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 2020 1st quarter 55,621 57,710 2,090
2020 2nd quarter 48,252 53,240 4,988
2020 3rd quarter 51,710 56,110 4,400
2020 4th quarter 54,555 59,475 4,920
2020 210,138 226,535 16,397
SA Manufacturing services 2020 1st quarter 1,707 1,605 -102
2020 2nd quarter 1,642 1,589 -53
2020 3rd quarter 1,658 1,416 -242
2020 4th quarter 1,891 1,888 -3
2020 6,899 6,499 -400
SB Maintenance and repair services 2020 1st quarter 568 630 62
2020 2nd quarter 491 586 96
2020 3rd quarter 444 576 132
2020 4th quarter 562 587 25
2020 2,065 2,379 314
SC Transport services 2020 1st quarter 8,202 10,100 1,899
2020 2nd quarter 7,191 8,831 1,640
2020 3rd quarter 7,385 9,359 1,973
2020 4th quarter 8,076 10,057 1,981
2020 30,854 38,346 7,492
SC1 Sea transport 2020 1st quarter 1,301 2,708 1,407
2020 2nd quarter 1,278 2,551 1,273
2020 3rd quarter 1,202 2,553 1,351
2020 4th quarter 1,265 2,614 1,348
2020 5,045 10,425 5,380
SC11 Sea transport: passenger transport 2020 1st quarter 0 17 17
2020 2nd quarter 0 18 18
2020 3rd quarter 0 27 27
2020 4th quarter 0 14 14
2020 0 76 76
SC12 Sea transport: freight transport 2020 1st quarter 818 1,966 1,148
2020 2nd quarter 827 1,839 1,012
2020 3rd quarter 770 1,825 1,055
2020 4th quarter 783 1,876 1,093
2020 3,198 7,506 4,308
SC13 Sea transport: supporting and auxil 2020 1st quarter 482 724 242
2020 2nd quarter 451 694 243
2020 3rd quarter 431 701 270
2020 4th quarter 483 723 241
2020 1,848 2,842 995
SC2 Air transport 2020 1st quarter 1,159 3,423 2,264
2020 2nd quarter 687 2,479 1,793
2020 3rd quarter 692 2,766 2,074
2020 4th quarter 770 3,287 2,516
2020 3,308 11,955 8,647
SC21 Air transport: passenger transport 2020 1st quarter 422 1,118 695
2020 2nd quarter 36 227 191
2020 3rd quarter 89 413 325
2020 4th quarter 49 443 394
2020 596 2,201 1,605
SC22 Air transport: freight transport 2020 1st quarter 336 952 617
2020 2nd quarter 393 1,057 665
2020 3rd quarter 337 1,059 722
2020 4th quarter 432 1,253 821
2020 1,498 4,322 2,824
SC23 Air transport: supporting and auxil 2020 1st quarter 401 1,353 952
2020 2nd quarter 258 1,195 937
2020 3rd quarter 266 1,294 1,028
2020 4th quarter 289 1,590 1,301
2020 1,214 5,432 4,218
SC3 Other transport 2020 1st quarter 5,527 3,686 -1,841
2020 2nd quarter 4,939 3,446 -1,493
2020 3rd quarter 5,245 3,696 -1,549
2020 4th quarter 5,681 3,759 -1,922
2020 21,392 14,586 -6,806
SC31 Other transport: passenger transpor 2020 1st quarter 20 10 -10
2020 2nd quarter 7 2 -5
2020 3rd quarter 15 10 -5
2020 4th quarter 14 9 -5
2020 55 31 -24
SC32 Other transport: freight transport 2020 1st quarter 3,034 2,888 -146
2020 2nd quarter 2,632 2,712 80
2020 3rd quarter 2,735 2,968 233
2020 4th quarter 2,891 2,989 98
2020 11,292 11,557 265
SC33 Other transport: supporting and aux 2020 1st quarter 2,474 788 -1,686
2020 2nd quarter 2,300 732 -1,568
2020 3rd quarter 2,496 718 -1,778
2020 4th quarter 2,776 761 -2,015
2020 10,046 2,998 -7,047
SC4 Postal and courier services 2020 1st quarter 214 284 69
2020 2nd quarter 288 355 67
2020 3rd quarter 246 343 97
2020 4th quarter 359 397 38
2020 1,108 1,380 271
SD Travel 2020 1st quarter 3,087 3,064 -23
2020 2nd quarter 605 1,246 641
2020 3rd quarter 2,339 3,286 948
2020 4th quarter 1,126 1,172 46
2020 7,157 8,769 1,612
SDA Business travel 2020 1st quarter 519 1,362 843
2020 2nd quarter 78 450 373
2020 3rd quarter 275 654 379
2020 4th quarter 229 538 309
2020 1,101 3,004 1,903
SDA1 Business travel: border, seasonal, 2020 1st quarter 23 328 305
2020 2nd quarter 6 341 335
2020 3rd quarter 9 378 369
2020 4th quarter 9 345 336
2020 47 1,392 1,345
SDA2 Business travel: other 2020 1st quarter 496 1,034 537
2020 2nd quarter 72 110 38
2020 3rd quarter 266 276 10
2020 4th quarter 220 193 -27
2020 1,054 1,612 558
SDB Personal travel 2020 1st quarter 2,568 1,702 -865
2020 2nd quarter 527 796 269
2020 3rd quarter 2,063 2,632 569
2020 4th quarter 897 635 -263
2020 6,056 5,765 -291
SDB1 Personal travel: health-related exp 2020 1st quarter 138 16 -122
2020 2nd quarter 138 16 -122
2020 3rd quarter 138 16 -122
2020 4th quarter 138 16 -122
2020 552 64 -488
SDB2 Personal travel: education-related 2020 1st quarter 137 195 58
2020 2nd quarter 39 195 155
2020 3rd quarter 167 239 72
2020 4th quarter 167 239 72
2020 510 868 357
SDB3 Personal travel: travel-related and 2020 1st quarter 2,293 1,492 -801
2020 2nd quarter 350 585 235
2020 3rd quarter 1,758 2,377 619
2020 4th quarter 592 380 -213
2020 4,993 4,834 -160
SE Construction 2020 1st quarter 602 651 49
2020 2nd quarter 640 613 -27
2020 3rd quarter 631 767 136
2020 4th quarter 682 769 87
2020 2,555 2,800 245
SF Insurance: premiums and claims 2020 1st quarter 180 373 192
2020 2nd quarter 143 337 194
2020 3rd quarter 156 327 172
2020 4th quarter 196 356 159
2020 675 1,393 718
SG Financial services 2020 1st quarter 3,130 2,023 -1,107
2020 2nd quarter 2,773 1,989 -784
2020 3rd quarter 3,361 2,165 -1,196
2020 4th quarter 3,463 2,458 -1,005
2020 12,728 8,636 -4,092
SH Charges for the use of intell.pr 2020 1st quarter 13,689 16,047 2,358
2020 2nd quarter 14,112 17,216 3,105
2020 3rd quarter 14,864 16,527 1,663
2020 4th quarter 14,037 17,757 3,721
2020 56,701 67,548 10,846
SI Telecommunications, computer and info 2020 1st quarter 4,841 6,327 1,486
2020 2nd quarter 4,670 5,840 1,169
2020 3rd quarter 4,538 6,548 2,010
2020 4th quarter 5,471 7,072 1,600
2020 19,521 25,787 6,266
SI1 Telecommunications services 2020 1st quarter 732 861 129
2020 2nd quarter 754 901 147
2020 3rd quarter 710 824 114
2020 4th quarter 757 919 161
2020 2,953 3,504 551
SI2 Computer services 2020 1st quarter 3,473 3,679 206
2020 2nd quarter 3,383 3,513 130
2020 3rd quarter 3,289 4,108 819
2020 4th quarter 4,119 4,347 229
2020 14,264 15,647 1,383
SI3 Information services 2020 1st quarter 636 1,787 1,151
2020 2nd quarter 533 1,426 893
2020 3rd quarter 540 1,617 1,077
2020 4th quarter 595 1,806 1,210
2020 2,304 6,636 4,331
SJ Other business services 2020 1st quarter 18,730 15,970 -2,761
2020 2nd quarter 15,408 14,142 -1,267
2020 3rd quarter 15,910 14,350 -1,561
2020 4th quarter 18,646 16,451 -2,195
2020 68,695 60,912 -7,783
SJ1 Research and development (R&D) 2020 1st quarter 1,569 1,015 -555
2020 2nd quarter 1,598 1,245 -353
2020 3rd quarter 1,465 1,197 -268
2020 4th quarter 1,982 1,871 -111
2020 6,614 5,328 -1,286
SJ2 Professional and management consulti 2020 1st quarter 10,527 7,264 -3,263
2020 2nd quarter 8,277 7,047 -1,230
2020 3rd quarter 8,777 6,237 -2,541
2020 4th quarter 10,385 7,920 -2,464
2020 37,965 28,468 -9,497
SJ3 Technical, trade-related and other 2020 1st quarter 6,634 7,691 1,057
2020 2nd quarter 5,533 5,849 316
2020 3rd quarter 5,669 6,916 1,248
2020 4th quarter 6,280 6,660 380
2020 24,116 27,116 3,000
SK Personal, cultural and rec.services 2020 1st quarter 846 478 -368
2020 2nd quarter 532 418 -113
2020 3rd quarter 391 389 -2
2020 4th quarter 363 480 117
2020 2,131 1,765 -366
SK1 Audiovisual and related services 2020 1st quarter 754 369 -385
2020 2nd quarter 443 341 -102
2020 3rd quarter 310 304 -6
2020 4th quarter 281 382 102
2020 1,788 1,397 -391
SK2 Other personal, cultural and recr. 2020 1st quarter 91 109 17
2020 2nd quarter 88 77 -12
2020 3rd quarter 81 85 4
2020 4th quarter 82 97 15
2020 343 368 25
SL Government goods and services n.i.e. 2020 1st quarter 39 442 404
2020 2nd quarter 45 431 386
2020 3rd quarter 32 400 368
2020 4th quarter 41 428 387
2020 157 1,701 1,545
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.