Netherlands exports ships, boats, plastic articles, nuclear reactors and organic chemicals to India. While India exports mineral fuels, apparels and electrical machinery to Netherlands. India has trade surplus of 3.7 billions US dollars with an Import of 2.5 billions and export of 6.2 billions US dollars.
Key Points of India Netherlands trade balance in 5 years
- Export to Netherlands increased by 23.5% in FY 2017-18
- Import from Netherlands increased by 32.5%
- India’s export to Netherlands in 5 years is highest in 2013-14 at 7.99 billions USD.
- India’s import from Netherlands is highest in 2013-14 at 3.13 billions USD.
- Trade balance is in favor of India in tune of 3.74 billion USD.
- India’s total export was highest in 2013-14 at 314 billion USD in last 5 years.
- India’s import from Netherlands is down and it has been decreased by 19.95% since 2013-14
Also Read, India Nepal trade balance analysis for 5 years : 2013- 2018
Top 25 commodity imported from Netherlands by India in 2017-18
| Country: Netherlands, Values in Million $ US | ||||
| S.No. | Commodity | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | %Growth |
| 1 | Ships, Boats And Floating Structures. | 210.41 | 440.22 | 109.22 |
| 2 | Plastic And Articles Thereof. | 230.86 | 278.61 | 20.68 |
| 3 | Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery And Mechanical Appliances; Parts Thereof. | 184.81 | 208.77 | 12.96 |
| 4 | Organic Chemicals | 170.23 | 205.17 | 20.53 |
| 5 | Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils And Products Of Their Distillation; Bituminous Substances; Mineral Waxes. | 87.13 | 203.67 | 133.75 |
| 6 | Optical, Photographic Cinematographic Measuring, Checking Precision, Medical Or Surgical Inst. And Apparatus Parts And Accessories Thereof; | 111.1 | 134.89 | 21.42 |
| 7 | Electrical Machinery And Equipment And Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders And Reproducers, Television Image And Sound Recorders And Reproducers,And Parts. | 136.89 | 123.67 | -9.66 |
| 8 | Iron And Steel | 89.69 | 123.01 | 37.15 |
| 9 | Miscellaneous Chemical Products. | 68.7 | 117.1 | 70.45 |
| 10 | Aluminum And Articles Thereof. | 88.67 | 113.94 | 28.5 |
| 11 | Natural Or Cultured Pearls,Precious Or Semiprecious Stones,Pre.Metals,Clad With Pre.Metal Jewellery;Coin. | 92.32 | 76.55 | -17.08 |
| 12 | Pharmaceutical Products | 30.51 | 49.1 | 60.91 |
| 13 | Copper And Articles Thereof. | 26.87 | 35.44 | 31.91 |
| 14 | Inorganic Chemicals; Organic Or Inorganic Compounds Of Precious Metals, Of Rare-Earth Metals, Or Radi. Elem. Or Of Isotopes. | 27.15 | 25.22 | -7.12 |
| 15 | Pulp Of Wood Or Of Other Fibrous Cellulose Material; Waste And Scrap Of Paper Or Paperboard. | 11.27 | 23.5 | 108.6 |
| 16 | Paper And Paperboard; Articles Of Paper Pulp, Of Paper Or Of Paperboard. | 18.35 | 20.4 | 11.16 |
| 17 | Vehicles Other Than Railway Or Tramway Rolling Stock, And Parts And Accessories Thereof. | 12.03 | 18.34 | 52.41 |
| 18 | Rubber And Articles Thereof. | 17.39 | 17.65 | 1.5 |
| 19 | Articles Of Iron Or Steel | 12.84 | 17.64 | 37.4 |
| 20 | Zinc And Articles Thereof. | 4.74 | 17.18 | 262.75 |
| 21 | Sugars And Sugar Confectionery. | 11.17 | 17.11 | 53.21 |
| 22 | Tanning Or Dyeing Extracts; Tannin And Their Deri. Dyes, Pigments And Other Coloring Matter; Paints And Ver; Putty And Other Mastic; Inks. | 12.5 | 15.97 | 27.72 |
| 23 | Project Goods; Some Special Uses. | 36.68 | 15.87 | -56.72 |
| 24 | Soap, Organic Surface-Active Agents, Washing Preparations, Lubricating Preparations, Artificial Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing Or Scouring Prep. | 11.7 | 15.15 | 29.47 |
| 25 | Albuminous Substances; Modified Starches; Glues; Enzymes. | 12.72 | 13.81 | 8.56 |
Top 25 commodities exported to Netherlands by India in 2017-18
| Country: Netherlands, Values in Million $ US | ||||
| S.No. | Commodity | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | %Growth |
| 1 | Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils And Products Of Their Distillation; Bituminous Substances; Mineral Waxes. | 1,414.53 | 2,149.94 | 51.99 |
| 2 | Organic Chemicals | 350.06 | 474.93 | 35.67 |
| 3 | Articles Of Apparel And Clothing Accessories, Not Knitted Or Crocheted. | 202.92 | 227.24 | 11.99 |
| 4 | Articles Of Apparel And Clothing Accessories, Knitted Or Crocheted. | 192.46 | 222.8 | 15.76 |
| 5 | Electrical Machinery And Equipment And Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders And Reproducers, Television Image And Sound Recorders And Reproducers,And Parts. | 224.26 | 221.54 | -1.21 |
| 6 | Edible Fruit And Nuts; Peel Or Citrus Fruit Or Melons. | 162.8 | 219.36 | 34.75 |
| 7 | Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery And Mechanical Appliances; Parts Thereof. | 152.66 | 194.51 | 27.42 |
| 8 | Iron And Steel | 147.24 | 187.56 | 27.38 |
| 9 | Articles Of Iron Or Steel | 168.58 | 174.41 | 3.46 |
| 10 | Animal Or Vegetable Fats And Oils And Their Cleavage Products; Pre. Edible Fats; Animal Or Vegetable Waxes. | 91.85 | 161.6 | 75.94 |
| 11 | Pharmaceutical Products | 141 | 137.91 | -2.19 |
| 12 | Fish And Crustaceans, Molluscs And Other Aquatic Invertebrates. | 107.22 | 122.66 | 14.4 |
| 13 | Articles Of Leather,Saddlery And Harness;Travel Goods, Handbags And Similar Cont.Articles Of Animal Gut(Other Than Silk-Worm)Gut. | 96.38 | 111.84 | 16.05 |
| 14 | Other Made Up Textile Articles; Sets; Worn Clothing And Worn Textile Articles; Rags | 98.01 | 104.85 | 6.98 |
| 15 | Miscellaneous Chemical Products. | 71.89 | 104.18 | 44.91 |
| 16 | Tanning Or Dyeing Extracts; Tannin And Their Deri. Dyes, Pigments And Other Coloring Matter; Paints And Ver; Putty And Other Mastic; Inks. | 73.48 | 103.13 | 40.35 |
| 17 | Vehicles Other Than Railway Or Tramway Rolling Stock, And Parts And Accessories Thereof. | 232.09 | 95.62 | -58.8 |
| 18 | Rubber And Articles Thereof. | 79.57 | 94.3 | 18.51 |
| 19 | Footwear, Gaiters And The Like; Parts Of Such Articles. | 73.18 | 88.5 | 20.94 |
| 20 | Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions And Similar Stuffed Furnishing; Lamps And Lighting Fittings Not Elsewhere Specified Or Inc | 59.45 | 86.65 | 45.75 |
| 21 | Cereals. | 48.39 | 73.73 | 52.36 |
| 22 | Plastic And Articles Thereof. | 61.55 | 67.73 | 10.03 |
| 23 | Aluminum And Articles Thereof. | 58.84 | 59.37 | 0.9 |
| 24 | Oil Seeds And Olga. Fruits; Misc. Grains, Seeds And Fruit; Industrial Or Medicinal Plants; Straw And Fodder. | 38.77 | 57.88 | 49.29 |
| 25 | Preparations Of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts Or Other Parts Of Plants. | 47.13 | 56.16 | 19.16 |
Source Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India
