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Trade between the Netherlands and Switzerland

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $7.1 billion to Switzerland and imported $5.6 billion. The Netherlands ran a surplus of $1.5 billion with Switzerland, compared with a surplus of $1.6 billion in 2019. Switzerland was the Netherlands’ 19th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Switzerland’s 16th (2%).

Summary

Netherlands → Switzerland
$7.1billion
Switzerland → Netherlands
$5.6billion
The Netherlands’ balance
$1.5billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with Switzerland

Trade between the Netherlands and Switzerland grew 2.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 7.1
  • Imports 5.6
  • Balance +1.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$3.7 billion$2.2 billion$1.4 billion
1996$3.7 billion$2.1 billion$1.6 billion
1997$3.9 billion$2 billion$1.9 billion
1998$4 billion$2.3 billion$1.8 billion
1999$4 billion$2.6 billion$1.4 billion
2000$4.7 billion$2.4 billion$2.3 billion
2001$4.5 billion$2.3 billion$2.2 billion
2002$4.3 billion$2.5 billion$1.9 billion
2003$4.9 billion$3.1 billion$1.8 billion
2004$5.5 billion$2.8 billion$2.7 billion
2005$6 billion$3.3 billion$2.7 billion
2006$6.6 billion$3.5 billion$3.1 billion
2007$7.3 billion$3.9 billion$3.4 billion
2008$8.3 billion$4 billion$4.3 billion
2009$6.9 billion$3.1 billion$3.9 billion
2010$7.9 billion$3.6 billion$4.3 billion
2011$8.4 billion$4.2 billion$4.2 billion
2012$6.8 billion$3.8 billion$3 billion
2013$6.5 billion$3.7 billion$2.7 billion
2014$6.2 billion$3.8 billion$2.4 billion
2015$5.2 billion$3.3 billion$1.9 billion
2016$5.2 billion$3.7 billion$1.5 billion
2017$5.3 billion$3.8 billion$1.5 billion
2018$5.6 billion$4.4 billion$1.2 billion
2019$5.7 billion$4.1 billion$1.6 billion
2020$5.5 billion$4.8 billion$720 million
2021$5.9 billion$5.8 billion$197 million
2022$5.9 billion$5.3 billion$618 million
2023$6.6 billion$5.6 billion$1 billion
2024$7.1 billion$5.6 billion$1.5 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to Switzerland

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

  1. Vaccines, blood and antisera$1.4 billion · 20%
    99 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$421 million · 5.9%
    499 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Cocoa butter$283 million · 4%
    21 thousand tonnes
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$194 million · 2.7%
    823 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Cut flowers$151 million · 2.1%
    12 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Computers$137 million · 1.9%
    723 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. Live plants and cuttings$137 million · 1.9%
    64 thousand tonnes
  8. Medical and dental instruments$132 million · 1.9%
    513 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Cargo and cruise ships$125 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Nucleic acids and other heterocycles$115 million · 1.6%
    52 tonnes

What Switzerland sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Orthopedic and hearing devices$1.2 billion · 21.3%
    756 tonnes
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$665 million · 12%
    2 thousand tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$642 million · 11.5%
    193 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  4. Medical and dental instruments$266 million · 4.8%
    421 tonnes · Switzerland’s destinations
  5. Vitamins$182 million · 3.3%
    19 thousand tonnes
  6. Other wristwatches$163 million · 2.9%
    14 tonnes
  7. Other industrial machines$100 million · 1.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Paintings and drawings$95 million · 1.7%
    10 tonnes
  9. Precious metal watches$88 million · 1.6%
    2 tonnes
  10. Physical and chemical analysis instruments$84 million · 1.5%
    290 tonnes

How it travels

The Netherlands and Switzerland traded $12.7 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 61% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$4.9 billion · 39.1%
  2. Air$7.7 billion · 60.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Switzerland was the Netherlands’ 19th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Switzerland’s 16th (2%).

Switzerland in the Netherlands’ trade
1.1%
Switzerland’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
19th
The Netherlands in Switzerland’s trade
1.6%
The Netherlands’ rank among Switzerland’s partners
16th

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of Switzerland

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.