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Trade between Brazil and the Netherlands

In 2024, Brazil exported $11.6 billion to the Netherlands and imported $2.6 billion. Brazil ran a surplus of $9 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $4.3 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Brazil’s 5th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Brazil was the Netherlands’ 15th (1%).

Summary

Brazil → Netherlands
$11.6billion
Netherlands → Brazil
$2.6billion
Brazil’s balance
$9billion

Balance

Brazil’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Brazil and the Netherlands grew 3.9-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 11.6
  • Imports 2.6
  • Balance +9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.6 billion$1.1 billion$1.5 billion
1996$3 billion$802 million$2.2 billion
1997$3.1 billion$718 million$2.4 billion
1998$2.4 billion$780 million$1.6 billion
1999$2.3 billion$681 million$1.6 billion
2000$2.6 billion$784 million$1.8 billion
2001$2.7 billion$679 million$2 billion
2002$2.7 billion$640 million$2.1 billion
2003$3.7 billion$603 million$3.1 billion
2004$4.4 billion$717 million$3.7 billion
2005$4.7 billion$740 million$4 billion
2006$5.3 billion$963 million$4.3 billion
2007$8 billion$1.3 billion$6.7 billion
2008$9.7 billion$1.7 billion$8.1 billion
2009$6.7 billion$1.1 billion$5.6 billion
2010$8.6 billion$2 billion$6.5 billion
2011$11.5 billion$2.4 billion$9.1 billion
2012$12.9 billion$3.3 billion$9.6 billion
2013$12.5 billion$2.6 billion$9.9 billion
2014$10.2 billion$4.1 billion$6.1 billion
2015$7.4 billion$2.7 billion$4.7 billion
2016$6.7 billion$2.8 billion$3.9 billion
2017$7.1 billion$2.2 billion$4.9 billion
2018$7.5 billion$2 billion$5.5 billion
2019$6.7 billion$2.4 billion$4.3 billion
2020$6.2 billion$1.6 billion$4.6 billion
2021$8.6 billion$2.4 billion$6.2 billion
2022$11.2 billion$3 billion$8.2 billion
2023$11.3 billion$3.2 billion$8.1 billion
2024$11.6 billion$2.6 billion$9 billion

What they sell each other

What Brazil sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Crude petroleum$3.5 billion · 30%
    6.4 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  2. Chemical wood pulp$897 million · 7.7%
    1.4 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  3. Iron ore$819 million · 7.1%
    8.5 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  4. Soybean meal and pellets$804 million · 6.9%
    2.1 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  5. Fruit and vegetable juices$743 million · 6.4%
    501 thousand tonnes
  6. Ferroalloys$606 million · 5.2%
    75 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  7. Soybeans$517 million · 4.5%
    1.1 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  8. Coffee$280 million · 2.4%
    74 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  9. Cured and smoked meat$259 million · 2.2%
    98 thousand tonnes
  10. Refined petroleum$246 million · 2.1%
    313 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations

What the Netherlands sells to Brazil

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

  1. Refined petroleum$592 million · 23.1%
    752 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Nitrogen fertilizers$121 million · 4.7%
    478 thousand tonnes
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$112 million · 4.4%
    156 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Auto parts$103 million · 4%
    12 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Other food preparations$75 million · 2.9%
    17 thousand tonnes
  6. Frozen vegetables$64 million · 2.5%
    44 thousand tonnes
  7. Food processing machinery$49 million · 1.9%
    575 tonnes
  8. Engine parts$48 million · 1.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Centrifuges and filters$46 million · 1.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$46 million · 1.8%
    229 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Santos to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Santos and Rotterdam is 5,566 nautical miles (10,307 km) long: ≈ 13–16.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover.

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$13.2 billion · 93.4%
  2. Air$935 million · 6.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Brazil’s 5th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Brazil was the Netherlands’ 15th (1%).

The Netherlands in Brazil’s trade
2.2%
The Netherlands’ rank among Brazil’s partners
5th
Brazil in the Netherlands’ trade
1.2%
Brazil’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
15th

Compare with

Other partners of Brazil

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.