Dashboard Ranking of critical and strategic raw materials in terms of Dutch import value in 2023. Aluminium ranks first in terms of both unprocessed raw materials and raw materials processed into products. Nickel is in second place for unprocessed raw materials, and copper is second for raw materials processed into products. Chapter 2 Ranking of the Dutch import value of critical and strategic raw materials (excluding transit trade), 2023 *1) 1) 5 2 3 4 17 1 1 24 25 6 2 3 Aluminium Coking Coal Nickel Copper Magnesium Rare earth elements Refined petroleum products, (semiconductor) machinery and mobile telephone equipment, modems and routers were the top three export categories in 2023. The top three import categories were crude oil, refined petroleum products and mobile telephone equipment, modems and routers. The infographic shows the primary countries that the Netherlands traded these products with. Which goods are traded and with which partners? (2023*) Exports Imports 1) €66.6 billion €25.2 billion €50.7 billion €29.8 billion €27.0 billion UK 7% Belgium 14% US 6% France 6% US 24% UK 9% Norway 11% Iraq 9% Nigeria 8% Other Germany 10% UK 5% Qatar 5% Vietnam 6% China 25% US 7% Czechia 9% Hong Kong 8% Other Belgium 7% Germany 22% Italy 6% UK 8% €26.4 billion Taiwan 22% South Korea 24% China 24% Other US 11% Germany 22% France 4% Belgium 26% Ireland 4% France 10% Other Other Other Chapter 3 Mobile phones, modems, routers Crude oil 1) In terms of value, natural gas was the second most imported product for the Netherlands in 2023 (€39.1 billion). For confidentiality reasons, the breakdown per trading partner cannot be shown here. Business services, transport services and telecommunication, computer and information services are the three main categories of services imported and exported in 2023. The infographic shows the primary countries that the Netherlands traded these services with. Which services are traded and with which partners? (2023*) Exports 1) Imports €88.6 billion €57.9 billion €41.4 billion €95.4 billion €48.0 billion €27.1 billion UK 11% US 16% Other Other Other Other Germany 12% Belgium 7% Germany 11% UK 16% US 14% France 7% Ireland 8% Germany 16% UK 11% US 11% France 6% Belgium 7% Germany 13% US 8% France 8% Belgium 11% UK 7% UK 16% Germany 11% Ireland 9% India 9% US 15% US 10% Other UK 10% France 7% Business services Business services Transport services Transport services Other France 6% Chapter 4 Ireland 14% Germany 12% Telecommunications, computer and information services Telecommunications, computer and information services 1) In terms of export value, intellectual property was the third most important service for the Netherlands in 2023 (€38.7 billion). For confidentiality reasons, the breakdown per trading partner cannot be shown here. The US, the UK and Germany were the largest investors in the Netherlands in 2023. Dutch investments were mainly in the UK, the US and Switzerland in 2022. 21.5% 17.7% 9.4% 14.4% 10.1% 7.6% 7.5% 4.6% How much is invested internationally? Source: DNB 8.4% 6.4% Top 5: Largest foreign investors in the Netherlands (excluding SPEs), positions in 2023 Top 5: Destinations of Dutch investment (excluding SPEs), positions in 2023 United States United Kingdom Germany Luxembourg Belgium United Kingdom United States Germany Luxembourg Switzerland Chapter 5 Exports yielded 337 billion euros for the Netherlands in 2022, and provided 2.6 million full-time jobs. 1.4 million 1.1 million €165 billion Service exports €130 billion Re-exports €41 billion What is the value added of exports? (2022*) Total €337 billion 1) Total 2.6 million 1) full-time jobs Chapter 6 1) These figures do not add up to the total due to rounding. Of the imports required by the Netherlands in order to produce its exports, 43% came from the EU-28 in 2022. 49 percent of those exports were to the EU. from EU-27 43% from the Americas 17% from Asia 12% from other countries 28% Processing into goods and services in the Netherlands Exported to the rest of the world to EU-27 49% to the Americas 11% to Asia 13% to other countries 27% Processing into goods and services in the Netherlands Imported from the rest of the world Origin and destination of imports used in Dutch export production (2022*) Chapter 7
