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Trade between the Netherlands and Norway

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $4.9 billion to Norway and imported $14.5 billion. The Netherlands ran a deficit of $9.6 billion with Norway, compared with a deficit of $6.6 billion in 2019. Norway was the Netherlands’ 12th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Norway’s 4th (7%).

Summary

Netherlands → Norway
$4.9billion
Norway → Netherlands
$14.5billion
The Netherlands’ balance
-$9.6billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with Norway

Trade between the Netherlands and Norway grew 4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4.9
  • Imports 14.5
  • Balance -9.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.5 billion$3.4 billion-$2 billion
1996$1.5 billion$4.4 billion-$2.8 billion
1997$1.6 billion$4.3 billion-$2.8 billion
1998$1.7 billion$3.5 billion-$1.8 billion
1999$1.7 billion$3.8 billion-$2.1 billion
2000$1.4 billion$5.2 billion-$3.9 billion
2001$1.4 billion$4.5 billion-$3.1 billion
2002$1.7 billion$4 billion-$2.3 billion
2003$1.8 billion$5 billion-$3.2 billion
2004$2.3 billion$6.5 billion-$4.2 billion
2005$2.3 billion$10.2 billion-$7.9 billion
2006$2.7 billion$8.8 billion-$6.1 billion
2007$3.1 billion$10.5 billion-$7.4 billion
2008$3.7 billion$12.2 billion-$8.5 billion
2009$2.8 billion$9.8 billion-$7 billion
2010$3.1 billion$12.5 billion-$9.5 billion
2011$3.9 billion$14.7 billion-$10.8 billion
2012$3.6 billion$16.4 billion-$12.8 billion
2013$3.7 billion$13.9 billion-$10.2 billion
2014$3.5 billion$16.3 billion-$12.8 billion
2015$3.2 billion$10.2 billion-$7.1 billion
2016$3.1 billion$7.5 billion-$4.4 billion
2017$3.5 billion$8.3 billion-$4.9 billion
2018$3.4 billion$11.3 billion-$7.9 billion
2019$3.4 billion$10 billion-$6.6 billion
2020$3.3 billion$7.5 billion-$4.2 billion
2021$3.9 billion$10.8 billion-$6.9 billion
2022$4.7 billion$12.7 billion-$8 billion
2023$5 billion$12 billion-$6.9 billion
2024$4.9 billion$14.5 billion-$9.6 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to Norway

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.2 billion · 25.2%
    1.5 million tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Industrial fatty acids and oils$158 million · 3.2%
    118 thousand tonnes
  3. Coal$127 million · 2.6%
    415 thousand tonnes
  4. Soft drinks$100 million · 2%
    67 thousand tonnes
  5. Computers$91 million · 1.9%
    132 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$83 million · 1.7%
    22 thousand tonnes
  7. Pet and animal feed$75 million · 1.5%
    33 thousand tonnes
  8. Trucks$67 million · 1.4%
    6 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Petroleum coke and bitumen$67 million · 1.4%
    117 thousand tonnes
  10. Cyclic hydrocarbons$66 million · 1.4%
    52 thousand tonnes

What Norway sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Crude petroleum$5.5 billion · 38%
    11 million tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  2. Natural gas and LPG$4.7 billion · 32.7%
    8.7 million tonnes
  3. Unwrought aluminum$697 million · 4.8%
    262 thousand tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  4. Fresh fish$423 million · 2.9%
    80 thousand tonnes
  5. Refined petroleum$345 million · 2.4%
    421 thousand tonnes · Norway’s destinations
  6. Electricity$303 million · 2.1%
    Norway’s destinations
  7. Unwrought zinc$268 million · 1.9%
    88 thousand tonnes
  8. Ferroalloys$235 million · 1.6%
    151 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  9. Unwrought nickel$203 million · 1.4%
    33 thousand tonnes
  10. Aluminum sheet$107 million · 0.74%
    21 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Oslo.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Oslo is 557 nautical miles (1,032 km) long: ≈ 1.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$18.1 billion · 93.5%
  2. Air$1.3 billion · 6.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

Norway was the Netherlands’ 12th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Norway’s 4th (7%).

Norway in the Netherlands’ trade
1.6%
Norway’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
12th
The Netherlands in Norway’s trade
7.1%
The Netherlands’ rank among Norway’s partners
4th

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of Norway

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.