# Cuba exports to the Netherlands: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Cuba to the Netherlands, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CUB-NLD/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Cuba reported $34.1M in goods exports to the Netherlands. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $34.1M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 96% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 1 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 92.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 750120 | Nickel: oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy | $41.7M | 94.2% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $29.8M | 91.8% | High attention |
| 3 | 440290 | Wood: charcoal of wood other than bamboo (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | $54.9M | 33.7% | Watch |
| 4 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $307.6M | 93.8% | Watch |
| 5 | 040900 | Honey: natural | $81.2M | 81.9% | Watch |
| 6 | 820750 | Tools, interchangeable: (for machine or hand tools, whether or not power-operated), tools for drilling (other than rock) | $141.7M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 731290 | Iron or steel: plaited bands, slings and the like, not electrically insulated | $14.4M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 870911 | Vehicles: electrical, self-propelled, (not fitted with lifting or handling equipment), of the type used for short distance transport of goods in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports | $11.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 9 | 846711 | Tools: for working in the hand, pneumatic, rotary type (including combined rotary-percussion) | $23.9M | 0% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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