Summary
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
- Share of its imports
- 6.1%
- Value imported
- $1.3billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 3rd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 7
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 2
- Dominated value
- $885million
- Share of total imports
- 4.3%
Trend
Trend in shares
The Netherlands went from 6.4% to 6.1% of what Ghana buys
Share (%)
- Netherlands 6.1%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 114 | 6.4% | 4 |
| 1996 | 111 | 3.6% | 8 |
| 1997 | 246 | 6.5% | 4 |
| 1998 | 184 | 5.2% | 6 |
| 1999 | 217 | 6.2% | 4 |
| 2000 | 184 | 5.5% | 6 |
| 2001 | 195 | 5.4% | 5 |
| 2002 | 152 | 4.6% | 7 |
| 2003 | 176 | 4.3% | 8 |
| 2004 | 189 | 5% | 6 |
| 2005 | 214 | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2006 | 233 | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2007 | 318 | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2008 | 339 | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2009 | 266 | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010 | 343 | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2011 | 508 | 3.4% | 7 |
| 2012 | 561 | 3.4% | 7 |
| 2013 | 477 | 2.9% | 9 |
| 2014 | 589 | 3.3% | 8 |
| 2015 | 355 | 2.1% | 15 |
| 2016 | 340 | 2.4% | 12 |
| 2017 | 335 | 2.2% | 15 |
| 2018 | 360 | 2.5% | 8 |
| 2019 | 345 | 2% | 10 |
| 2020 | 867 | 5.2% | 2 |
| 2021 | 824 | 3.9% | 5 |
| 2022 | 1,387 | 6.8% | 3 |
| 2023 | 1,612 | 8.4% | 2 |
| 2024 | 1,253 | 6.1% | 3 |
Products where the Netherlands sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refined petroleum | Netherlands | 55.5% | Belgium · 22.3% | $842 million |
| Margarine | Netherlands | 60.7% | Indonesia · 34.4% | $31 million |
| Live poultry | Netherlands | 65.9% | Belgium · 21.1% | $6 million |
| Soybean oil | Netherlands | 59.5% | Togo · 24.3% | $2 million |
| Laser, plasma and EDM machine tools | Netherlands | 55.6% | China · 31.1% | $1 million |
| Other fresh vegetables | Netherlands | 88.8%over 75% | China · 6.9% | $1 million |
| Eggs in shell | Netherlands | 89.4%over 75% | Belgium · 4.5% | $1 million |
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- The Netherlands sells 5.7% of what the world exports of refined petroleum; next come United States (11.7%), Singapore (6.3%) and South Korea (5.9%). The rest of the world exported 962.5 times what Ghana buys from the Netherlands.
- The Netherlands sells 7.9% of what the world exports of margarine; next come Indonesia (21.4%), Belgium (9%) and Malaysia (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 247.3 times what Ghana buys from the Netherlands.
- The Netherlands sells 8.1% of what the world exports of live poultry; next come Germany (18.8%), France (10.4%) and United States (8.8%). The rest of the world exported 596.9 times what Ghana buys from the Netherlands.
- The Netherlands sells 3.9% of what the world exports of soybean oil; next come Argentina (44.4%), Brazil (10%) and Russia (3.6%). The rest of the world exported 7,338.4 times what Ghana buys from the Netherlands.
- The Netherlands sells 1% of what the world exports of laser, plasma and EDM machine tools; next come China (28.8%), Germany (14.4%) and Japan (12.9%). The rest of the world exported 4,698.6 times what Ghana buys from the Netherlands.
- The Netherlands sells 10.3% of what the world exports of other fresh vegetables; next come Mexico (21.2%), Spain (19%) and China (6.2%). The rest of the world exported 13,016 times what Ghana buys from the Netherlands.
- The Netherlands sells 17.5% of what the world exports of eggs in shell; next come United States (10.4%), Turkey (8.1%) and Poland (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 4,143.3 times what Ghana buys from the Netherlands.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from the Netherlands
Ghana is the Netherlands’ 47th-largest customer, with 0.23% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.