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Trade between Côte d'Ivoire and the Netherlands

In 2024, Côte d'Ivoire exported $2.8 billion to the Netherlands and imported $378 million. Côte d'Ivoire ran a surplus of $2.4 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $1.2 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Côte d'Ivoire’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Côte d'Ivoire was the Netherlands’ 49th (0.3%).

Summary

Côte d'Ivoire → Netherlands
$2.8billion
Netherlands → Côte d'Ivoire
$378million
Côte d'Ivoire’s balance
$2.4billion

Balance

Côte d'Ivoire’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Côte d'Ivoire and the Netherlands grew 5.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.8
  • Imports 0.4
  • Balance +2.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$462 million$85 million$377 million
1996$620 million$102 million$518 million
1997$393 million$112 million$281 million
1998$402 million$117 million$285 million
1999$512 million$104 million$409 million
2000$319 million$83 million$236 million
2001$417 million$106 million$311 million
2002$611 million$99 million$511 million
2003$788 million$128 million$660 million
2004$580 million$121 million$460 million
2005$700 million$126 million$573 million
2006$639 million$155 million$484 million
2007$682 million$129 million$553 million
2008$1 billion$169 million$838 million
2009$1.2 billion$175 million$1 billion
2010$1.1 billion$156 million$918 million
2011$1.3 billion$149 million$1.1 billion
2012$976 million$204 million$772 million
2013$1.1 billion$258 million$867 million
2014$1.2 billion$270 million$967 million
2015$1.3 billion$209 million$1.1 billion
2016$1.4 billion$246 million$1.2 billion
2017$1.7 billion$325 million$1.4 billion
2018$1.6 billion$407 million$1.2 billion
2019$1.5 billion$301 million$1.2 billion
2020$1.4 billion$306 million$1.1 billion
2021$1.3 billion$336 million$936 million
2022$1.3 billion$362 million$940 million
2023$2 billion$415 million$1.6 billion
2024$2.8 billion$378 million$2.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Côte d'Ivoire sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Cocoa beans$1.3 billion · 48%
    260 thousand tonnes · Côte d'Ivoire’s destinations
  2. Cocoa paste$615 million · 21.9%
    128 thousand tonnes
  3. Crude petroleum$406 million · 14.5%
    827 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  4. Cocoa butter$238 million · 8.5%
    39 thousand tonnes
  5. Cocoa powder$60 million · 2.1%
    12 thousand tonnes
  6. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$55 million · 2%
    14 thousand tonnes
  7. Palm oil$31 million · 1.1%
    30 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  8. Natural rubber$18 million · 0.65%
    13 thousand tonnes · Côte d'Ivoire’s destinations
  9. Refined petroleum$13 million · 0.46%
    25 thousand tonnes · Côte d'Ivoire’s destinations
  10. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$10 million · 0.36%
    9 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Côte d'Ivoire

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

  1. Refined petroleum$67 million · 17.7%
    78 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Onions and garlic$56 million · 14.7%
    153 thousand tonnes
  3. Pet and animal feed$18 million · 4.7%
    20 thousand tonnes
  4. Malt extract and food mixes$18 million · 4.6%
    7 thousand tonnes
  5. Food processing machinery$15 million · 4%
    393 tonnes
  6. Vaccines, blood and antisera$15 million · 3.9%
    7 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Lightweight cotton fabric$13 million · 3.5%
    285 tonnes
  8. Potatoes$13 million · 3.4%
    33 thousand tonnes
  9. Tractors$11 million · 2.8%
    7 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  10. Fruit and vegetable juices$10 million · 2.6%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Abidjan to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Abidjan and Rotterdam is 3,856 nautical miles (7,141 km) long: ≈ 9–11.5 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$3.1 billion · 98.6%
  2. Air$44 million · 1.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Côte d'Ivoire’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Côte d'Ivoire was the Netherlands’ 49th (0.3%).

The Netherlands in Côte d'Ivoire’s trade
7.3%
The Netherlands’ rank among Côte d'Ivoire’s partners
3rd
Côte d'Ivoire in the Netherlands’ trade
0.3%
Côte d'Ivoire’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
49th

Compare with

Other partners of Côte d'Ivoire

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.