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Where does the Netherlands get its pipeline natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $7.7 billion of pipeline natural gas (13.9 million tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Norway (50%), Belgium (30%) and the United Kingdom (20%). The Netherlands was the world’s 7th-largest importer of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$7.7billion
Tonnes
13.9million tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
7th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 6 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Norway3.8Tonnes: 6,980,170USD per tonne: $54649.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports2.3Tonnes: 4,579,250USD per tonne: $51130.5%Land
United Kingdom1.5Tonnes: 2,290,809USD per tonne: $66319.8%Sea
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 2,977USD per tonne: $1,1810.05%Sea
Czechia< 0.01Tonnes: 89USD per tonne: $7850%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $57,0000%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Norway has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Norway 3.8
  • Belgium 2.3
  • United Kingdom 1.5
  • Sweden < 0.01
  • Czechia < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Norway0.273.8
Belgium< 0.012.3
United Kingdom0.061.5
Sweden0< 0.01
Czechia0< 0.01

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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