Largest market shown
Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
$49.2B of latest reported imports and $18.5B of calculated three-year opportunity.
Importer opportunity guide
Netherlands import opportunities
where to source next
Explore Netherlands's import market by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and sourcing gaps. Use reported market size and calculated indicators to decide where deeper supplier research may be useful.
Latest imports$645.6B2024 reported value
Import CAGR+0.4%Three-year reported change
GDP$1.2TLatest reported value
GDP per capita$67.5KLatest reported value
Trade openness121.9%Reported share of GDP
Netherlands import opportunities
What makes this an attractive import market?
Compare market size and growth with supplier concentration. A large market may still need product, quality, tariff, logistics, and buyer validation.
Current import base
$645.6B in imports
Netherlands recorded $645.6B in imports in 2024, with a three-year change of +0.4%.
How to use the guide
Compare demand with supply
Start with the highest-value products, then review supplier concentration and market conditions before choosing a sourcing route.
Import market overview
Find products where demand and sourcing options meet
This page separates reported import observations from calculated indicators so market size is not mistaken for a guaranteed sourcing opportunity.
Netherlands imports products from suppliers across major trade regions. The current profile reports $645.6B of imports in 2024, while the opportunity view highlights product and supplier combinations where market demand and supply context may justify further research.
Use the opportunity table to compare product market size, demand growth, supplier counts, concentration, and projected imports. High concentration can indicate reliance on a small supplier base; it can also reflect specialized products that require careful validation.
Top import opportunities
Products and supplier context to review
The top 50 screened products are ranked by calculated three-year opportunity. Reported market values and calculated indicators are labeled separately.
| Rank | Product | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration | Top supplier | Projected imports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HS 270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $49.2BLatest imports | +6.5% | 68 | 1366 | USADeclining | $59.4B |
| 2 | HS 271019Product description unavailable | $26.4BLatest imports | +12.2% | 143 | 1431 | INDDeclining | $37.3B |
| 3 | HS 271111Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $6.9BLatest imports | +22.5% | 41 | 4721 | USADeclining | $12.7B |
| 4 | HS 847130Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $8.9BLatest imports | +4.0% | 126 | 5448 | CHNDeclining | $10.0B |
| 5 | HS 870380Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $6.5BLatest imports | +32.0% | 59 | 3594 | DEUDeclining | $12.6B |
| 6 | HS 848690Machines and apparatus of heading 8486: parts and accessories | $5.4BLatest imports | +21.3% | 66 | 3723 | DEUDeclining | $9.7B |
| 7 | HS 300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $10.5BLatest imports | +6.9% | 109 | 2076 | DEUDeclining | $12.8B |
| 8 | HS 300215Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $13.6BLatest imports | +7.7% | 63 | 1992 | IRLDeclining | $17.0B |
| 9 | HS 851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $10.3BLatest imports | +13.3% | 119 | 1622 | CHNDeclining | $14.9B |
| 10 | HS 271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $6.9BLatest imports | +11.2% | 11 | 3632 | NORDeclining | $9.4B |
| 11 | HS 300214Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, mixed, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $4.4BLatest imports | +35.7% | 41 | 3827 | IRLAccelerating | $8.5B |
| 12 | HS 854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $3.9BLatest imports | +11.4% | 73 | 7240 | CHNDeclining | $5.4B |
| 13 | HS 901839Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: catheters, cannulae and the like | $5.3BLatest imports | +12.8% | 99 | 3409 | IRLDeclining | $7.6B |
| 14 | HS 271012Product description unavailable | $13.3BLatest imports | +9.3% | 92 | 1009 | BELDeclining | $17.4B |
| 15 | HS 850760Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $2.9BLatest imports | +20.4% | 87 | 4832 | CHNDeclining | $5.0B |
| 16 | HS 851762Communication 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 | $10.7BLatest imports | +13.3% | 154 | 940 | USASlowing | $15.5B |
| 17 | HS 382600Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | $4.8BLatest imports | +39.5% | 52 | 1618 | DEUDeclining | $9.4B |
| 18 | HS 870360Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $2.8BLatest imports | +33.2% | 42 | 2627 | DEUSlowing | $5.5B |
| 19 | HS 890392Motorboats: (other than outboard motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $1.9BLatest imports | +13.4% | 50 | 7438 | WXDDeclining | $2.8B |
| 20 | HS 847150Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $5.8BLatest imports | +2.2% | 108 | 2003 | USADeclining | $6.2B |
| 21 | HS 900219Lenses: objective, (other than for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers), mounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | $1.9BLatest imports | +10.6% | 49 | 8660 | DEUDeclining | $2.6B |
| 22 | HS 901890Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $3.9BLatest imports | +8.9% | 121 | 2429 | USADeclining | $5.0B |
| 23 | HS 847180Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 | $3.5BLatest imports | +8.1% | 112 | 2951 | TWNDeclining | $4.4B |
| 24 | HS 270112Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $3.2BLatest imports | +5.8% | 41 | 3893 | AUSDeclining | $3.8B |
| 25 | HS 852852Monitors: other than cathode-ray tube: capable of directly connecting to and designed for use with an automatic data processing machine of heading 84.71 | $2.2BLatest imports | +9.6% | 110 | 4074 | CHNDeclining | $3.0B |
| 26 | HS 950450Games: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | $1.7BLatest imports | +7.6% | 72 | 5645 | CHNDeclining | $2.1B |
| 27 | HS 271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $1.5BLatest imports | +8.5% | 36 | 6809 | USADeclining | $1.9B |
| 28 | HS 300670Pharmaceutical goods: Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments | $1.2BLatest imports | +8.0% | 52 | 9282 | IRLDeclining | $1.5B |
| 29 | HS 180100Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $3.7BLatest imports | +6.4% | 84 | 1721 | CIVDeclining | $4.5B |
| 30 | HS 270799Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $3.8BLatest imports | +18.5% | 56 | 1350 | GBRDeclining | $6.4B |
| 31 | HS 850440Electrical static converters | $3.3BLatest imports | +10.0% | 136 | 1365 | CHNDeclining | $4.4B |
| 32 | HS 870790Vehicles: bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8701, 8702, 8704 or 8705 | $1.3BLatest imports | +17.0% | 43 | 4680 | BELDeclining | $2.1B |
| 33 | HS 284410Uranium: natural uranium and its compounds, alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds | $1.2BLatest imports | +12.9% | 11 | 4756 | CANDeclining | $1.8B |
| 34 | HS 271600Electrical energy | $1.7BLatest imports | +6.4% | 28 | 3441 | DEUDeclining | $2.0B |
| 35 | HS 870421Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $2.2BLatest imports | +4.7% | 44 | 2376 | DEUDeclining | $2.5B |
| 36 | HS 300220Vaccines: for human medicine | $1.5BLatest imports | +15.2% | 46 | 3070 | USADeclining | $2.2B |
| 37 | HS 950300Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $1.6BLatest imports | +5.1% | 120 | 3041 | CHNDeclining | $1.9B |
| 38 | HS 847330Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $4.4BLatest imports | +0.4% | 129 | 1205 | USADeclining | $4.5B |
| 39 | HS 902139Artificial parts of the body: excluding artificial joints | $2.3BLatest imports | +14.8% | 84 | 1716 | IRLDeclining | $3.6B |
| 40 | HS 901819Medical, surgical instruments and appliances: electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examination or for checking physiological parameters), n.e.s. in item no. 9018.1 | $1.3BLatest imports | +8.9% | 96 | 3536 | USADeclining | $1.7B |
| 41 | HS 880240Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $2.0BLatest imports | +1.5% | 34 | 2803 | USADeclining | $2.1B |
| 42 | HS 847149Data processing machines: digital, automatic, (not portable, analogue or hybrid), presented in the form of systems, n.e.s. in item no. 8471.41 | $1.7BLatest imports | +9.5% | 82 | 2888 | POLDeclining | $2.3B |
| 43 | HS 841112Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $1.7BLatest imports | +8.4% | 40 | 2054 | GBRDeclining | $2.2B |
| 44 | HS 760110Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed) | $2.1BLatest imports | +3.2% | 59 | 1913 | ISLDeclining | $2.3B |
| 45 | HS 230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $1.2BLatest imports | +2.0% | 63 | 4609 | BRADeclining | $1.3B |
| 46 | HS 870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $2.2BLatest imports | +2.6% | 59 | 1771 | DEUDeclining | $2.4B |
| 47 | HS 854231Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $3.6BLatest imports | +2.1% | 110 | 1186 | MYSDeclining | $3.8B |
| 48 | HS 760120Aluminium: unwrought, alloys | $1.5BLatest imports | +6.1% | 57 | 2645 | NORDeclining | $1.8B |
| 49 | HS 030214Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $1.0BLatest imports | +12.4% | 32 | 3783 | NORDeclining | $1.4B |
| 50 | HS 902131Artificial parts of the body | $1.3BLatest imports | +13.0% | 67 | 2120 | CHEDeclining | $1.9B |
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Product sectors
Which sectors carry the most demand?
HS2 sectors group the screened products into broader families for an easier first comparison.
| Sector | Products | Market size | Opportunity | Average growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral fuelsHS2 27 | 7 | $73.1B | $37.9B | +11.3% |
| Electrical equipmentHS2 85 | 7 | $36.9B | $20.1B | +11.4% |
| MachineryHS2 84 | 7 | $31.5B | $20.1B | +7.7% |
| Pharmaceutical productsHS2 30 | 5 | $31.1B | $17.8B | +14.7% |
| HS2 sector 00HS2 00 | 2 | $39.7B | $15.8B | +10.7% |
| VehiclesHS2 87 | 5 | $15.0B | $13.0B | +17.9% |
| Optical and medical instrumentsHS2 90 | 6 | $16.1B | $11.4B | +11.5% |
| Chemical productsHS2 38 | 1 | $4.8B | $2.8B | +39.5% |
| Toys and sports equipmentHS2 95 | 2 | $3.3B | $2.6B | +6.4% |
| ShipsHS2 89 | 1 | $1.9B | $2.4B | +13.4% |
| AluminiumHS2 76 | 2 | $3.6B | $1.7B | +4.7% |
| Cocoa and cocoa preparationsHS2 18 | 1 | $3.7B | $1.4B | +6.4% |
Supply gaps
Where supplier concentration deserves attention
The concentration index helps identify products where reported imports rely more heavily on a smaller supplier base. It is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.
| Product | Market size | Suppliers | Concentration | Top supplier | Share gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS 300670Pharmaceutical goods: Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments | $1.2B | 52 | 9282 | IRL | 96.3% |
| HS 900219Lenses: objective, (other than for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers), mounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | $1.9B | 49 | 8660 | DEU | 93.0% |
| HS 890392Motorboats: (other than outboard motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $1.9B | 50 | 7438 | WXD | 86.1% |
| HS 854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $3.9B | 73 | 7240 | CHN | 84.8% |
| HS 271112Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $1.5B | 36 | 6809 | USA | 81.7% |
| HS 950450Games: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | $1.7B | 72 | 5645 | CHN | 74.2% |
| HS 847130Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $8.9B | 126 | 5448 | CHN | 73.2% |
| HS 850760Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $2.9B | 87 | 4832 | CHN | 68.7% |
Supplier landscape
Which supplier markets appear most often?
These supplier names come from the leading peer signal in the screened opportunity rows and should be validated at product level.
USA
USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
10 screened products
$40.2BCalculated opportunity across these rowsDEU
Germany
9 screened products
$28.8BCalculated opportunity across these rowsCHN
China
8 screened products
$26.0BCalculated opportunity across these rowsIRL
Ireland
5 screened products
$16.6BCalculated opportunity across these rowsIND
India
1 screened products
$11.9BCalculated opportunity across these rowsNOR
Norway
3 screened products
$6.5BCalculated opportunity across these rowsBEL
Belgium
2 screened products
$5.0BCalculated opportunity across these rowsWXD
World excl. Intra-EU
1 screened products
$2.4BCalculated opportunity across these rowsFrequently asked questions
Using the Netherlands import opportunity index
Definitions and practical guidance for interpreting market size, growth, suppliers, and concentration.
What are the import opportunities?
They are product and supplier combinations in Netherlands's screened import market with substantial reported demand and calculated opportunity indicators. They are research priorities, not guaranteed savings or supply contracts.
What does supplier concentration mean?
The concentration index indicates how much reported imports rely on a smaller supplier base. A high value can suggest supply dependence, but it can also reflect specialized products or limited reporting.
How should sourcing teams use this page?
Start with products that fit your specification and volume needs, then validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity for Netherlands.
Data source
OECD trade statistics with CEPII context
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.