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Where does the Netherlands get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $3.1 billion of electric cables (230 thousand tonnes), 1.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (18%), China (13%) and the United States (8%). The Netherlands was the world’s 13th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$3.1billion
Tonnes
230thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.8%
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
Germany565Tonnes: 44,636USD per tonne: $12,66318.2%Land
China405Tonnes: 35,724USD per tonne: $11,34913%Sea
United States254Tonnes: 3,703USD per tonne: $68,5518.2%Air
Belgium re-exports195Tonnes: 19,868USD per tonne: $9,8056.3%Land
Hong Kong re-exports153Tonnes: 2,147USD per tonne: $71,4044.9%Air
Turkey149Tonnes: 17,871USD per tonne: $8,3294.8%Sea
France131Tonnes: 11,885USD per tonne: $11,0574.2%Sea
Poland127Tonnes: 6,472USD per tonne: $19,6044.1%Sea
Italy109Tonnes: 13,145USD per tonne: $8,2863.5%Sea
United Kingdom104Tonnes: 7,265USD per tonne: $14,3413.4%Sea
Hungary74.6Tonnes: 6,327USD per tonne: $11,7842.4%Sea
Czechia70.3Tonnes: 2,551USD per tonne: $27,5452.3%Sea
South Korea67.6Tonnes: 13,817USD per tonne: $4,8932.2%Sea
Romania66.4Tonnes: 3,390USD per tonne: $19,5732.1%Sea
Greece58.3Tonnes: 9,095USD per tonne: $6,4101.9%Sea
Vietnam52.2Tonnes: 766USD per tonne: $68,0771.7%Air
Lithuania51.2Tonnes: 1,947USD per tonne: $26,2711.7%Sea
Ireland48.3Tonnes: 3,765USD per tonne: $12,8251.6%Sea
Taiwan39Tonnes: 668USD per tonne: $58,3681.3%Air
Spain38.7Tonnes: 3,926USD per tonne: $9,8711.3%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2002

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

  • Germany 565
  • China 405
  • United States 254
  • Belgium 195
  • Hong Kong 153

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany141565
China3.4405
United States73.5254
Belgium104195
Hong Kong14.8153

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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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