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Trade between Indonesia and the Netherlands

In 2024, Indonesia exported $3.9 billion to the Netherlands and imported $997 million. Indonesia ran a surplus of $2.9 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $2.4 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Indonesia’s 18th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Indonesia was the Netherlands’ 39th (0.4%).

Summary

Indonesia → Netherlands
$3.9billion
Netherlands → Indonesia
$997million
Indonesia’s balance
$2.9billion

Balance

Indonesia’s trade balance with the Netherlands

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

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

  • Exports 3.9
  • Imports 1
  • Balance +2.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.3 billion$893 million$381 million
1996$1.6 billion$532 million$1.1 billion
1997$1.7 billion$602 million$1.1 billion
1998$1.4 billion$358 million$1 billion
1999$1.4 billion$371 million$1.1 billion
2000$1.7 billion$452 million$1.2 billion
2001$1.6 billion$386 million$1.2 billion
2002$1.5 billion$386 million$1.1 billion
2003$1.7 billion$416 million$1.3 billion
2004$2 billion$546 million$1.5 billion
2005$2.3 billion$432 million$1.9 billion
2006$2.5 billion$684 million$1.8 billion
2007$3.3 billion$621 million$2.6 billion
2008$4 billion$676 million$3.4 billion
2009$2.9 billion$590 million$2.3 billion
2010$3.1 billion$719 million$2.4 billion
2011$4 billion$836 million$3.1 billion
2012$4 billion$903 million$3.1 billion
2013$3.8 billion$1.1 billion$2.8 billion
2014$3.5 billion$946 million$2.6 billion
2015$2.9 billion$834 million$2.1 billion
2016$2.9 billion$820 million$2 billion
2017$3.9 billion$1 billion$2.8 billion
2018$3.5 billion$1.3 billion$2.3 billion
2019$3.3 billion$884 million$2.4 billion
2020$3.1 billion$847 million$2.3 billion
2021$3.9 billion$901 million$3 billion
2022$4.6 billion$913 million$3.7 billion
2023$3.6 billion$1 billion$2.6 billion
2024$3.9 billion$997 million$2.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Indonesia sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Industrial fatty acids$508 million · 13.1%
    522 thousand tonnes
  2. Palm oil$288 million · 7.5%
    235 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  3. Acetic acid and other saturated acids$219 million · 5.7%
    171 thousand tonnes
  4. Chemically modified fats and oils$206 million · 5.3%
    100 thousand tonnes
  5. Textile footwear$200 million · 5.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. Refined petroleum$158 million · 4.1%
    109 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  7. Coconut and palm kernel oil$148 million · 3.8%
    194 thousand tonnes
  8. Nickel matte$135 million · 3.5%
    13 thousand tonnes
  9. Meal from other oilseeds$131 million · 3.4%
    1.1 million tonnes
  10. Computer and office machine parts$106 million · 2.7%
    5 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Waste paper$42 million · 4.3%
    298 thousand tonnes
  2. Plastic waste and scrap$42 million · 4.2%
    106 thousand tonnes
  3. Discs and storage media$41 million · 4.1%
    13 tonnes
  4. Electric shavers and hair clippers$39 million · 3.9%
    263 tonnes
  5. Liquid pumps$32 million · 3.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Trucks$31 million · 3.1%
    3 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Meat and fish meal$27 million · 2.7%
    65 thousand tonnes
  8. Other food preparations$27 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Food processing machinery$25 million · 2.5%
    721 tonnes
  10. Butter and milk fats$23 million · 2.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jakarta to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Jakarta and Rotterdam is 11,799 nautical miles (21,852 km) long: ≈ 27.5–35 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 (11,799 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (9,014 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$4.3 billion · 87.4%
  2. Air$611 million · 12.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Indonesia’s 18th largest trading partner (0.9% of its trade), and Indonesia was the Netherlands’ 39th (0.4%).

The Netherlands in Indonesia’s trade
0.9%
The Netherlands’ rank among Indonesia’s partners
18th
Indonesia in the Netherlands’ trade
0.4%
Indonesia’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
39th

Compare with

Other partners of Indonesia

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.