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US now second-largest supplier of goods to the Netherlands
The import value of goods from the United States was more than 12 percent higher in 2023 than it was in 2022.
Internationalisation Monitor 2024, second edition – Inclusivity
Inclusivity and internationalisation; firms, employees, directors, import tariffs and inequality. What are the benefits of a diverse board of directors?
Value of cocoa imports has almost doubled since last year
The value of cocoa imported into the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2024 was up by 84 percent compared to the same quarter last year.
Road vehicles are the main import for domestic usage
Of all goods imports that are used or consumed in the Netherlands, road vehicles (including passenger cars) are the most valuable category, with a total import value of 12.6 billion euros in 2022.
Value of goods exported to Africa down by a quarter
The total value of goods exported from the Netherlands to Africa fell by 24 percent in 2023, year on year.
Imports/exports; change of ownership; volume and price, changes
Imports and exports of goods, index figures base year 2015=100 and changes
Trade missions help firms to get ahead internationally
Trade missions increase the participating firms’ chances of doing business in or investing in the host country.
Netherlands is second-largest exporter and importer of goods in EU
The Netherlands is the second-largest importer and exporter of goods in the European Union, after Germany.
Internationalisation Monitor 2024, first edition – Belgium
Relationship between the Netherlands and Belgium: economy, innovation, digitalisation, sustainability, trade, export earnings, labour market and cross-border commuters .
Export earnings grow less rapidly than total export value
Total export earnings from goods produced in the Netherlands rose by 39 percent between 2020 and 2022,
Earnings from machinery and equipment exports doubled since 2015
In 2022, the export category from which the Netherlands earned the most was machinery and equipment, with earnings amounting to 25.5 billion euros.
Comparing imports based on microdata with FIGARO, 2020
This publication considers imports by each Dutch industry from each industry in several countries and compares results obtained using microdata with data in FIGARO, a Eurostat dataset, for 2020.
14 percent of Dutch exports are online orders
In 2021, enterprises in the Netherlands exported 76 billion euros in goods and services that were ordered online. This represents 14 percent of total exports by these firms.
Internationalisation Monitor 2023, third edition – Digitalisation
Link between digitalisation and international trade: digital trade, export, e-commerce, robotics, productivity, and employment.
China top supplier of products containing critical raw materials
China is the largest supplier of products that contain critical raw materials (CRMs), such as solar panels.
Earnings and labour volume; exporting and supplying sector (SIC2008)
Labour volume, value added Sector_branches_SIC_2008
Earnings and labour volume; export flows
Export value, value added export flows
Imports from China down in 2023, exports up
Between January and July 2023, the Netherlands imported almost 70 billion euros in goods from China. That is nearly 5 billion euros less than in the same period last year.
Goods exports to Germany declining
In the first seven months of 2023, the value of goods exports to Germany fell by 4.2 percent to 93.8 billion euros year on year.
Goods exports to Germany declining
In the first seven months of 2023, the value of goods exports to Germany fell by 4.2 percent to 93.8 billion euros year on year.
Internationalisation Monitor 2023, second edition – Sustainable trade?
This edition highlights the sustainability aspects of Dutch trade by means of environmentally friendly and polluting goods. Interconnectedness in global value chains and the import foodprint are...
The Netherlands largest importer of Chinese solar panels
The Netherlands is the world’s largest importer of solar panels. Eighty-nine percent of the solar panels come from China.
Re-exports higher than domestic exports in 2022
In 2022, the Netherlands exported 731.4 billion euros worth of goods, of which 368.3 billion euros concerned re-exports.
Most exporting industries not concerned about trade policy
Nearly 59 percent of Dutch exporting manufacturers have indicated they have no concerns about trade policy affecting their export activities in the next 12 months.
Goods exports top 700 billion euros for the first time
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).