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Trade between Ireland and the Netherlands

In 2024, Ireland exported $14.1 billion to the Netherlands and imported $7.7 billion. Ireland ran a surplus of $6.4 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $6.6 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Ireland’s 6th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Ireland was the Netherlands’ 11th (2%).

Summary

Ireland → Netherlands
$14.1billion
Netherlands → Ireland
$7.7billion
Ireland’s balance
$6.4billion

Balance

Ireland’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Ireland and the Netherlands grew 7.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 14.1
  • Imports 7.7
  • Balance +6.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.2 billion$927 million$1.2 billion
1996$1.9 billion$1.1 billion$766 million
1997$2.9 billion$2 billion$896 million
1998$2.7 billion$1.4 billion$1.3 billion
1999$3.9 billion$1.5 billion$2.4 billion
2000$3.1 billion$1.7 billion$1.4 billion
2001$3 billion$1.9 billion$1.1 billion
2002$2.9 billion$1.8 billion$1.1 billion
2003$4.2 billion$2.1 billion$2.1 billion
2004$4 billion$2.5 billion$1.5 billion
2005$4.6 billion$2.9 billion$1.7 billion
2006$3.8 billion$3.2 billion$567 million
2007$4.2 billion$3.8 billion$454 million
2008$4.4 billion$4.3 billion$109 million
2009$4.1 billion$3.3 billion$851 million
2010$4.9 billion$3 billion$1.8 billion
2011$5.3 billion$3.6 billion$1.7 billion
2012$6 billion$3.2 billion$2.8 billion
2013$6.8 billion$4.1 billion$2.6 billion
2014$6.3 billion$3.9 billion$2.4 billion
2015$5.6 billion$2.9 billion$2.7 billion
2016$6.4 billion$3 billion$3.4 billion
2017$6.5 billion$2.9 billion$3.6 billion
2018$8.1 billion$3.7 billion$4.4 billion
2019$10.3 billion$3.7 billion$6.6 billion
2020$10.1 billion$3.9 billion$6.2 billion
2021$11.7 billion$5.3 billion$6.4 billion
2022$11.2 billion$5.3 billion$6 billion
2023$13.3 billion$6.5 billion$6.8 billion
2024$14.1 billion$7.7 billion$6.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Ireland sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Medical and dental instruments$3.4 billion · 24.5%
    17 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  2. Orthopedic and hearing devices$1.8 billion · 12.7%
    1 thousand tonnes
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$1.6 billion · 11.2%
    1 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  4. Industrial fatty acids and oils$1.5 billion · 10.8%
    8 thousand tonnes
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$975 million · 6.9%
    8 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  6. Cameras and broadcast equipment$686 million · 4.9%
    497 tonnes
  7. Cheese$400 million · 2.8%
    86 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  8. Other plastic articles$352 million · 2.5%
    5 thousand tonnes
  9. Computers$352 million · 2.5%
    1 thousand tonnes · Ireland’s destinations
  10. Fragrance mixtures$243 million · 1.7%
    7 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Ireland

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.3 billion · 17.1%
    1.5 million tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Other industrial machines$618 million · 8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$447 million · 5.8%
    82 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$381 million · 5%
    998 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Computers$258 million · 3.4%
    1 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$118 million · 1.5%
    643 tonnes
  7. Medical and dental instruments$116 million · 1.5%
    876 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Poultry meat$116 million · 1.5%
    27 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Nucleic acids and other heterocycles$89 million · 1.2%
    929 tonnes
  10. Water heaters and industrial dryers$88 million · 1.1%
    376 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Dublin to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Dublin and Rotterdam is 664 nautical miles (1,230 km) long: ≈ 1.5–2 days 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$7.4 billion · 33.9%
  2. Air$14.4 billion · 66.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Ireland’s 6th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Ireland was the Netherlands’ 11th (2%).

The Netherlands in Ireland’s trade
5.5%
The Netherlands’ rank among Ireland’s partners
6th
Ireland in the Netherlands’ trade
1.8%
Ireland’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
11th

Compare with

Other partners of Ireland

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.