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Trade between China and the Netherlands

In 2024, China exported $57.5 billion to the Netherlands and imported $20 billion. China ran a surplus of $37.5 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $39.3 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was China’s 22nd largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and China was the Netherlands’ 4th (7%).

Summary

China → Netherlands
$57.5billion
Netherlands → China
$20billion
China’s balance
$37.5billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between China and the Netherlands grew 21.4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 57.5
  • Imports 20
  • Balance +37.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.7 billion$905 million$1.8 billion
1996$3 billion$1.1 billion$1.9 billion
1997$3.6 billion$1 billion$2.6 billion
1998$4.1 billion$903 million$3.2 billion
1999$4.5 billion$1.1 billion$3.4 billion
2000$6.9 billion$1.3 billion$5.6 billion
2001$8.1 billion$1.6 billion$6.6 billion
2002$8.6 billion$1.8 billion$6.9 billion
2003$12.7 billion$2.2 billion$10.5 billion
2004$18.1 billion$3.2 billion$14.9 billion
2005$23.4 billion$3.2 billion$20.2 billion
2006$28.9 billion$4 billion$24.9 billion
2007$37.1 billion$5.1 billion$32 billion
2008$40.7 billion$5.6 billion$35.1 billion
2009$31.4 billion$5.6 billion$25.8 billion
2010$42.6 billion$6.9 billion$35.7 billion
2011$47.7 billion$9.2 billion$38.5 billion
2012$44.4 billion$9.4 billion$35 billion
2013$45.2 billion$10.2 billion$35 billion
2014$52.4 billion$9.8 billion$42.5 billion
2015$43.8 billion$9.1 billion$34.7 billion
2016$38.9 billion$10.4 billion$28.5 billion
2017$44.8 billion$11.8 billion$33 billion
2018$49.7 billion$12.8 billion$36.8 billion
2019$51.5 billion$12.2 billion$39.3 billion
2020$54.9 billion$13.9 billion$41 billion
2021$67.8 billion$15.2 billion$52.7 billion
2022$73.5 billion$13.5 billion$59.9 billion
2023$62 billion$17.8 billion$44.2 billion
2024$57.5 billion$20 billion$37.5 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$4.7 billion · 8.3%
    21 thousand tonnes
  2. Computers$4.6 billion · 8%
    37 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Computer and office machine parts$3.5 billion · 6.1%
    128 thousand tonnes
  4. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$1.8 billion · 3.2%
    622 thousand tonnes
  5. Batteries$1.8 billion · 3.1%
    113 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Transformers and power supplies$1.5 billion · 2.5%
    125 thousand tonnes
  7. Lamps and light fittings$963 million · 1.7%
    86 thousand tonnes
  8. Electric heaters and hair dryers$897 million · 1.6%
    120 thousand tonnes
  9. Home appliances$823 million · 1.4%
    63 thousand tonnes
  10. Toys$813 million · 1.4%
    108 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations

What the Netherlands sells to China

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

  1. Other industrial machines$10 billion · 49.9%
    6 thousand tonnes
  2. Malt extract and food mixes$1.4 billion · 7%
    85 thousand tonnes
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$484 million · 2.4%
    9 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Orthopedic and hearing devices$362 million · 1.8%
    252 tonnes
  5. Electron microscopes$313 million · 1.6%
    538 tonnes
  6. X-ray and radiation equipment$297 million · 1.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Edible offal$247 million · 1.2%
    115 thousand tonnes
  8. Medical and dental instruments$238 million · 1.2%
    995 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Other food preparations$221 million · 1.1%
    8 thousand tonnes
  10. Copper scrap$216 million · 1.1%
    28 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Rotterdam is 14,212 nautical miles (26,321 km) long: ≈ 33–42.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (14,212 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 (10,698 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$49.2 billion · 63.5%
  2. Air$28.3 billion · 36.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was China’s 22nd largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and China was the Netherlands’ 4th (7%).

The Netherlands in China’s trade
1.4%
The Netherlands’ rank among China’s partners
22nd
China in the Netherlands’ trade
6.5%
China’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
4th

Compare with

Other partners of China

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.