The Netherlands Traded More Goods in the First Half of 2025 Than a Year Earlier. Althegh Less Oil and Gas was Traded, More Food, Medicine, and Devices Crossed the Border.
The Export Value was 1.9 percent highher and the import value 2 percent higher, Accordance to CBS.
Trade in Mineral Fuels Remains Significant Behind: Exports plummeted by 15 percent, and imports also decreased by 11 percent. In contrast, food and live animals made a real sprint: almost 20 percent more imports and 13 percent more exports.
The Value of Imports from Belgium and the United Kingdom Decreased. This also applies to the export value to Belgium and France. Exports to Germany grew in the first six months of this year. Dutch Food and Chemical Products in particular Were Very Popular with the Germans.
More Laptops, Tablets and Toys Came From China, Accounting for An Import Increase of 5 percent. In Addition, More Dutch Machines and Medicines Went to the Us, Causing Exports to America to Be Almost 11 percent Higher.