Netherlands Balance of Trade  1960-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

The Dutch trade surplus widened to EUR 4.71 billion in July of 2017 from EUR 3.94 billion in the corresponding month a year earlier. Exports jumped 9.4 percent year-on-year to EUR 36.86 billion, boosted by higher sales of machinery and transport equipment (10.2 percent), chemicals and related products (7.9 percent), food and live animals (7 percent), and mineral fuels and lubricants (11.4 percent). Exports to the EU rose 8.6 percent and those to countries outside the EU increased 11.5 percent. Meanwhile, imports went up at a slower 8.1 percent to EUR 32.15 billion, as purchases rose the most for machinery and transport equipment (14.3 percent), mineral fuels and lubricants (5.1 percent), and miscellaneous manufactured goods (5.5 percent). Imports from the EU increased 7.6 percent and those from countries outside the EU rose 8.7 percent. In the first seven months of the year, the trade surplus widened to EUR 34.13 billion from EUR 30.29 billion in the same period of 2016. Balance of Trade in Netherlands averaged 1067.56 EUR Million from 1960 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 6634.70 EUR Million in June of 2017 and a record low of -907.60 EUR Million in May of 1993.