Imports of goods and services by destination; National Accounts

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Imports of goods and services by destination; National Accounts
Destination of imports Periods Value at current prices Imports of goods and services (million euros) Value at current prices Imports of goods (million euros) Value at current prices Imports of services (million euros) Value at prices of 2021 Imports of goods and services (million euros) Value at prices of 2021 Imports of goods (million euros) Value at prices of 2021 Imports of services (million euros)
A-U All economic activities 2023* 390,649 227,352 163,297 336,546 184,821 152,305
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 4,895 3,886 1,009 3,605 2,768 829
01 Agriculture 2023* 4,772 3,800 972 3,506 2,701 796
02 Forestry and logging 2023* 59 39 20 43 26 16
03 Fishing and aquaculture 2023* 64 47 17 55 38 16
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 188,560 168,242 20,318 155,423 136,522 18,849
B Mining and quarrying 2023* 911 281 630 761 206 548
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas 2023* 289 86 203 246 67 177
08 Mining and quarrying (no oil and gas) 2023* 226 159 67 170 110 59
09 Mining support activities 2023* 396 36 360 341 30 311
C Manufacturing 2023* 178,624 160,155 18,469 149,559 132,365 17,161
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2023* 42,144 38,518 3,626 33,114 29,821 3,265
10 Manufacture of food products 2023* 38,166 35,013 3,153 30,016 27,157 2,836
11 Manufacture of beverages 2023* 3,864 3,403 461 2,989 2,566 419
12 Manufacture of tobacco products 2023* 114 102 12 108 97 11
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2023* 1,351 1,194 157 1,147 1,007 140
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2023* 6,095 4,984 1,111 5,414 4,389 1,032
16 Manufacture of wood products 2023* 1,539 1,426 113 1,428 1,321 106
17 Manufacture of paper 2023* 3,634 2,907 727 3,202 2,534 677
18 Printing and reproduction 2023* 922 651 271 786 541 249
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2023* 37,028 36,762 266 27,193 26,931 260
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2023* 31,612 24,918 6,694 27,337 21,148 6,337
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2023* 26,946 22,364 4,582 23,079 18,801 4,407
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2023* 4,666 2,554 2,112 4,305 2,378 1,930
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2023* 4,890 4,436 454 4,151 3,728 422
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2023* 3,068 2,807 261 2,674 2,432 244
23 Manufacture of building materials 2023* 1,822 1,629 193 1,477 1,296 179
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2023* 11,312 10,192 1,120 10,406 9,370 1,030
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2023* 5,205 4,804 401 4,710 4,333 374
25 Manufacture of metal products 2023* 6,107 5,388 719 5,698 5,039 657
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2023* 12,867 10,364 2,503 12,007 9,699 2,309
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2023* 8,150 6,154 1,996 7,830 5,980 1,852
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2023* 4,717 4,210 507 4,180 3,721 458
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2023* 15,104 14,075 1,029 13,578 12,606 971
29-30 Transport equipment 2023* 11,467 10,693 774 10,727 10,012 714
29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2023* 8,670 8,201 469 8,228 7,792 436
30 Manufacture of other transport 2023* 2,797 2,492 305 2,521 2,243 279
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2023* 4,754 4,019 735 4,291 3,609 682
31-32 Man. of furniture and other prods. 2023* 2,259 1,893 366 1,988 1,651 336
31 Manufacture of furniture 2023* 1,346 1,139 207 1,193 1,004 189
32 Manufacture of other products 2023* 913 754 159 790 643 146
33 Repair and installation of machinery 2023* 2,495 2,126 369 2,317 1,970 347
D Energy supply 2023* 7,031 6,508 523 3,679 3,205 487
35 Energy supply 2023* 7,031 6,508 523 3,679 3,205 487
E Water supply and waste management 2023* 1,994 1,298 696 1,654 1,006 664
36 Water collection and distribution 2023* 91 43 48 78 33 45
37-39 Sewerage and waste treatment 2023* 1,903 1,255 648 1,576 973 619
F Construction 2023* 21,662 16,770 4,892 18,730 14,335 4,395
41 Construction buildings, development 2023* 6,999 5,522 1,477 6,014 4,665 1,356
42 Civil engineering 2023* 3,664 1,749 1,915 3,103 1,436 1,666
43 Specialised construction activities 2023* 10,999 9,499 1,500 9,613 8,235 1,372
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 60,802 17,854 42,948 52,239 14,256 37,746
G Wholesale and retail trade 2023* 31,643 7,489 24,154 27,838 6,410 21,395
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2023* 3,831 2,964 867 3,472 2,676 797
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 2023* 23,513 3,404 20,109 20,550 2,861 17,672
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 2023* 4,299 1,121 3,178 3,821 877 2,929
H Transportation and storage 2023* 23,979 6,184 17,795 20,275 4,593 15,444
49 Land transport 2023* 8,196 2,360 5,836 6,802 1,734 4,997
50 Water transport 2023* 5,315 736 4,579 4,419 506 3,893
51 Air transport 2023* 5,533 2,609 2,924 4,670 1,992 2,656
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2023* 3,573 440 3,133 3,008 335 2,664
53 Postal and courier activities 2023* 1,362 39 1,323 1,258 33 1,223
I Accommodation and food serving 2023* 5,180 4,181 999 4,135 3,204 930
55 Accommodation 2023* 1,289 969 320 1,020 719 298
56 Food and beverage service activities 2023* 3,891 3,212 679 3,112 2,480 632
J Information and communication 2023* 19,161 2,774 16,387 17,678 2,494 15,205
58-60 Publishing, movie, radio and TV 2023* 4,609 239 4,370 4,017 167 3,907
58 Publishing 2023* 691 160 531 550 106 483
59-60 Movies, TV and radio 2023* 3,918 79 3,839 3,491 68 3,423
59 Film, TV and music production etc 2023* 3,728 58 3,670 3,329 50 3,279
60 Programming and broadcasting 2023* 190 21 169 163 18 145
61 Telecommunications 2023* 3,511 1,415 2,096 3,368 1,292 2,077
62-63 IT- and information services 2023* 11,041 1,120 9,921 10,290 1,075 9,214
62 Support activities in the field of IT 2023* 8,994 844 8,150 8,388 811 7,576
63 Information service activities 2023* 2,047 276 1,771 1,903 264 1,638
K Financial institutions 2023* 12,907 208 12,699 15,861 175 15,688
64 Financial institutions, no insurance 2023* 7,345 39 7,306 6,959 32 6,927
65 Insurance and pension funding 2023* 4,190 87 4,103 7,495 80 7,408
66 Other financial services 2023* 1,372 82 1,290 1,203 63 1,142
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 2,650 1,293 1,357 2,192 917 1,269
68 Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 2,650 1,293 1,357 2,192 917 1,269
M-N Business services 2023* 63,321 7,001 56,320 57,034 5,670 51,432
M Other specialised business services 2023* 44,255 4,970 39,285 39,695 3,879 35,859
69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2023* 38,880 3,618 35,262 34,914 2,730 32,219
69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2023* 37,050 2,933 34,117 33,273 2,110 31,182
69 Legal services, administration etc. 2023* 1,436 109 1,327 1,315 90 1,224
70 Holding companies (not financial) 2023* 35,614 2,824 32,790 31,958 2,020 29,958
71 Architects, technical services etc. 2023* 1,830 685 1,145 1,649 610 1,040
72 Research and development 2023* 1,742 807 935 1,519 674 838
73-75 Advertising, design and other 2023* 3,633 545 3,088 3,282 474 2,805
73 Advertising and market research 2023* 2,675 134 2,541 2,413 109 2,302
74-75 Other specialised services 2023* 958 411 547 869 365 503
74 Other specialised business services 2023* 833 301 532 746 255 489
75 Veterinary activities 2023* 125 110 15 123 109 14
N Renting and other business support 2023* 19,066 2,031 17,035 17,340 1,787 15,576
77 Renting and leasing of tangible goods 2023* 6,950 279 6,671 6,267 218 6,050
78 Employment activities 2023* 1,469 113 1,356 1,346 92 1,255
79 Travel agencies, tour operators etc 2023* 8,144 98 8,046 7,464 84 7,381
80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 2,503 1,541 962 2,277 1,394 886
80 Security and investigation 2023* 293 180 113 269 164 105
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table presents data of imports of goods and services by destination from the National Accounts. The table contains data of imported products by economic activities. It also shows data of imports intended for final expenditure and imports that can not be imputed to economic activities.

Data available from: 2021.

Status of the figures:
Data from 2021 up to and including 2022 are final. Data of 2023 are provisional.

Changes as of June 24th 2024:
This is a new table. Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. The Dutch national accounts are recently revised. New statistical sources, methods and concepts are implemented in the national accounts, in order to align the picture of the Dutch economy with all underlying source data and international guidelines for the compilation of the national accounts. This table contains revised data. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 18 months after the end of the reporting year.

Description topics

Value at current prices
The values are expressed at prices of the reporting period. Alternatively, values may be expressed at constant prices. In this case, prices of a reference period are used.
Imports of goods and services
Transactions in goods and services (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of goods occurs when economic ownership of goods is passed from non-residents to residents. This applies irrespective of corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers. An enterprise or institution is considered residential after it has been active in the Netherlands for at least one year. This applies irrespective of the question whether the enterprise or institute has foreign owners.
Imports of goods
Transactions in goods (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of goods occurs when economic ownership of goods is passed from non-residents to residents. This applies irrespective of corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers. An enterprise or institution is considered residential after it has been active in the Netherlands for at least one year. This applies irrespective of the question whether the enterprise or institute has foreign owners. Part of the imports are raw materials, semifinished products, fuel and fixed assets. Furthermore, imports of goods may be re-exports: goods that were imported before being exported, after having received at most minor adaptations.
Imports of services
Transactions in services (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of services applies among others to expenses made by Dutch companies abroad, like costs of transportation, banking costs and business travels. Imports by services are also made by the Dutch general government, among others by means of expenses made by Dutch embassies and consulates. Imports of services by households consist among others of imports of consumer goods and the direct consumptive expenditure by Dutch residents abroad.
Value at prices of 2021
The values are expressed at prices of the reference period 2021 by taking account of inflation. Alternatively, values may be expressed at prices of the reporting period.
Imports of goods and services
Transactions in goods and services (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of goods occurs when economic ownership of goods is passed from non-residents to residents. This applies irrespective of corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers. An enterprise or institution is considered residential after it has been active in the Netherlands for at least one year. This applies irrespective of the question whether the enterprise or institute has foreign owners.
Imports of goods
Transactions in goods (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of goods occurs when economic ownership of goods is passed from non-residents to residents. This applies irrespective of corresponding physical movements of goods across frontiers. An enterprise or institution is considered residential after it has been active in the Netherlands for at least one year. This applies irrespective of the question whether the enterprise or institute has foreign owners. Part of the imports are raw materials, semifinished products, fuel and fixed assets. Furthermore, imports of goods may be re-exports: goods that were imported before being exported, after having received at most minor adaptations.
Imports of services
Transactions in services (sales, barter and gifts) from non-residents to residents (in the Netherlands). Imports of services applies among others to expenses made by Dutch companies abroad, like costs of transportation, banking costs and business travels. Imports by services are also made by the Dutch general government, among others by means of expenses made by Dutch embassies and consulates. Imports of services by households consist among others of imports of consumer goods and the direct consumptive expenditure by Dutch residents abroad.