 1st quarter 5,244 3,794 -1,450
2019 2nd quarter 5,304 3,831 -1,473
2019 3rd quarter 5,164 3,750 -1,414
2019 4th quarter 5,535 3,899 -1,637
2019 21,247 15,274 -5,974
2020 1st quarter 5,527 3,686 -1,841
2020 2nd quarter 4,939 3,446 -1,493
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor 2019 1st quarter 26 19 -6
2019 2nd quarter 25 24 -2
2019 3rd quarter 24 25 2
2019 4th quarter 25 22 -2
2019 99 90 -9
2020 1st quarter 20 10 -10
2020 2nd quarter 7 2 -5
SC32 Other transport: freight transport 2019 1st quarter 2,920 2,977 57
2019 2nd quarter 2,832 3,031 198
2019 3rd quarter 2,850 3,005 155
2019 4th quarter 2,988 3,108 120
2019 11,589 12,120 530
2020 1st quarter 3,034 2,888 -146
2020 2nd quarter 2,632 2,712 80
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux 2019 1st quarter 2,299 798 -1,500
2019 2nd quarter 2,446 776 -1,670
2019 3rd quarter 2,291 720 -1,571
2019 4th quarter 2,523 768 -1,755
2019 9,559 3,063 -6,495
2020 1st quarter 2,474 788 -1,686
2020 2nd quarter 2,300 732 -1,568
SC4 Postal and courier services 2019 1st quarter 204 268 64
2019 2nd quarter 258 291 33
2019 3rd quarter 191 339 149
2019 4th quarter 272 315 43
2019 924 1,213 289
2020 1st quarter 214 284 69
2020 2nd quarter 288 355 67
SD Travel 2019 1st quarter 3,666 3,665 -2
2019 2nd quarter 5,254 4,685 -569
2019 3rd quarter 7,704 4,996 -2,708
2019 4th quarter 4,031 4,278 247
2019 20,656 17,624 -3,032
2020 1st quarter 3,087 3,064 -23
2020 2nd quarter 605 1,246 641
SDA Business travel 2019 1st quarter 656 1,692 1,036
2019 2nd quarter 668 1,379 711
2019 3rd quarter 690 1,040 350
2019 4th quarter 605 1,995 1,390
2019 2,620 6,106 3,486
2020 1st quarter 519 1,362 843
2020 2nd quarter 78 450 373
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, 2019 1st quarter 24 360 336
2019 2nd quarter 24 396 371
2019 3rd quarter 24 440 415
2019 4th quarter 24 383 359
2019 98 1,579 1,481
2020 1st quarter 23 328 305
2020 2nd quarter 6 341 335
SDA2 Business travel: other 2019 1st quarter 632 1,332 700
2019 2nd quarter 644 983 339
2019 3rd quarter 666 601 -65
2019 4th quarter 581 1,612 1,031
2019 2,522 4,527 2,005
2020 1st quarter 496 1,034 537
2020 2nd quarter 72 110 38
SDB Personal travel 2019 1st quarter 3,010 1,973 -1,038
2019 2nd quarter 4,586 3,306 -1,280
2019 3rd quarter 7,014 3,956 -3,058
2019 4th quarter 3,425 2,283 -1,143
2019 18,035 11,517 -6,518
2020 1st quarter 2,568 1,702 -865
2020 2nd quarter 527 796 269
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp 2019 1st quarter 155 19 -136
2019 2nd quarter 155 19 -136
2019 3rd quarter 155 19 -136
2019 4th quarter 155 19 -136
2019 622 78 -544
2020 1st quarter 138 16 -122
2020 2nd quarter 138 16 -122
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related 2019 1st quarter 131 214 83
2019 2nd quarter 131 214 83
2019 3rd quarter 150 214 64
2019 4th quarter 150 214 64
2019 562 856 293
2020 1st quarter 137 195 58
2020 2nd quarter 39 195 155
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and 2019 1st quarter 2,724 1,739 -985
2019 2nd quarter 4,300 3,073 -1,227
2019 3rd quarter 6,708 3,722 -2,986
2019 4th quarter 3,120 2,049 -1,070
2019 16,851 10,584 -6,267
2020 1st quarter 2,293 1,492 -801
2020 2nd quarter 350 585 235
SE Construction 2019 1st quarter 569 821 252
2019 2nd quarter 673 892 219
2019 3rd quarter 717 810 93
2019 4th quarter 637 978 341
2019 2,596 3,501 905
2020 1st quarter 602 651 49
2020 2nd quarter 640 613 -27
SF Insurance: premiums and claims 2019 1st quarter 144 332 188
2019 2nd quarter 127 315 188
2019 3rd quarter 161 324 163
2019 4th quarter 167 313 146
2019 600 1,284 684
2020 1st quarter 180 373 192
2020 2nd quarter 143 337 194
SG Financial services 2019 1st quarter 2,824 2,104 -719
2019 2nd quarter 2,667 2,127 -540
2019 3rd quarter 2,634 2,248 -385
2019 4th quarter 2,761 2,152 -609
2019 10,885 8,632 -2,253
2020 1st quarter 3,130 2,023 -1,107
2020 2nd quarter 2,773 1,989 -784
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr 2019 1st quarter 12,694 14,261 1,566
2019 2nd quarter 14,635 15,283 648
2019 3rd quarter 15,421 16,224 803
2019 4th quarter 18,833 17,935 -899
2019 61,584 63,702 2,119
2020 1st quarter 13,689 16,047 2,358
2020 2nd quarter 14,112 17,216 3,105
SI Telecommunications, computer and info 2019 1st quarter 4,281 6,048 1,767
2019 2nd quarter 4,588 5,884 1,296
2019 3rd quarter 4,353 6,363 2,010
2019 4th quarter 5,006 6,976 1,970
2019 18,228 25,270 7,042
2020 1st quarter 4,841 6,327 1,486
2020 2nd quarter 4,670 5,840 1,169
SI1 Telecommunications services 2019 1st quarter 629 822 193
2019 2nd quarter 682 769 87
2019 3rd quarter 674 839 165
2019 4th quarter 733 840 107
2019 2,719 3,270 552
2020 1st quarter 732 861 129
2020 2nd quarter 754 901 147
SI2 Computer services 2019 1st quarter 3,092 3,496 403
2019 2nd quarter 3,388 3,238 -149
2019 3rd quarter 3,146 3,634 488
2019 4th quarter 3,688 4,141 453
2019 13,314 14,509 1,195
2020 1st quarter 3,473 3,679 206
2020 2nd quarter 3,383 3,513 130
SI3 Information services 2019 1st quarter 559 1,730 1,170
2019 2nd quarter 518 1,876 1,359
2019 3rd quarter 533 1,890 1,357
2019 4th quarter 585 1,995 1,410
2019 2,196 7,491 5,295
2020 1st quarter 636 1,787 1,151
2020 2nd quarter 533 1,426 893
SJ Other business services 2019 1st quarter 17,719 15,319 -2,400
2019 2nd quarter 18,440 16,863 -1,577
2019 3rd quarter 19,096 17,628 -1,468
2019 4th quarter 21,676 20,160 -1,516
2019 76,931 69,969 -6,962
2020 1st quarter 18,730 15,970 -2,761
2020 2nd quarter 15,408 14,142 -1,267
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) 2019 1st quarter 1,895 1,857 -38
2019 2nd quarter 2,272 2,071 -200
2019 3rd quarter 2,213 2,116 -97
2019 4th quarter 2,817 2,748 -69
2019 9,197 8,792 -405
2020 1st quarter 1,569 1,015 -555
2020 2nd quarter 1,598 1,245 -353
SJ2 Professional and management consulti 2019 1st quarter 9,647 6,423 -3,224
2019 2nd quarter 9,257 6,862 -2,395
2019 3rd quarter 10,203 5,914 -4,289
2019 4th quarter 11,313 8,640 -2,673
2019 40,418 27,838 -12,580
2020 1st quarter 10,527 7,264 -3,263
2020 2nd quarter 8,277 7,047 -1,230
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other 2019 1st quarter 6,177 7,039 862
2019 2nd quarter 6,911 7,930 1,018
2019 3rd quarter 6,681 9,599 2,918
2019 4th quarter 7,546 8,772 1,226
2019 27,315 33,339 6,024
2020 1st quarter 6,634 7,691 1,057
2020 2nd quarter 5,533 5,849 316
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services 2019 1st quarter 808 585 -223
2019 2nd quarter 765 604 -161
2019 3rd quarter 829 534 -295
2019 4th quarter 909 627 -282
2019 3,312 2,350 -961
2020 1st quarter 846 478 -368
2020 2nd quarter 532 418 -113
SK1 Audiovisual and related services 2019 1st quarter 719 465 -255
2019 2nd quarter 656 505 -151
2019 3rd quarter 723 433 -290
2019 4th quarter 793 530 -263
2019 2,891 1,932 -959
2020 1st quarter 754 369 -385
2020 2nd quarter 443 341 -102
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. 2019 1st quarter 89 121 32
2019 2nd quarter 110 99 -10
2019 3rd quarter 107 101 -5
2019 4th quarter 116 97 -18
2019 421 419 -2
2020 1st quarter 91 109 17
2020 2nd quarter 88 77 -12
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. 2019 1st quarter 50 439 389
2019 2nd quarter 50 441 391
2019 3rd quarter 61 444 383
2019 4th quarter 52 447 395
2019 212 1,771 1,559
2020 1st quarter 39 442 404
2020 2nd quarter 45 431 386
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains information on Dutch imports, exports and net balance of services broken down by various service types and countries (groups) provided or purchased by companies and persons domiciled in the Netherlands.

An entirely renewed classification of services which are used by all EU countries from 2014 onwards is based on the “Balance of Payments Manual 6” (BPM6).

Data available from 2014 up to and including

Status of the figures:
The figures are final.

As of 2020, a redesign of the International trade in services has taken place. To make time series and mutual comparison possible, 2020 will be published in 2 ways. In the 2014-2020 time series table 2020 is model-based using response data and auxiliary data from the tax authorities. The first quarter of 2021 has temporarily been added to the old 2014-2020 table awaiting the publication of the new table. With the release of the new table starting in 2020, the first quarter 2021 is no longer published in the old time series.

As of 2017 is the publication and revision policy of international trade in services review.
The figures on the Dutch international trade in services are available on quarterly and annual basis. Provisional quarterly figures are one quarter after the end of the reporting period available. With the publication of a new quarter, also the figures for the previous quarter and if applicable the other previous quarters of the year are adjusted on the basis of new source material (provisional figures). At the time of a year four quarters are available quarterly on the basis of these four figures a year calculation is made. This year calculation is available in the autumn of the following year. The year calculation is then adjusted again the following year, this time final. Also the quarterly figures of the year reviewed.

Changes as of november 1, 2024:
This table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
No longer applicable.

There is a successor?
This table is followed by "International trade; Imports and exports of services by country, quarter". See section 3.

Description topics

Imports of services
The value of services received from non-residents by Dutch resident companies and persons, including expenditures of Dutch residents abroad (travel).
Exports of services
The value of services provided to non-residents by Dutch resident companies, including purchases by non-residents in the Netherlands (travel).
Net services
The value of exports of services minus the value of imports of services.