globaltraffic.earth

Trade between Japan and the Netherlands

In 2024, Japan exported $7.9 billion to the Netherlands and imported $3.7 billion. Japan ran a surplus of $4.2 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $6.1 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Japan’s 25th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Japan was the Netherlands’ 21st (1%).

Summary

Japan → Netherlands
$7.9billion
Netherlands → Japan
$3.7billion
Japan’s balance
$4.2billion

Balance

Japan’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Japan and the Netherlands grew 34% since 1995

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

  • Exports 7.9
  • Imports 3.7
  • Balance +4.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$6.6 billion$2.2 billion$4.4 billion
1996$6.9 billion$2.1 billion$4.8 billion
1997$7.1 billion$2 billion$5.2 billion
1998$8.5 billion$1.8 billion$6.7 billion
1999$8.4 billion$1.9 billion$6.5 billion
2000$10 billion$1.9 billion$8.1 billion
2001$9.4 billion$1.9 billion$7.6 billion
2002$7.5 billion$1.8 billion$5.7 billion
2003$9.4 billion$2 billion$7.4 billion
2004$10.7 billion$2.2 billion$8.6 billion
2005$10.6 billion$2.3 billion$8.3 billion
2006$11.4 billion$2.2 billion$9.1 billion
2007$11.1 billion$2.9 billion$8.2 billion
2008$14.6 billion$3.9 billion$10.8 billion
2009$10.5 billion$2.6 billion$7.9 billion
2010$12.5 billion$3.1 billion$9.4 billion
2011$14.4 billion$4.2 billion$10.3 billion
2012$12.9 billion$3.2 billion$9.7 billion
2013$10.6 billion$3.1 billion$7.6 billion
2014$10.8 billion$4.3 billion$6.4 billion
2015$9.1 billion$2.9 billion$6.2 billion
2016$8.2 billion$2.6 billion$5.6 billion
2017$9.5 billion$2.9 billion$6.6 billion
2018$10 billion$3.6 billion$6.4 billion
2019$9.5 billion$3.4 billion$6.1 billion
2020$8.8 billion$3.5 billion$5.3 billion
2021$9.5 billion$3.7 billion$5.8 billion
2022$9.6 billion$3.9 billion$5.6 billion
2023$9.6 billion$4.4 billion$5.2 billion
2024$7.9 billion$3.7 billion$4.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Japan sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Printers and printing machines$644 million · 8.1%
    16 thousand tonnes
  2. Motorcycles$302 million · 3.8%
    8 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  3. Medical and dental instruments$296 million · 3.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  4. Bulldozers and excavators$286 million · 3.6%
    63 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  5. Video recorders and players$241 million · 3%
    610 tonnes
  6. Computer and office machine parts$240 million · 3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Cars$204 million · 2.6%
    27 thousand tonnes · Japan’s destinations
  8. Other industrial machines$196 million · 2.5%
    916 tonnes
  9. X-ray and radiation equipment$178 million · 2.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Printing and writing inks$166 million · 2.1%
    4 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Japan

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

  1. Other industrial machines$926 million · 24.9%
    1 thousand tonnes
  2. Vaccines, blood and antisera$337 million · 9.1%
    163 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Microchips$168 million · 4.5%
    47 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$117 million · 3.1%
    58 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Cheese$99 million · 2.7%
    23 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Medical and dental instruments$91 million · 2.4%
    242 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Pork$76 million · 2%
    16 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Frozen vegetables$74 million · 2%
    45 thousand tonnes
  9. X-ray and radiation equipment$66 million · 1.8%
    555 tonnes
  10. Cocoa powder$48 million · 1.3%
    8 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Yokohama to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Yokohama and Rotterdam is 14,980 nautical miles (27,742 km) long: ≈ 34.5–44.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (14,980 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (11,527 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$5.6 billion · 48.4%
  2. Air$6 billion · 51.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Japan’s 25th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Japan was the Netherlands’ 21st (1%).

The Netherlands in Japan’s trade
0.8%
The Netherlands’ rank among Japan’s partners
25th
Japan in the Netherlands’ trade
1%
Japan’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
21st

Compare with

Other partners of Japan

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.