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Where does the Netherlands get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $16.8 billion of cars (1.2 million tonnes), 1.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (43%), Belgium (15%) and France (5%). The Netherlands was the world’s 16th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$16.8billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
1.8%
World rank
16th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany7.3Tonnes: 414,001USD per tonne: $17,55643.2%Land
Belgium re-exports2.5Tonnes: 140,775USD per tonne: $17,72014.8%Land
France0.91Tonnes: 61,654USD per tonne: $14,8085.4%Sea
South Korea0.85Tonnes: 52,361USD per tonne: $16,2405.1%Sea
Czechia0.8Tonnes: 47,346USD per tonne: $16,9844.8%Sea
Sweden0.61Tonnes: 28,300USD per tonne: $21,7263.7%Sea
Spain0.43Tonnes: 27,053USD per tonne: $15,9202.6%Sea
United Kingdom0.4Tonnes: 36,499USD per tonne: $10,8382.4%Sea
United States0.39Tonnes: 93,449USD per tonne: $4,1602.3%Sea
Slovakia0.38Tonnes: 23,614USD per tonne: $15,9842.2%Sea
Denmark0.35Tonnes: 36,237USD per tonne: $9,7402.1%Sea
Romania0.23Tonnes: 53,727USD per tonne: $4,3391.4%Sea
Japan0.2Tonnes: 26,663USD per tonne: $7,6431.2%Sea
Hungary0.2Tonnes: 17,812USD per tonne: $11,1201.2%Sea
Morocco0.17Tonnes: 15,618USD per tonne: $10,9941%Sea
China0.16Tonnes: 17,563USD per tonne: $9,3160.97%Sea
Turkey0.16Tonnes: 16,838USD per tonne: $9,3230.93%Sea
Italy0.16Tonnes: 5,171USD per tonne: $30,0510.92%Air
Canada0.13Tonnes: 10,569USD per tonne: $11,9640.75%Sea
Poland0.11Tonnes: 12,178USD per tonne: $9,1120.66%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2005

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Germany 7.3
  • Belgium 2.5
  • France 0.91
  • South Korea 0.85
  • Czechia 0.8

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany27.3
Belgium1.32.5
France0.760.91
South Korea0.260.85
Czechia0.010.8

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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