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Trade between Iraq and the Netherlands

In 2024, Iraq exported $4.2 billion to the Netherlands and imported $638 million. Iraq ran a surplus of $3.6 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $1.8 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Iraq’s 7th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Iraq was the Netherlands’ 40th (0.4%).

Summary

Iraq → Netherlands
$4.2billion
Netherlands → Iraq
$638million
Iraq’s balance
$3.6billion

Balance

Iraq’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Iraq and the Netherlands grew 567.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4.2
  • Imports 0.6
  • Balance +3.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$44 thousand$8 million-$8 million
1996$89 thousand$13 million-$13 million
1997$174 million$13 million$161 million
1998$470 million$19 million$451 million
1999$1 billion$27 million$1 billion
2000$623 million$32 million$591 million
2001$796 million$31 million$765 million
2002$588 million$30 million$558 million
2003$288 million$37 million$251 million
2004$280 million$96 million$184 million
2005$292 million$72 million$219 million
2006$527 million$62 million$465 million
2007$1.1 billion$68 million$993 million
2008$1.3 billion$108 million$1.2 billion
2009$1.1 billion$208 million$916 million
2010$1.1 billion$274 million$808 million
2011$2.6 billion$331 million$2.3 billion
2012$2.4 billion$391 million$2 billion
2013$978 million$448 million$530 million
2014$2.2 billion$489 million$1.7 billion
2015$1.7 billion$314 million$1.4 billion
2016$1.8 billion$378 million$1.4 billion
2017$3.1 billion$444 million$2.6 billion
2018$2.7 billion$665 million$2 billion
2019$2.4 billion$561 million$1.8 billion
2020$766 million$429 million$338 million
2021$499 million$587 million-$88 million
2022$4 billion$555 million$3.4 billion
2023$5.3 billion$680 million$4.6 billion
2024$4.2 billion$638 million$3.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Iraq sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Crude petroleum$4.2 billion · 99%
    7.2 million tonnes · Iraq’s destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$18 million · 0.44%
    30 thousand tonnes · Iraq’s destinations
  3. Turbojets and gas turbines$13 million · 0.3%
    21 tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  4. Chemically modified fats and oils$5 million · 0.13%
    6 thousand tonnes
  5. Aircraft parts$837 thousand · 0.02%
    3 tonnes
  6. Navigation instruments$655 thousand · 0.02%
  7. Valves and taps$574 thousand · 0.01%
    6 tonnes
  8. Coal tar oils$497 thousand · 0.01%
    708 tonnes
  9. Seeds for planting$467 thousand · 0.01%
    2 tonnes
  10. Used clothing$364 thousand · 0.01%
    230 tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Iraq

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$62 million · 9.8%
    704 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Eggs in shell$58 million · 9.1%
    10 thousand tonnes
  3. Turbojets and gas turbines$51 million · 8%
    166 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Medical and dental instruments$39 million · 6.1%
    184 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Malt extract and food mixes$28 million · 4.4%
    5 thousand tonnes
  6. Pet and animal feed$26 million · 4.1%
    20 thousand tonnes
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$24 million · 3.8%
    47 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Cameras and broadcast equipment$18 million · 2.8%
    54 tonnes
  9. X-ray and radiation equipment$17 million · 2.6%
    90 tonnes
  10. Seeds for planting$15 million · 2.3%
    126 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Umm Qasr to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Umm Qasr and Rotterdam is 11,791 nautical miles (21,837 km) long: ≈ 27.5–35 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Hormuz, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (11,791 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (6,883 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$4.5 billion · 93.2%
  2. Air$331 million · 6.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Iraq’s 7th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Iraq was the Netherlands’ 40th (0.4%).

The Netherlands in Iraq’s trade
3%
The Netherlands’ rank among Iraq’s partners
7th
Iraq in the Netherlands’ trade
0.4%
Iraq’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
40th

Compare with

Other partners of Iraq

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.