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Trade between Denmark and the Netherlands

In 2024, Denmark exported $6.7 billion to the Netherlands and imported $11 billion. Denmark ran a deficit of $4.3 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a deficit of $1.9 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Denmark’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Denmark was the Netherlands’ 13th (1%).

Summary

Denmark → Netherlands
$6.7billion
Netherlands → Denmark
$11billion
Denmark’s balance
-$4.3billion

Balance

Denmark’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Denmark and the Netherlands grew 3.7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 6.7
  • Imports 11
  • Balance -4.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.8 billion$3 billion-$1.2 billion
1996$1.8 billion$2.9 billion-$1 billion
1997$1.9 billion$3.8 billion-$1.8 billion
1998$1.8 billion$3.5 billion-$1.7 billion
1999$1.9 billion$3.5 billion-$1.6 billion
2000$1.9 billion$3.4 billion-$1.4 billion
2001$1.9 billion$3.1 billion-$1.3 billion
2002$2 billion$3.3 billion-$1.4 billion
2003$2.2 billion$3.9 billion-$1.6 billion
2004$3.6 billion$4.5 billion-$849 million
2005$3.9 billion$4.9 billion-$1 billion
2006$4 billion$5.3 billion-$1.3 billion
2007$3.4 billion$6.5 billion-$3 billion
2008$3.8 billion$7.4 billion-$3.5 billion
2009$3.3 billion$5.7 billion-$2.4 billion
2010$3.1 billion$5.9 billion-$2.7 billion
2011$4.4 billion$7 billion-$2.6 billion
2012$4.3 billion$6.6 billion-$2.3 billion
2013$4.7 billion$7.2 billion-$2.5 billion
2014$4.6 billion$7.6 billion-$3 billion
2015$4.3 billion$6.8 billion-$2.5 billion
2016$5.1 billion$6.7 billion-$1.6 billion
2017$4.3 billion$7.1 billion-$2.9 billion
2018$4.8 billion$8 billion-$3.2 billion
2019$5.7 billion$7.6 billion-$1.9 billion
2020$6.3 billion$8.2 billion-$1.9 billion
2021$6.5 billion$10.5 billion-$4.1 billion
2022$7.3 billion$10.4 billion-$3.1 billion
2023$7.2 billion$11.4 billion-$4.2 billion
2024$6.7 billion$11 billion-$4.3 billion

What they sell each other

What Denmark sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Refined petroleum$566 million · 8.4%
    829 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  2. Cars$353 million · 5.3%
    36 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$297 million · 4.4%
    149 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  4. Cheese$185 million · 2.8%
    44 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  5. Enzymes$170 million · 2.5%
    16 thousand tonnes
  6. Fresh fish$163 million · 2.4%
    28 thousand tonnes
  7. Electricity$148 million · 2.2%
    Denmark’s destinations
  8. Furniture$114 million · 1.7%
    25 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  9. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$98 million · 1.5%
    514 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  10. Other plastic articles$98 million · 1.5%
    14 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Denmark

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

  1. Computers$583 million · 5.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$581 million · 5.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Cars$479 million · 4.3%
    23 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$393 million · 3.6%
    4 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Computer and office machine parts$340 million · 3.1%
    7 thousand tonnes
  6. Refined petroleum$322 million · 2.9%
    369 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$177 million · 1.6%
    179 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Video recorders and players$169 million · 1.5%
    510 tonnes
  9. Medical and dental instruments$160 million · 1.5%
    735 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  10. Fresh beef$137 million · 1.2%
    17 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Aarhus to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Aarhus and Rotterdam is 594 nautical miles (1,099 km) long: ≈ 1.5–2 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$12.4 billion · 69.8%
  2. Air$5.4 billion · 30.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Denmark’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Denmark was the Netherlands’ 13th (1%).

The Netherlands in Denmark’s trade
7.5%
The Netherlands’ rank among Denmark’s partners
3rd
Denmark in the Netherlands’ trade
1.5%
Denmark’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
13th

Compare with

Other partners of Denmark

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.