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Who buys the Netherlands’ butter? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $1.8 billion of butter (254 thousand tonnes), 14.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were France (32%), Germany (17%) and Belgium (15%). The Netherlands was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of butter.

Summary

Value
$1.8billion
Tonnes
254thousand tonnes
Share of world total
14.6%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
France567Tonnes: 82,797USD per tonne: $6,85131.9%Sea
Germany299Tonnes: 43,844USD per tonne: $6,80916.8%Land
Belgium re-exports275Tonnes: 40,051USD per tonne: $6,86815.5%Land
Italy137Tonnes: 18,858USD per tonne: $7,2447.7%Sea
Spain80.1Tonnes: 11,889USD per tonne: $6,7394.5%Sea
Denmark36.1Tonnes: 5,052USD per tonne: $7,1362%Sea
United Kingdom33Tonnes: 4,191USD per tonne: $7,8691.9%Sea
Austria27.5Tonnes: 3,727USD per tonne: $7,3751.5%Sea
China25.1Tonnes: 4,361USD per tonne: $5,7541.4%Sea
Romania24.4Tonnes: 3,278USD per tonne: $7,4291.4%Sea
Indonesia23Tonnes: 2,166USD per tonne: $10,6111.3%Sea
Ireland20.3Tonnes: 2,374USD per tonne: $8,5421.1%Sea
Greece19.7Tonnes: 2,557USD per tonne: $7,6911.1%Sea
Poland19.6Tonnes: 2,741USD per tonne: $7,1631.1%Sea
Czechia17.6Tonnes: 2,344USD per tonne: $7,5040.99%Sea
Sweden16.4Tonnes: 2,022USD per tonne: $8,0870.92%Sea
Singapore re-exports15.6Tonnes: 2,319USD per tonne: $6,7430.88%Sea
Switzerland11.6Tonnes: 1,405USD per tonne: $8,2570.65%Sea
Iraq10.5Tonnes: 1,031USD per tonne: $10,1730.59%Sea
Jordan9.7Tonnes: 1,001USD per tonne: $9,7280.55%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

France has been its main destination since 2018

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • France 567
  • Germany 299
  • Belgium 275
  • Italy 137
  • Spain 80.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
France75.5567
Germany342299
Belgium125275
Italy9.3137
Spain5.780.1

Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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