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Trade between the Netherlands and Sweden

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $17.3 billion to Sweden and imported $10.2 billion. The Netherlands ran a surplus of $7.1 billion with Sweden, compared with a surplus of $4.8 billion in 2019. Sweden was the Netherlands’ 10th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Sweden’s 2nd (8%).

Summary

Netherlands → Sweden
$17.3billion
Sweden → Netherlands
$10.2billion
The Netherlands’ balance
$7.1billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with Sweden

Trade between the Netherlands and Sweden grew 3.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 17.3
  • Imports 10.2
  • Balance +7.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4.6 billion$4.3 billion$321 million
1996$4.9 billion$4.4 billion$511 million
1997$5.2 billion$4.8 billion$430 million
1998$5.3 billion$4.6 billion$706 million
1999$4.3 billion$4.9 billion-$564 million
2000$5 billion$4.2 billion$846 million
2001$4.2 billion$3.7 billion$495 million
2002$4.6 billion$3.8 billion$753 million
2003$5.4 billion$4.6 billion$783 million
2004$6.5 billion$5.3 billion$1.2 billion
2005$7.2 billion$5.2 billion$2 billion
2006$7.8 billion$6.4 billion$1.4 billion
2007$9 billion$7.4 billion$1.6 billion
2008$9.5 billion$8.5 billion$1 billion
2009$7.2 billion$5.3 billion$1.9 billion
2010$8.7 billion$6.9 billion$1.8 billion
2011$10.3 billion$8.8 billion$1.5 billion
2012$10.9 billion$8.8 billion$2.2 billion
2013$11.7 billion$8.9 billion$2.8 billion
2014$12.2 billion$8.8 billion$3.4 billion
2015$10.6 billion$7.3 billion$3.3 billion
2016$10.8 billion$7.3 billion$3.5 billion
2017$11.8 billion$7.8 billion$4 billion
2018$13.5 billion$9 billion$4.5 billion
2019$12.6 billion$7.8 billion$4.8 billion
2020$12.4 billion$7.7 billion$4.7 billion
2021$15.8 billion$9.7 billion$6.1 billion
2022$18 billion$9.6 billion$8.4 billion
2023$18.2 billion$10.1 billion$8.1 billion
2024$17.3 billion$10.2 billion$7.1 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to Sweden

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

  1. Computers$2.9 billion · 16.8%
    6 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$1.1 billion · 6.1%
    1.2 million tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$781 million · 4.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  4. Cars$733 million · 4.2%
    34 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Computer and office machine parts$652 million · 3.8%
    10 thousand tonnes
  6. Medical and dental instruments$377 million · 2.2%
    2 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$371 million · 2.1%
    231 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$317 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Radioactive elements$312 million · 1.8%
    170 tonnes
  10. Auto parts$244 million · 1.4%
    27 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

What Sweden sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.1 billion · 10.8%
    1.3 million tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$866 million · 8.5%
    99 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  3. Cars$615 million · 6%
    28 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  4. Vehicle bodies and cabs$560 million · 5.5%
    30 thousand tonnes
  5. Diesel engines$516 million · 5.1%
    43 thousand tonnes
  6. Coal tar oils$435 million · 4.3%
    801 thousand tonnes
  7. Chemical wood pulp$334 million · 3.3%
    390 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  8. Sawn wood$280 million · 2.8%
    501 thousand tonnes · Sweden’s destinations
  9. Fresh fish$274 million · 2.7%
    43 thousand tonnes
  10. Iron ore$241 million · 2.4%
    2.2 million tonnes · Sweden’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Gothenburg.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Gothenburg is 518 nautical miles (959 km) long: ≈ 1–1.5 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$18.3 billion · 66.5%
  2. Air$9.2 billion · 33.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

Sweden was the Netherlands’ 10th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Sweden’s 2nd (8%).

Sweden in the Netherlands’ trade
2.3%
Sweden’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
10th
The Netherlands in Sweden’s trade
7.7%
The Netherlands’ rank among Sweden’s partners
2nd

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of Sweden

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.