globaltraffic.earth

Trade between Australia and the Netherlands

In 2024, Australia exported $1.8 billion to the Netherlands and imported $2.2 billion. Australia ran a deficit of $409 million with the Netherlands, compared with a deficit of $1 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Australia’s 23rd largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and Australia was the Netherlands’ 45th (0.3%).

Summary

Australia → Netherlands
$1.8billion
Netherlands → Australia
$2.2billion
Australia’s balance
-$409million

Balance

Australia’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Australia and the Netherlands grew 4.1-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Australia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.8
  • Imports 2.2
  • Balance -0.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$434 million$527 million-$93 million
1996$380 million$594 million-$214 million
1997$304 million$661 million-$357 million
1998$452 million$568 million-$116 million
1999$476 million$598 million-$122 million
2000$812 million$604 million$208 million
2001$686 million$601 million$85 million
2002$522 million$716 million-$194 million
2003$631 million$826 million-$195 million
2004$963 million$977 million-$13 million
2005$876 million$1.1 billion-$175 million
2006$1.2 billion$1.2 billion$35 million
2007$1.2 billion$1.3 billion-$100 million
2008$1.2 billion$1.6 billion-$439 million
2009$873 million$1.3 billion-$438 million
2010$1.1 billion$1.4 billion-$227 million
2011$1.6 billion$1.7 billion-$117 million
2012$1.6 billion$2.2 billion-$561 million
2013$1.2 billion$1.9 billion-$690 million
2014$1.5 billion$2 billion-$508 million
2015$1.3 billion$1.6 billion-$281 million
2016$1.1 billion$1.7 billion-$619 million
2017$1.3 billion$1.9 billion-$653 million
2018$1.4 billion$2.4 billion-$968 million
2019$1.5 billion$2.5 billion-$1 billion
2020$1.4 billion$2.1 billion-$679 million
2021$1.8 billion$3.3 billion-$1.5 billion
2022$2.9 billion$2.3 billion$509 million
2023$2.2 billion$2.5 billion-$324 million
2024$1.8 billion$2.2 billion-$409 million

What they sell each other

What Australia sells to the Netherlands

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Coal$678 million · 38.3%
    6.3 million tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  2. Rapeseed (canola)$112 million · 6.4%
    251 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  3. Unwrought nickel$111 million · 6.3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  4. Massage and respiratory therapy devices$88 million · 5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Fresh beef$58 million · 3.3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Crude petroleum$32 million · 1.8%
    49 thousand tonnes · Australia’s destinations
  7. Other plastic articles$26 million · 1.5%
    119 tonnes
  8. Natural sand$25 million · 1.4%
    79 thousand tonnes
  9. Turbojets and gas turbines$25 million · 1.4%
    17 tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  10. Titanium ore$25 million · 1.4%
    26 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Australia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Computers$198 million · 9.1%
    101 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Pork$91 million · 4.2%
    20 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$83 million · 3.8%
    491 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Instant coffee and tea extracts$82 million · 3.8%
    4 thousand tonnes
  5. Tractors$56 million · 2.6%
    4 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Frozen vegetables$55 million · 2.5%
    41 thousand tonnes
  7. Orthopedic and hearing devices$50 million · 2.3%
    38 tonnes
  8. Other food preparations$47 million · 2.2%
    8 thousand tonnes
  9. Other processed tobacco$42 million · 1.9%
    434 tonnes
  10. Other industrial machines$37 million · 1.7%
    173 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Sydney to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Sydney and Rotterdam is 13,333 nautical miles (24,693 km) long: ≈ 31–39.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (13,333 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (12,712 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$2.7 billion · 67.8%
  2. Air$1.3 billion · 32.2%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Australia’s 23rd largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and Australia was the Netherlands’ 45th (0.3%).

The Netherlands in Australia’s trade
0.6%
The Netherlands’ rank among Australia’s partners
23rd
Australia in the Netherlands’ trade
0.3%
Australia’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
45th

Compare with

Other partners of Australia

Other partners of the Netherlands

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.