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Where does the Netherlands get its coal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $2.4 billion of coal (20 million tonnes), 1.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Colombia (31%), Australia (28%) and the United States (24%). The Netherlands was the world’s 13th-largest importer of coal.

Summary

Value
$2.4billion
Tonnes
20million tonnes
Share of world total
1.4%
World rank
13th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Colombia764Tonnes: 6,396,716USD per tonne: $11931.3%Sea
Australia678Tonnes: 6,331,375USD per tonne: $10727.8%Sea
United States594Tonnes: 4,008,148USD per tonne: $14824.3%Sea
South Africa150Tonnes: 1,700,371USD per tonne: $886.2%Sea
Canada104Tonnes: 637,926USD per tonne: $1644.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports57.4Tonnes: 287,341USD per tonne: $2002.4%Sea
Kazakhstan31.8Tonnes: 247,387USD per tonne: $1281.3%Sea
Vietnam15.1Tonnes: 47,000USD per tonne: $3220.62%Sea
Namibia10.5Tonnes: 21,764USD per tonne: $4820.43%Sea
Russia9.9Tonnes: 100,352USD per tonne: $990.41%Sea
Mozambique8.8Tonnes: 86,316USD per tonne: $1010.36%Sea
United Kingdom5.9Tonnes: 59,024USD per tonne: $990.24%Sea
Germany4.2Tonnes: 33,601USD per tonne: $1240.17%Sea
China2.9Tonnes: 19,170USD per tonne: $1490.12%Sea
Japan1.8Tonnes: 3,520USD per tonne: $5250.08%Sea
Peru1.2Tonnes: 3,607USD per tonne: $3430.05%Sea
Poland0.64Tonnes: 1,368USD per tonne: $4690.03%Sea
Italy0.22Tonnes: 423USD per tonne: $5110.01%Sea
Denmark0.17Tonnes: 681USD per tonne: $2480.01%Sea
India0.11Tonnes: 363USD per tonne: $2950%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Colombia has been its main source since 2020

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

  • Colombia 0.76
  • Australia 0.68
  • United States 0.59
  • South Africa 0.15
  • Canada 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Colombia0.090.76
Australia0.120.68
United States0.280.59
South Africa0.120.15
Canada0.030.1

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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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