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Trade between the Netherlands and Spain

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $20.2 billion to Spain and imported $11.6 billion. The Netherlands ran a surplus of $8.5 billion with Spain, compared with a surplus of $5.3 billion in 2019. Spain was the Netherlands’ 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Spain’s 8th (4%).

Summary

Netherlands → Spain
$20.2billion
Spain → Netherlands
$11.6billion
The Netherlands’ balance
$8.5billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with Spain

Trade between the Netherlands and Spain grew 3.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 20.2
  • Imports 11.6
  • Balance +8.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$5 billion$3.3 billion$1.6 billion
1996$5 billion$3.6 billion$1.4 billion
1997$5.3 billion$4.3 billion$931 million
1998$6 billion$4 billion$2 billion
1999$6 billion$3.9 billion$2.1 billion
2000$6.1 billion$4.1 billion$2 billion
2001$6.5 billion$4 billion$2.5 billion
2002$6.8 billion$3.9 billion$2.9 billion
2003$8.7 billion$4.7 billion$4 billion
2004$10.7 billion$5.8 billion$4.9 billion
2005$12.2 billion$5.7 billion$6.5 billion
2006$13.3 billion$6.6 billion$6.6 billion
2007$15.4 billion$7.8 billion$7.6 billion
2008$15.8 billion$8.4 billion$7.4 billion
2009$12.7 billion$6.3 billion$6.4 billion
2010$14.2 billion$7.7 billion$6.5 billion
2011$14.9 billion$8.8 billion$6.1 billion
2012$14.3 billion$8.8 billion$5.5 billion
2013$13.3 billion$9.1 billion$4.2 billion
2014$14.1 billion$10.2 billion$3.8 billion
2015$12.7 billion$8.1 billion$4.6 billion
2016$12.9 billion$8.4 billion$4.5 billion
2017$14.7 billion$9.8 billion$4.8 billion
2018$15.3 billion$11.1 billion$4.2 billion
2019$15.8 billion$10.5 billion$5.3 billion
2020$14.6 billion$10.5 billion$4.1 billion
2021$19.7 billion$12.7 billion$7.1 billion
2022$20.5 billion$13.7 billion$6.8 billion
2023$21 billion$11.9 billion$9.1 billion
2024$20.2 billion$11.6 billion$8.5 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to Spain

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.2 billion · 6%
    1.5 million tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$832 million · 4.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  3. Computers$807 million · 4%
    7 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Medical and dental instruments$720 million · 3.6%
    4 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$539 million · 2.7%
    5 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Unwrought aluminum$502 million · 2.5%
    157 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Cars$501 million · 2.5%
    24 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Cheese$419 million · 2.1%
    89 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Vaccines, blood and antisera$409 million · 2%
    748 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  10. Computer and office machine parts$321 million · 1.6%
    7 thousand tonnes

What Spain sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.4 billion · 11.8%
    1.5 million tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  2. Cars$431 million · 3.7%
    27 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  3. Other fresh vegetables$307 million · 2.6%
    168 thousand tonnes
  4. Coal tar oils$287 million · 2.5%
    518 thousand tonnes
  5. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$271 million · 2.3%
    55 thousand tonnes
  6. Perfumes$206 million · 1.8%
    4 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  7. Wine$196 million · 1.7%
    60 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  8. Citrus fruit$166 million · 1.4%
    161 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  9. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$160 million · 1.4%
    3 thousand tonnes · Spain’s destinations
  10. Industrial fatty acids and oils$151 million · 1.3%
    141 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Valencia.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Valencia is 1,845 nautical miles (3,417 km) long: ≈ 4.5–5.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover and Strait of Gibraltar.

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$24.6 billion · 77.5%
  2. Air$7.2 billion · 22.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

Spain was the Netherlands’ 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Spain’s 8th (4%).

Spain in the Netherlands’ trade
2.7%
Spain’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
8th
The Netherlands in Spain’s trade
3.8%
The Netherlands’ rank among Spain’s partners
8th

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of Spain

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.