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Trade between the Netherlands and the Philippines

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $611 million to the Philippines and imported $2.8 billion. The Netherlands ran a deficit of $2.2 billion with the Philippines, compared with a deficit of $872 million in 2019. The Philippines was the Netherlands’ 48th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and the Netherlands was the Philippines’ 16th (1%).

Summary

Netherlands → Philippines
$611million
Philippines → Netherlands
$2.8billion
The Netherlands’ balance
-$2.2billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with the Philippines

Trade between the Netherlands and the Philippines grew 7-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.6
  • Imports 2.8
  • Balance -2.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$203 million$281 million-$78 million
1996$432 million$521 million-$90 million
1997$618 million$1.6 billion-$981 million
1998$264 million$920 million-$655 million
1999$275 million$1 billion-$755 million
2000$375 million$1.2 billion-$855 million
2001$273 million$1.1 billion-$861 million
2002$264 million$873 million-$609 million
2003$347 million$2 billion-$1.7 billion
2004$424 million$2.8 billion-$2.3 billion
2005$431 million$2.3 billion-$1.9 billion
2006$471 million$1.7 billion-$1.2 billion
2007$500 million$2.3 billion-$1.8 billion
2008$487 million$1.9 billion-$1.4 billion
2009$323 million$1.9 billion-$1.6 billion
2010$385 million$1 billion-$620 million
2011$366 million$1.4 billion-$997 million
2012$390 million$1.5 billion-$1.1 billion
2013$365 million$1.6 billion-$1.2 billion
2014$443 million$1.7 billion-$1.3 billion
2015$463 million$1.3 billion-$822 million
2016$565 million$1.4 billion-$828 million
2017$693 million$2.8 billion-$2.1 billion
2018$697 million$3 billion-$2.3 billion
2019$701 million$1.6 billion-$872 million
2020$605 million$1.6 billion-$987 million
2021$637 million$2.2 billion-$1.6 billion
2022$910 million$2.8 billion-$1.9 billion
2023$655 million$2.4 billion-$1.7 billion
2024$611 million$2.8 billion-$2.2 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to the Philippines

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

  1. Pork$74 million · 12.1%
    22 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Edible offal$34 million · 5.6%
    31 thousand tonnes
  3. Microchips$28 million · 4.5%
    14 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Frozen vegetables$20 million · 3.3%
    15 thousand tonnes
  5. Other food preparations$18 million · 2.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Other pharmaceutical goods$17 million · 2.8%
    97 tonnes
  7. Pet and animal feed$17 million · 2.8%
    16 thousand tonnes
  8. Aircraft parts$15 million · 2.5%
    14 tonnes
  9. Cocoa powder$13 million · 2.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  10. Powdered and condensed milk$12 million · 2%
    4 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

What the Philippines sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Microchips$678 million · 24.5%
    278 tonnes · the Philippines’ destinations
  2. Coconut and palm kernel oil$555 million · 20%
    231 thousand tonnes
  3. Computer and office machine parts$429 million · 15.5%
    10 thousand tonnes
  4. Electric heaters and hair dryers$197 million · 7.1%
    4 thousand tonnes
  5. Transformers and power supplies$160 million · 5.8%
    5 thousand tonnes
  6. Home appliances$110 million · 4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Prepared fish and caviar$41 million · 1.5%
    11 thousand tonnes
  8. Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashews$40 million · 1.5%
    27 thousand tonnes
  9. Mattresses, pillows and quilts$35 million · 1.3%
    10 thousand tonnes
  10. Batteries$30 million · 1.1%
    2 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Manila.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Manila is 13,377 nautical miles (24,774 km) long: ≈ 31–40 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (13,377 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (9,930 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$2.1 billion · 61.9%
  2. Air$1.3 billion · 38.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Philippines was the Netherlands’ 48th largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and the Netherlands was the Philippines’ 16th (1%).

The Philippines in the Netherlands’ trade
0.3%
The Philippines’ rank among the Netherlands’ partners
48th
The Netherlands in the Philippines’ trade
1.4%
The Netherlands’ rank among the Philippines’ partners
16th

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of the Philippines

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.