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Trade between France and the Netherlands

In 2024, France exported $23.1 billion to the Netherlands and imported $35.1 billion. France ran a deficit of $12 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a deficit of $10.4 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was France’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and France was the Netherlands’ 5th (5%).

Summary

France → Netherlands
$23.1billion
Netherlands → France
$35.1billion
France’s balance
-$12billion

Balance

France’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between France and the Netherlands grew 2.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 23.1
  • Imports 35.1
  • Balance -12

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$12 billion$15 billion-$3 billion
1996$11.8 billion$15.2 billion-$3.4 billion
1997$12.2 billion$14 billion-$1.8 billion
1998$12.1 billion$15.1 billion-$3 billion
1999$11.8 billion$15.3 billion-$3.4 billion
2000$11 billion$15.5 billion-$4.5 billion
2001$10.3 billion$15.1 billion-$4.8 billion
2002$10.8 billion$15.3 billion-$4.6 billion
2003$12.5 billion$17.7 billion-$5.3 billion
2004$14.8 billion$19.9 billion-$5 billion
2005$15.5 billion$21 billion-$5.5 billion
2006$18.1 billion$22.5 billion-$4.4 billion
2007$20.2 billion$26.2 billion-$6 billion
2008$23.4 billion$28.9 billion-$5.5 billion
2009$17.6 billion$23.5 billion-$6 billion
2010$18.6 billion$26.1 billion-$7.4 billion
2011$23.8 billion$32.3 billion-$8.5 billion
2012$23 billion$30.6 billion-$7.5 billion
2013$23.2 billion$30.3 billion-$7.1 billion
2014$23.2 billion$29.7 billion-$6.5 billion
2015$18.8 billion$25 billion-$6.2 billion
2016$17.1 billion$26.3 billion-$9.2 billion
2017$18.5 billion$30.2 billion-$11.7 billion
2018$19.9 billion$30.9 billion-$11 billion
2019$19.7 billion$30.1 billion-$10.4 billion
2020$17.8 billion$48.1 billion-$30.4 billion
2021$22.6 billion$61.8 billion-$39.2 billion
2022$26.2 billion$64.4 billion-$38.3 billion
2023$23.2 billion$38 billion-$14.8 billion
2024$23.1 billion$35.1 billion-$12 billion

What they sell each other

What France sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.2 billion · 5.1%
    1.9 million tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Cars$913 million · 4%
    62 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. Orthopedic and hearing devices$762 million · 3.3%
    934 tonnes
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$574 million · 2.5%
    29 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Wine$466 million · 2%
    104 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Wheat$378 million · 1.6%
    1.6 million tonnes · France’s destinations
  7. Trucks$361 million · 1.6%
    49 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  8. Corn$260 million · 1.1%
    779 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  9. Other plastic articles$246 million · 1.1%
    12 thousand tonnes
  10. Industrial fatty acids and oils$234 million · 1%
    142 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to France

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

  1. Refined petroleum$4.9 billion · 13.9%
    5.5 million tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Industrial fatty acids and oils$739 million · 2.1%
    577 thousand tonnes
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$725 million · 2.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Orthopedic and hearing devices$613 million · 1.7%
    862 tonnes
  5. Butter and milk fats$567 million · 1.6%
    83 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Auto parts$538 million · 1.5%
    51 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Cheese$506 million · 1.4%
    89 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Fresh beef$504 million · 1.4%
    60 thousand tonnes
  9. Live plants and cuttings$498 million · 1.4%
    127 thousand tonnes
  10. Tractors$487 million · 1.4%
    37 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Rotterdam is 261 nautical miles (483 km) long: ≈ 0.5–1 day 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$48.2 billion · 82.7%
  2. Air$10 billion · 17.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was France’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and France was the Netherlands’ 5th (5%).

The Netherlands in France’s trade
4.2%
The Netherlands’ rank among France’s partners
8th
France in the Netherlands’ trade
4.9%
France’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
5th

Compare with

Other partners of France

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.