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Trade between the Netherlands and the United States

In 2024, the Netherlands exported $30.3 billion to the United States and imported $63.2 billion. The Netherlands ran a deficit of $32.9 billion with the United States, compared with a deficit of $20.8 billion in 2019. The United States was the Netherlands’ 3rd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and the Netherlands was the United States’ 14th (2%).

Summary

Netherlands → United States
$30.3billion
United States → Netherlands
$63.2billion
The Netherlands’ balance
-$32.9billion

Balance

The Netherlands’ trade balance with the United States

Trade between the Netherlands and the United States grew 4.5-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 30.3
  • Imports 63.2
  • Balance -32.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$6.3 billion$14.2 billion-$7.9 billion
1996$6.6 billion$14.7 billion-$8.1 billion
1997$7.3 billion$16.9 billion-$9.6 billion
1998$7.4 billion$16.7 billion-$9.3 billion
1999$8.3 billion$18.2 billion-$10 billion
2000$9.1 billion$18.5 billion-$9.4 billion
2001$8.9 billion$17.8 billion-$8.9 billion
2002$9.5 billion$16.7 billion-$7.1 billion
2003$10.3 billion$18.5 billion-$8.2 billion
2004$12.2 billion$22.1 billion-$9.8 billion
2005$14.3 billion$24.6 billion-$10.3 billion
2006$17.1 billion$31.8 billion-$14.7 billion
2007$18 billion$34.2 billion-$16.3 billion
2008$19 billion$36.5 billion-$17.6 billion
2009$13.4 billion$26.6 billion-$13.2 billion
2010$16.5 billion$28.3 billion-$11.8 billion
2011$20.7 billion$33.4 billion-$12.7 billion
2012$20.4 billion$34.1 billion-$13.7 billion
2013$18 billion$34 billion-$15.9 billion
2014$20.7 billion$33.5 billion-$12.8 billion
2015$16.4 billion$35.3 billion-$18.9 billion
2016$15.4 billion$35.3 billion-$20 billion
2017$17 billion$34.9 billion-$17.8 billion
2018$21.3 billion$40.3 billion-$18.9 billion
2019$22.5 billion$43.3 billion-$20.8 billion
2020$19.7 billion$40.8 billion-$21.1 billion
2021$25.6 billion$47.3 billion-$21.7 billion
2022$29 billion$61.9 billion-$32.9 billion
2023$33.2 billion$63.1 billion-$29.9 billion
2024$30.3 billion$63.2 billion-$32.9 billion

What they sell each other

What the Netherlands sells to the United States

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

  1. Vaccines, blood and antisera$5.5 billion · 18.2%
    252 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$4.3 billion · 14.1%
    6.4 million tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Other industrial machines$1.8 billion · 5.9%
    7 thousand tonnes
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$828 million · 2.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Radioactive elements$726 million · 2.4%
    472 tonnes
  6. Beer$722 million · 2.4%
    422 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  7. X-ray and radiation equipment$566 million · 1.9%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Computers$558 million · 1.9%
    2 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  9. Coated flat steel$511 million · 1.7%
    303 thousand tonnes
  10. Aircraft parts$393 million · 1.3%
    835 tonnes

What the United States sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Crude petroleum$13 billion · 20.6%
    25.3 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Natural gas and LPG$6.9 billion · 10.9%
    10.8 million tonnes
  3. Medical and dental instruments$5.2 billion · 8.3%
    27 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  4. Computers$3.1 billion · 5%
    7 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Orthopedic and hearing devices$2.7 billion · 4.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Cameras and broadcast equipment$2.4 billion · 3.8%
    10 thousand tonnes
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$1.7 billion · 2.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Other industrial machines$1.6 billion · 2.5%
    5 thousand tonnes
  9. Refined petroleum$1.5 billion · 2.3%
    3.3 million tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Computer and office machine parts$1.3 billion · 2.1%
    3 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Rotterdam to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Rotterdam and Los Angeles is 7,968 nautical miles (14,757 km) long: ≈ 18.5–23.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover and Panama Canal.

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$48.6 billion · 52.1%
  2. Air$44.8 billion · 47.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was the Netherlands’ 3rd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and the Netherlands was the United States’ 14th (2%).

The United States in the Netherlands’ trade
7.9%
The United States’ rank among the Netherlands’ partners
3rd
The Netherlands in the United States’ trade
1.9%
The Netherlands’ rank among the United States’ partners
14th

Compare with

Other partners of the Netherlands

Other partners of the United States

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.