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Trade between the Netherlands and Portugal

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $6.2 billion to Portugal and imported $2.9 billion. The Netherlands ran a surplus of $3.3 billion with Portugal, compared with a surplus of $1.9 billion in 2019. Portugal was the Netherlands’ 26th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Portugal’s 5th (5%).

Summary

Netherlands → Portugal
$6.2billion
Portugal → Netherlands
$2.9billion
The Netherlands’ balance
$3.3billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with Portugal

Trade between the Netherlands and Portugal grew 3.4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 6.2
  • Imports 2.9
  • Balance +3.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.6 billion$1.1 billion$484 million
1996$1.5 billion$1.1 billion$364 million
1997$2 billion$1.3 billion$740 million
1998$1.8 billion$1.1 billion$731 million
1999$1.9 billion$966 million$954 million
2000$1.8 billion$1 billion$826 million
2001$1.9 billion$1.1 billion$873 million
2002$1.8 billion$1.1 billion$754 million
2003$2.2 billion$1.3 billion$901 million
2004$2.6 billion$1.5 billion$1.2 billion
2005$2.8 billion$1.5 billion$1.3 billion
2006$3.3 billion$1.6 billion$1.7 billion
2007$3.8 billion$1.7 billion$2.1 billion
2008$4.4 billion$1.8 billion$2.6 billion
2009$3.8 billion$1.5 billion$2.3 billion
2010$4.1 billion$1.9 billion$2.2 billion
2011$4 billion$2.5 billion$1.6 billion
2012$3.5 billion$2.4 billion$1.1 billion
2013$3.7 billion$2.6 billion$1.2 billion
2014$4 billion$2.5 billion$1.5 billion
2015$3.4 billion$2.2 billion$1.2 billion
2016$3.5 billion$2.1 billion$1.4 billion
2017$4.3 billion$2.5 billion$1.8 billion
2018$5 billion$2.8 billion$2.2 billion
2019$4.6 billion$2.7 billion$1.9 billion
2020$4.2 billion$2.3 billion$1.9 billion
2021$5.2 billion$2.9 billion$2.3 billion
2022$5.8 billion$3.2 billion$2.5 billion
2023$6.1 billion$2.9 billion$3.3 billion
2024$6.2 billion$2.9 billion$3.3 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to Portugal

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

  1. Computers$294 million · 4.8%
    1 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Nucleic acids and other heterocycles$268 million · 4.4%
    64 tonnes
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$200 million · 3.3%
    115 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Refined petroleum$192 million · 3.1%
    307 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$192 million · 3.1%
    1 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Dried, salted and smoked fish$174 million · 2.8%
    19 thousand tonnes
  7. Medical and dental instruments$173 million · 2.8%
    696 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Microchips$171 million · 2.8%
    507 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Fresh beef$156 million · 2.5%
    18 thousand tonnes
  10. Cameras and broadcast equipment$154 million · 2.5%
    888 tonnes

What Portugal sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Refined petroleum$405 million · 14.2%
    550 thousand tonnes · Portugal’s destinations
  2. Leather footwear$170 million · 6%
    4 thousand tonnes
  3. Coal tar oils$138 million · 4.8%
    123 thousand tonnes
  4. Chemical wood pulp$133 million · 4.7%
    192 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  5. Polyurethane and other resins$116 million · 4.1%
    84 thousand tonnes
  6. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$75 million · 2.6%
    10 thousand tonnes
  7. Wine$57 million · 2%
    14 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  8. T-shirts$48 million · 1.7%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Men's suits and trousers$48 million · 1.7%
    570 tonnes
  10. Motorcycles$45 million · 1.6%
    1 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Sines.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Sines is 1,183 nautical miles (2,190 km) long: ≈ 2.5–3.5 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$6.4 billion · 71%
  2. Air$2.6 billion · 29%

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

How much each matters to the other

Portugal was the Netherlands’ 26th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Portugal’s 5th (5%).

Portugal in the Netherlands’ trade
0.8%
Portugal’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
26th
The Netherlands in Portugal’s trade
4.5%
The Netherlands’ rank among Portugal’s partners
5th

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of Portugal

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.