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Where does the Netherlands get its steel? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $6.7 billion of steel (6.2 million tonnes), 1.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (27%), Belgium (25%) and Finland (10%). The Netherlands was the world’s 18th-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$6.7billion
Tonnes
6.2million tonnes
Share of world total
1.9%
World rank
18th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany1.8Tonnes: 1,896,948USD per tonne: $96527.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports1.7Tonnes: 1,599,645USD per tonne: $1,07225.4%Sea
Finland0.67Tonnes: 386,463USD per tonne: $1,7239.9%Sea
Luxembourg0.34Tonnes: 363,531USD per tonne: $9245%Sea
France0.33Tonnes: 361,328USD per tonne: $9074.9%Sea
United Kingdom0.28Tonnes: 250,971USD per tonne: $1,1124.1%Sea
Italy0.25Tonnes: 150,352USD per tonne: $1,6763.7%Sea
Spain0.18Tonnes: 149,680USD per tonne: $1,1862.6%Sea
Sweden0.17Tonnes: 140,027USD per tonne: $1,1892.5%Sea
Japan0.13Tonnes: 51,026USD per tonne: $2,4891.9%Sea
India0.12Tonnes: 43,227USD per tonne: $2,7911.8%Sea
Vietnam0.11Tonnes: 182,094USD per tonne: $6151.7%Sea
Turkey0.08Tonnes: 85,752USD per tonne: $8751.1%Sea
Austria0.07Tonnes: 63,350USD per tonne: $1,0741%Sea
South Korea0.06Tonnes: 68,495USD per tonne: $8490.86%Sea
Poland0.05Tonnes: 64,818USD per tonne: $8420.81%Sea
China0.05Tonnes: 61,269USD per tonne: $8440.77%Sea
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 75,013USD per tonne: $5250.58%Sea
South Africa0.03Tonnes: 36,028USD per tonne: $9180.49%Sea
Slovakia0.03Tonnes: 27,585USD per tonne: $1,0670.44%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Germany 1.8
  • Belgium 1.7
  • Finland 0.67
  • Luxembourg 0.34
  • France 0.33

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany1.31.8
Belgium0.851.7
Finland0.370.67
Luxembourg00.34
France0.30.33

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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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