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Trade between India and the Netherlands

In 2024, India exported $9.8 billion to the Netherlands and imported $2.6 billion. India ran a surplus of $7.1 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $4.6 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was India’s 25th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and India was the Netherlands’ 20th (1%).

Summary

India → Netherlands
$9.8billion
Netherlands → India
$2.6billion
India’s balance
$7.1billion

Balance

India’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between India and the Netherlands grew 8.4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 9.8
  • Imports 2.6
  • Balance +7.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$892 million$579 million$313 million
1996$963 million$481 million$481 million
1997$924 million$482 million$442 million
1998$847 million$486 million$361 million
1999$967 million$469 million$499 million
2000$925 million$443 million$482 million
2001$912 million$583 million$330 million
2002$993 million$425 million$568 million
2003$1.3 billion$578 million$727 million
2004$1.7 billion$817 million$898 million
2005$2.5 billion$1.2 billion$1.3 billion
2006$2.6 billion$1.2 billion$1.4 billion
2007$3 billion$1.9 billion$1.1 billion
2008$4.2 billion$1.9 billion$2.2 billion
2009$4.1 billion$2.2 billion$1.9 billion
2010$4.7 billion$2.1 billion$2.6 billion
2011$5.9 billion$2.4 billion$3.5 billion
2012$6.4 billion$2.8 billion$3.7 billion
2013$6.4 billion$2.1 billion$4.3 billion
2014$4.2 billion$2.9 billion$1.3 billion
2015$4.4 billion$2.1 billion$2.3 billion
2016$3.7 billion$2 billion$1.8 billion
2017$4.9 billion$2.5 billion$2.4 billion
2018$4.9 billion$3.6 billion$1.3 billion
2019$8.3 billion$3.7 billion$4.6 billion
2020$5.7 billion$2.9 billion$2.8 billion
2021$6.1 billion$4.2 billion$1.9 billion
2022$8.6 billion$5.7 billion$2.9 billion
2023$8.6 billion$2.7 billion$5.9 billion
2024$9.8 billion$2.6 billion$7.1 billion

What they sell each other

What India sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Refined petroleum$3.9 billion · 40.2%
    8.3 million tonnes · India’s destinations
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$741 million · 7.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$337 million · 3.5%
    8 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  4. Transformers and power supplies$132 million · 1.4%
    6 thousand tonnes
  5. Furniture$121 million · 1.2%
    31 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  6. Medical and dental instruments$116 million · 1.2%
    1 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  7. Rice$98 million · 1%
    93 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  8. Auto parts$90 million · 0.92%
    11 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  9. Ferroalloys$87 million · 0.89%
    74 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  10. Bags, suitcases and cases$85 million · 0.87%
    11 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to India

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

  1. Dredgers and floating cranes$357 million · 13.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  2. Aluminum scrap$145 million · 5.5%
    81 thousand tonnes
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$92 million · 3.5%
    150 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Ferrous scrap$91 million · 3.4%
    130 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Cameras and broadcast equipment$86 million · 3.3%
    370 tonnes
  6. X-ray and radiation equipment$73 million · 2.7%
    629 tonnes
  7. Medical and dental instruments$65 million · 2.5%
    749 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Alcohols$60 million · 2.3%
    22 thousand tonnes
  9. Food processing machinery$57 million · 2.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$45 million · 1.7%
    18 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) and Rotterdam is 11,046 nautical miles (20,457 km) long: ≈ 25.5–33 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (11,046 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (6,615 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$10 billion · 80.7%
  2. Air$2.4 billion · 19.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was India’s 25th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and India was the Netherlands’ 20th (1%).

The Netherlands in India’s trade
1.1%
The Netherlands’ rank among India’s partners
25th
India in the Netherlands’ trade
1%
India’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
20th

Compare with

Other partners of India

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.