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Who buys the Netherlands’ steel? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $7.2 billion of steel (6.9 million tonnes), 2.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were Germany (25%), Belgium (13%) and the United States (11%). The Netherlands was the world’s 17th-largest exporter of steel.

Summary

Value
$7.2billion
Tonnes
6.9million tonnes
Share of world total
2.1%
World rank
17th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany1.8Tonnes: 1,789,878USD per tonne: $1,00225%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.91Tonnes: 1,009,108USD per tonne: $90212.7%Sea
United States0.79Tonnes: 580,358USD per tonne: $1,35811%Sea
United Kingdom0.5Tonnes: 604,046USD per tonne: $8327%Sea
Italy0.44Tonnes: 332,852USD per tonne: $1,3256.1%Sea
Sweden0.4Tonnes: 370,204USD per tonne: $1,0815.6%Sea
Spain0.39Tonnes: 370,745USD per tonne: $1,0395.4%Sea
France0.35Tonnes: 368,138USD per tonne: $9444.8%Sea
Poland0.21Tonnes: 196,770USD per tonne: $1,0592.9%Sea
Mexico0.14Tonnes: 152,840USD per tonne: $9272%Sea
Czechia0.14Tonnes: 124,076USD per tonne: $1,1131.9%Sea
Austria0.14Tonnes: 131,473USD per tonne: $1,0491.9%Sea
Turkey0.12Tonnes: 127,105USD per tonne: $9611.7%Sea
Portugal0.11Tonnes: 130,197USD per tonne: $8771.6%Sea
Denmark0.08Tonnes: 56,825USD per tonne: $1,3611.1%Sea
Hungary0.06Tonnes: 77,988USD per tonne: $7490.81%Sea
Finland0.05Tonnes: 55,098USD per tonne: $9840.75%Sea
Egypt0.05Tonnes: 47,801USD per tonne: $1,0880.72%Sea
Canada0.05Tonnes: 35,530USD per tonne: $1,3220.65%Sea
Romania0.04Tonnes: 27,888USD per tonne: $1,5830.61%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Germany has been its main destination since 2000

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

  • Germany 1.8
  • Belgium 0.91
  • United States 0.79
  • United Kingdom 0.5
  • Italy 0.44

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.791.8
Belgium0.550.91
United States0.440.79
United Kingdom0.350.5
Italy0.180.44

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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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