Netherlands Balance of Trade

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

10,541

Units In

EUR Million

9,138

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 14, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 1 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
14,126 Sep 2024	-907.6 May 1993	1,778.28 EUR Million	1960-2025	Statistics Netherlands

The Netherlands is an export-oriented economy and derives more than two-thirds of its GDP from the merchandise trade. Main exports are: machinery and transport equipment (28 percent of total exports), mineral fuels (23 percent), food (11 percent), clothing and footwear (10 percent) and pharmaceuticals (5 percent). Netherlands main imports are: fuel (29 percent of total imports), machinery (26 percent) and food and live animals (8.6 percent). Main trading partners are Germany (24 percent of total exports and 17 percent of imports) and Belgium (12 percent of exports and 10 percent imports). Others include: China, France, United Kingdom and United States.

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The Netherlands’ trade surplus widened to EUR 10.54 billion in May 2025 from EUR 10.37 billion in the same month of the previous year. Exports rose 1.8% year-on-year to EUR 67.12 billion, driven by a 0.4% increase in sales to EU countries, which offset a 5% decline in shipments to non-EU countries. By commodity, notable export gains were seen in food and live animals (+9.4%), animal and vegetable oils (+5.9%), and chemical products (+3.5%). Meanwhile, imports fell 2.4% to EUR 56.58 billion, with declines in purchases from both EU (-0.5%) and non-EU (-4.1%) countries. The drop in imports was mainly due to lower arrivals of animal and vegetable oils (-8.1%), mineral fuels and lubricants (-7.8%), and beverages and tobacco (-6.4%). For the first five months of the year, the country recorded a trade surplus of EUR 54.4 billion, as exports rose 0.2% while imports increased 1.5%.