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Trade between Morocco and the Netherlands

In 2024, Morocco exported $1.2 billion to the Netherlands and imported $1 billion. Morocco ran a surplus of $161 million with the Netherlands, compared with a deficit of $5 million in 2019. The Netherlands was Morocco’s 16th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Morocco was the Netherlands’ 59th (0.2%).

Summary

Morocco → Netherlands
$1.2billion
Netherlands → Morocco
$1billion
Morocco’s balance
$161million

Balance

Morocco’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Morocco and the Netherlands grew 5.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.2
  • Imports 1
  • Balance +0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$184 million$260 million-$76 million
1996$235 million$238 million-$3 million
1997$218 million$214 million$4 million
1998$199 million$258 million-$59 million
1999$206 million$252 million-$46 million
2000$191 million$237 million-$46 million
2001$222 million$215 million$7 million
2002$263 million$268 million-$5 million
2003$334 million$371 million-$37 million
2004$303 million$451 million-$148 million
2005$372 million$560 million-$188 million
2006$380 million$581 million-$201 million
2007$411 million$1.2 billion-$757 million
2008$562 million$979 million-$416 million
2009$459 million$852 million-$393 million
2010$575 million$697 million-$122 million
2011$677 million$1.1 billion-$378 million
2012$711 million$1.1 billion-$375 million
2013$647 million$801 million-$154 million
2014$688 million$1 billion-$352 million
2015$638 million$849 million-$212 million
2016$604 million$894 million-$290 million
2017$553 million$927 million-$374 million
2018$698 million$1.1 billion-$371 million
2019$912 million$917 million-$5 million
2020$951 million$840 million$111 million
2021$1 billion$1.2 billion-$195 million
2022$954 million$1.3 billion-$368 million
2023$908 million$1.1 billion-$229 million
2024$1.2 billion$1 billion$161 million

What they sell each other

What Morocco sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Cars$172 million · 14.2%
    16 thousand tonnes · Morocco’s destinations
  2. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$117 million · 9.7%
    21 thousand tonnes
  3. Phosphoric acid$94 million · 7.8%
    101 thousand tonnes
  4. Prepared shellfish$59 million · 4.9%
    10 thousand tonnes
  5. Fresh legumes (peas and beans)$55 million · 4.5%
    35 thousand tonnes
  6. Tomatoes$54 million · 4.5%
    66 thousand tonnes · Morocco’s destinations
  7. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$54 million · 4.4%
    15 thousand tonnes
  8. Polyester and other synthetic staple fiber$39 million · 3.3%
    23 thousand tonnes
  9. Other fresh vegetables$35 million · 2.9%
    21 thousand tonnes
  10. Citrus fruit$34 million · 2.9%
    36 thousand tonnes

What the Netherlands sells to Morocco

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

  1. Cheese$63 million · 6.1%
    10 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Plastic and rubber processing machines$55 million · 5.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  3. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$34 million · 3.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  4. Live plants and cuttings$33 million · 3.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  5. Prepared shellfish$28 million · 2.7%
    14 thousand tonnes
  6. Ferrous scrap$27 million · 2.6%
    68 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$27 million · 2.6%
    11 thousand tonnes
  8. Turbojets and gas turbines$27 million · 2.6%
    8 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Industrial fatty acids and oils$25 million · 2.4%
    12 thousand tonnes
  10. Polyester and other synthetic staple fiber$24 million · 2.3%
    13 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Tangier to Rotterdam.

The estimated sea route between Tangier and Rotterdam is 1,423 nautical miles (2,636 km) long: ≈ 3.5–4 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$1.9 billion · 85.2%
  2. Air$334 million · 14.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Morocco’s 16th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Morocco was the Netherlands’ 59th (0.2%).

The Netherlands in Morocco’s trade
1.5%
The Netherlands’ rank among Morocco’s partners
16th
Morocco in the Netherlands’ trade
0.2%
Morocco’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
59th

Compare with

Other partners of Morocco

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.