Netherlands Balance of Trade

Last Release

Oct 31, 2025

Actual

12,471

Units In

EUR Million

12,129

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 14, 2026

Time to Release

30 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
14,126 Sep 2024	-907.6 May 1993	1,831.8 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.

Latest Updates

The Netherlands’ trade surplus widened to EUR 12.47 billion in October 2025 from EUR 9.36 billion in the same month a year earlier. This was the largest surplus since March, as exports rose 1.1% year-on-year to a seven-month high of EUR 69.63 billion, supported by higher sales to EU countries (+2.7%), while shipments to non-EU markets fell (-1.1%). Meanwhile, imports increased 1.4% to EUR 57.16 billion, driven by higher purchases from both EU (+1.2%) and non-EU (+1.5%) countries. For the January–October period, the trade surplus narrowed to EUR 102.9 billion from EUR 111.78 billion a year earlier.