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Trade between the Netherlands and Turkey

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $5.2 billion to Turkey and imported $7.8 billion. The Netherlands ran a deficit of $2.5 billion with Turkey, compared with a deficit of $1.8 billion in 2019. Turkey was the Netherlands’ 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Turkey’s 13th (2%).

Summary

Netherlands → Turkey
$5.2billion
Turkey → Netherlands
$7.8billion
The Netherlands’ balance
-$2.5billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with Turkey

Trade between the Netherlands and Turkey grew 6.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 5.2
  • Imports 7.8
  • Balance -2.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.1 billion$813 million$330 million
1996$1.4 billion$849 million$587 million
1997$1.5 billion$850 million$678 million
1998$1.5 billion$1.1 billion$443 million
1999$1.4 billion$1.1 billion$247 million
2000$1.6 billion$1 billion$633 million
2001$1.1 billion$1 billion$94 million
2002$1.3 billion$1.2 billion$172 million
2003$1.7 billion$1.7 billion$38 million
2004$2.1 billion$2.1 billion-$62 million
2005$2.3 billion$2.4 billion-$153 million
2006$2.4 billion$2.6 billion-$203 million
2007$2.8 billion$2.8 billion$16 million
2008$3.4 billion$2.9 billion$463 million
2009$2.7 billion$2.1 billion$596 million
2010$3.5 billion$2.5 billion$953 million
2011$4.2 billion$3.2 billion$966 million
2012$3.9 billion$3.2 billion$722 million
2013$3.7 billion$3.9 billion-$206 million
2014$3.9 billion$3.6 billion$278 million
2015$3.3 billion$3.3 billion-$35 million
2016$3.4 billion$3.7 billion-$379 million
2017$4.2 billion$4 billion$157 million
2018$3.7 billion$5.1 billion-$1.4 billion
2019$3.6 billion$5.4 billion-$1.8 billion
2020$4 billion$4.8 billion-$789 million
2021$4.9 billion$6.5 billion-$1.6 billion
2022$4.7 billion$6.6 billion-$1.9 billion
2023$5 billion$7.6 billion-$2.6 billion
2024$5.2 billion$7.8 billion-$2.5 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to Turkey

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

  1. Ferrous scrap$1.1 billion · 21.3%
    2.7 million tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Tractors$258 million · 4.9%
    20 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Ethers and organic peroxides$235 million · 4.5%
    248 thousand tonnes
  4. Refined petroleum$181 million · 3.5%
    198 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Polyethers, polyesters and epoxy resins$126 million · 2.4%
    64 thousand tonnes
  6. Other processed tobacco$111 million · 2.1%
    14 thousand tonnes
  7. Polyethylene$105 million · 2%
    73 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$93 million · 1.8%
    141 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Cyclic hydrocarbons$83 million · 1.6%
    66 thousand tonnes
  10. Synthetic rubber$72 million · 1.4%
    43 thousand tonnes

What Turkey sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Refined petroleum$1.2 billion · 15.4%
    1.4 million tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  2. Women's suits and dresses$524 million · 6.7%
    21 thousand tonnes
  3. Coal tar oils$328 million · 4.2%
    324 thousand tonnes
  4. Jewelry$248 million · 3.2%
    8 tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  5. Men's suits and trousers$239 million · 3.1%
    9 thousand tonnes
  6. Sweaters and pullovers$226 million · 2.9%
    9 thousand tonnes
  7. T-shirts$183 million · 2.4%
    8 thousand tonnes
  8. Cars$157 million · 2%
    17 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  9. Cables and wire$149 million · 1.9%
    18 thousand tonnes · Turkey’s destinations
  10. Women's blouses$130 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Istanbul.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Istanbul is 3,299 nautical miles (6,110 km) long: ≈ 7.5–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

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

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$11.8 billion · 91%
  2. Air$1.2 billion · 9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Turkey was the Netherlands’ 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and the Netherlands was Turkey’s 13th (2%).

Turkey in the Netherlands’ trade
1.1%
Turkey’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
18th
The Netherlands in Turkey’s trade
2.2%
The Netherlands’ rank among Turkey’s partners
13th

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of Turkey

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.