Netherlands Balance of Trade

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

9,138

Units In

EUR Million

12,449

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 15, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 3 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
14,126 Sep 2024	-907.6 May 1993	1,767.09 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 narrowed to EUR 9.14 billion in April 2025, from EUR 11.23 billion in the same month of the previous year, marking the smallest surplus since August 2024. Imports rose by 0.5% year-on-year to EUR 57.55 billion, driven by a 2% increase in arrivals from EU countries, which offset a 0.8% decline in arrivals from non-EU countries. Among key import categories, food and live animals surged by 18.3%, followed by animal and vegetable oils and fats (16.9%) and raw materials (4%). Meanwhile, exports declined by 2.6% to EUR 66.68 billion, with shipments falling to both EU (-0.4%) and non-EU (-5.9%) countries. The drop in exports was largely due to lower shipments of mineral fuels, lubricants, and related products (-21%), beverages and tobacco (-5.9%), and machinery and transport equipment (-2.6%). Over the first four months of 2025, the Netherlands posted a total trade surplus of EUR 43.92 billion.