# Netherlands exports to Taiwan: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Netherlands reported $5.5B in goods exports to Taiwan. 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 | $5.5B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 92.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 7 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 164 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.3 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 46.2% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 848620 | Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits | $10.6B | 66.2% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 848690 | Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $5.2B | 36.8% | High attention |
| 3 | 900290 | Optical elements: n.e.s. in heading no. 9002 (eg prisms and mirrors), mounted, being parts or fittings for instruments or apparatus, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | $551.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 903190 | Instruments, appliances and machines: parts and accessories for those measuring or checking devices of heading no. 9031 | $873.4M | 15.9% | High attention |
| 5 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $474.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $2.9B | 22% | Watch |
| 7 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $2.9B | 47.4% | High attention |
| 8 | 901210 | Microscopes (excluding optical microscopes): diffraction apparatus | $168.0M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 853710 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $981.8M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $202.9M | 72.6% | Critical 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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