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Trade between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $27 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $29.3 billion. The Netherlands ran a deficit of $2.3 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $26.3 billion in 2019. The United Kingdom was the Netherlands’ 6th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and the Netherlands was the United Kingdom’s 5th (5%).

Summary

Netherlands → United Kingdom
$27billion
United Kingdom → Netherlands
$29.3billion
The Netherlands’ balance
-$2.3billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom grew 71% since 1995

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

  • Exports 27
  • Imports 29.3
  • Balance -2.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$17.3 billion$15.6 billion$1.7 billion
1996$18.1 billion$15.9 billion$2.3 billion
1997$19.7 billion$18 billion$1.7 billion
1998$21.5 billion$16.2 billion$5.3 billion
1999$21 billion$17.2 billion$3.8 billion
2000$22.4 billion$18.3 billion$4.1 billion
2001$22.2 billion$16.3 billion$5.9 billion
2002$23.5 billion$15.5 billion$8 billion
2003$26.4 billion$16.2 billion$10.2 billion
2004$33.6 billion$19.4 billion$14.2 billion
2005$35.1 billion$18.2 billion$16.9 billion
2006$39 billion$21.9 billion$17.1 billion
2007$46 billion$24.3 billion$21.7 billion
2008$46.7 billion$26.5 billion$20.3 billion
2009$33.3 billion$20.9 billion$12.4 billion
2010$41.6 billion$25 billion$16.6 billion
2011$46.4 billion$31.2 billion$15.1 billion
2012$47.5 billion$31.3 billion$16.2 billion
2013$53.3 billion$33.5 billion$19.8 billion
2014$53.2 billion$31.5 billion$21.7 billion
2015$47 billion$22.3 billion$24.7 billion
2016$47.1 billion$22.5 billion$24.6 billion
2017$50.4 billion$25.7 billion$24.6 billion
2018$55.3 billion$29.6 billion$25.7 billion
2019$53.1 billion$26.8 billion$26.3 billion
2020$46 billion$25.3 billion$20.8 billion
2021$43.1 billion$28.4 billion$14.7 billion
2022$29.7 billion$35.6 billion-$5.9 billion
2023$28.4 billion$29.8 billion-$1.4 billion
2024$27 billion$29.3 billion-$2.3 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to the United Kingdom

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

  1. Refined petroleum$4.1 billion · 15.4%
    5.5 million tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Coal tar oils$649 million · 2.4%
    653 thousand tonnes
  3. Poultry meat$601 million · 2.2%
    139 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Live plants and cuttings$598 million · 2.2%
    172 thousand tonnes
  5. Tractors$530 million · 2%
    35 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Frozen vegetables$511 million · 1.9%
    334 thousand tonnes
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$489 million · 1.8%
    7 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Soft drinks$444 million · 1.7%
    294 thousand tonnes
  9. Cured and smoked meat$415 million · 1.5%
    104 thousand tonnes
  10. Cut flowers$411 million · 1.5%
    52 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

What the United Kingdom sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Crude petroleum$3.6 billion · 12.4%
    7.8 million tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$2.2 billion · 7.5%
    3.8 million tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  3. Natural gas and LPG$1.8 billion · 6%
    2.6 million tonnes
  4. Cameras and broadcast equipment$1.2 billion · 4.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Coal tar oils$1.2 billion · 4%
    1.9 million tonnes
  6. Turbojets and gas turbines$867 million · 3%
    711 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  7. Industrial fatty acids and oils$482 million · 1.7%
    582 thousand tonnes
  8. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$445 million · 1.5%
    7 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  9. Cars$396 million · 1.4%
    36 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  10. Computers$353 million · 1.2%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Felixstowe is 126 nautical miles (234 km) long: ≈ 0.5 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$43.9 billion · 78.1%
  2. Air$12.4 billion · 21.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was the Netherlands’ 6th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and the Netherlands was the United Kingdom’s 5th (5%).

The United Kingdom in the Netherlands’ trade
4.7%
The United Kingdom’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
6th
The Netherlands in the United Kingdom’s trade
5%
The Netherlands’ rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
5th

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of the United Kingdom

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.