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Trade between the Netherlands and Russia

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $2.4 billion to Russia and imported $2.1 billion. The Netherlands ran a surplus of $300 million with Russia, compared with a deficit of $32.1 billion in 2019. Russia was the Netherlands’ 43rd largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Russia’s 22nd (0.8%).

Summary

Netherlands → Russia
$2.4billion
Russia → Netherlands
$2.1billion
The Netherlands’ balance
$300million

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with Russia

Trade between the Netherlands and Russia grew 54% since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.4
  • Imports 2.1
  • Balance +0.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.6 billion$1.3 billion$276 million
1996$1.2 billion$2.9 billion-$1.6 billion
1997$1.5 billion$3.3 billion-$1.8 billion
1998$1.1 billion$2.9 billion-$1.8 billion
1999$834 million$2.7 billion-$1.9 billion
2000$947 million$3.6 billion-$2.7 billion
2001$1.1 billion$4.1 billion-$3 billion
2002$1.4 billion$6 billion-$4.6 billion
2003$1.7 billion$7 billion-$5.3 billion
2004$2 billion$12 billion-$10.1 billion
2005$2.7 billion$21.2 billion-$18.6 billion
2006$3.5 billion$31.5 billion-$28 billion
2007$5 billion$38.4 billion-$33.4 billion
2008$5.7 billion$44.5 billion-$38.8 billion
2009$3.9 billion$32.6 billion-$28.7 billion
2010$5.2 billion$39 billion-$33.8 billion
2011$6.6 billion$50 billion-$43.4 billion
2012$6.8 billion$60.4 billion-$53.6 billion
2013$6.5 billion$45.5 billion-$39 billion
2014$6 billion$53.7 billion-$47.7 billion
2015$3.4 billion$32.8 billion-$29.4 billion
2016$3.9 billion$23.7 billion-$19.8 billion
2017$4.6 billion$31.9 billion-$27.3 billion
2018$4.3 billion$36.6 billion-$32.3 billion
2019$4.9 billion$37 billion-$32.1 billion
2020$4.4 billion$18 billion-$13.6 billion
2021$5.2 billion$31 billion-$25.7 billion
2022$3.8 billion$19.7 billion-$15.8 billion
2023$2.6 billion$3 billion-$419 million
2024$2.4 billion$2.1 billion$300 million

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to Russia

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$341 million · 14.4%
    587 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Cut flowers$307 million · 13%
    33 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Medical and dental instruments$268 million · 11.4%
    1 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Orthopedic and hearing devices$178 million · 7.5%
    178 tonnes
  5. Avocados, mangoes, pineapples and dates$95 million · 4%
    35 thousand tonnes
  6. Cocoa powder$65 million · 2.8%
    15 thousand tonnes
  7. Coffee$59 million · 2.5%
    9 thousand tonnes
  8. Cocoa paste$59 million · 2.5%
    7 thousand tonnes
  9. Other plastic articles$43 million · 1.8%
    373 tonnes
  10. Fragrance mixtures$42 million · 1.8%
    1 thousand tonnes

What Russia sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Natural gas and LPG$802 million · 38.9%
    1.2 million tonnes
  2. Crude petroleum$674 million · 32.7%
    1.2 million tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  3. Refined copper$130 million · 6.3%
    14 thousand tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  4. Natural phosphates$102 million · 5%
    344 thousand tonnes
  5. Fish fillets$67 million · 3.2%
    11 thousand tonnes
  6. Frozen fish$44 million · 2.1%
    11 thousand tonnes
  7. Isotopes and their compounds$40 million · 1.9%
  8. Unwrought nickel$34 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Ferroalloys$21 million · 1%
    9 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  10. Nitrogen fertilizers$21 million · 1%
    56 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Saint Petersburg.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Saint Petersburg is 1,369 nautical miles (2,536 km) long: ≈ 3–4 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund.

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$3.3 billion · 74.7%
  2. Air$1.1 billion · 25.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

Russia was the Netherlands’ 43rd largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Russia’s 22nd (0.8%).

Russia in the Netherlands’ trade
0.4%
Russia’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
43rd
The Netherlands in Russia’s trade
0.8%
The Netherlands’ rank among Russia’s partners
22nd

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of Russia

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.