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Who buys the Netherlands’ pipeline natural gas? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $2 billion of pipeline natural gas (3.7 million tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. Belgium bought 78% of the total, followed by Italy (21%) and the United Kingdom (0.7%). The Netherlands was the world’s 12th-largest exporter of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
3.7million tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
12th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 8 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Belgium re-exports1.5Tonnes: 2,947,480USD per tonne: $51978%Land
Italy0.41Tonnes: 738,245USD per tonne: $55921%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 30,935USD per tonne: $4570.72%Sea
Moldova< 0.01Tonnes: 6,593USD per tonne: $5750.19%Sea
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 1,500USD per tonne: $3820.03%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 144USD per tonne: $6100%Sea
Peru< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $15,6950%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $65,5000%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

Belgium has been its main destination since 2001

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

  • Belgium 1.5
  • Italy 0.41
  • United Kingdom 0.01
  • Moldova < 0.01
  • Sweden < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Belgium0.461.5
Italy0.360.41
United Kingdom00.01
Moldova0< 0.01
Sweden0< 0.01

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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