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

Understand reported exports from Gabon 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/GAB-NLD/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Gabon reported $522.1M in goods exports to the Netherlands. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $522.1M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 14.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 7 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 9.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $49.2B | 0% | Watch |
| 2 | 271019 | Not reported | $26.4B | 50.8% | High attention |
| 3 | 890520 | Floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | $17.9M | 56.3% | Critical attention |
| 4 | 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $3.8B | 71% | High attention |
| 5 | 441231 | Plywood: consisting only of sheets of wood (not bamboo), each ply 6mm or thinner, with at least one outer ply of tropical wood, (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff) | $127.7M | 48.4% | Stable |
| 6 | 890190 | Vessels: n.e.s. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods | $208.5M | 68.9% | High attention |
| 7 | 890590 | Vessels: light, fire-floats, floating cranes and other vessels, the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function, floating docks | $17.4M | 91.9% | High attention |
| 8 | 440922 | Wood: tropical (including unassembled strips and friezes for parquet flooring), continuously shaped along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | $71.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 890400 | Tugs and pusher craft | $84.7M | 85.5% | High attention |
| 10 | 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $1.1B | 85.2% | High attention |

## 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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