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In 2022, Dutch export earnings from trade with Russia declined as of the end of February, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Netherlands generated altogether 1.7 billion euros by exporting...

In 2022, the total volume of inbound and outbound transport of goods at Dutch seaports fell by 1.2 percent to 622 million tonnes, relative to the previous year.

In 2022, the value of Dutch goods exports to Russia decreased by 38 percent. The decrease was mainly seen in exports of semiconductors and chips, transport equipment, flowers and plants, and...

Prompted by European sanctions against Russia, the Netherlands imported less crude oil from Russia in the last ten months of 2022 than in the same period of 2021. Imports from other oil-producing...

In Q2 2022, the total volume of incoming and outgoing cargo to and from Dutch seaports increased to nearly 152 million tonnes. This is 2.5 percent up on the same quarter last year.

In 2020, altogether 84 million tonnes of goods (one tonne equals 1,000 kg) arrived in the Netherlands from Russia and Ukraine, with a value of 32 billion euros.

Due to the war in Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions against Russia, Dutch domestic goods exports to Russia have declined.

In March 2022, Dutch goods exports to Ukraine plummeted by 84 percent in value year on year.

The total volume of incoming and outgoing cargo shipments that passed through seaports in the Netherlands fell by 7.6 percent to 574 million tonnes in 2023.

China is the largest supplier of products that contain critical raw materials (CRMs), such as solar panels.

In 2021, the Netherlands exported over 2.4 billion euros worth of services to Russia.

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

In 2021, the value of Dutch goods imports from Russia stood at 18.4 billion euros. Of this amount, 87 percent represented mineral fuels, of which over half was crude oil and the remainder were...

Natural gas consumption in the Netherlands amounted to 17.6 billion cubic metres (m3) over the first six months of 2022.

The export value of Dutch-manufactured goods (domestic exports) was down by 19 billion euros (5.2 percent) in 2023.

A total of 30 billion cubic metres of natural gas were consumed in the Netherlands in 2023.

There were 125 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands in 2023: 84 men and 41 women.

The Netherlands imported technological products for use in the energy transition worth a total of 16.6 billion euros in 2023, which was 13 percent more than in 2022.

In 2023, over 38 thousand people submitted a first application for asylum in the Netherlands.

Historical data; first, subsequent asylum requests and Family members Citizenship

The whole world is affected by the war in Ukraine, not only geopolitically, but also in terms of inflation, food security and the economy. In a globalised world, everyone is connected and everyone is...

In Q1 2024, nearly 9 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands is the second-largest importer and exporter of goods in the European Union, after Germany.

Trade missions increase the participating firms’ chances of doing business in or investing in the host country.

In 2022, the value of exported goods was 170.4 billion euros or 30 percent higher than in 2021. Goods imports rose by 182.2 billion euros (37 percent).