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Steel Imports Report: Netherlands
Background
The Netherlands was the world’s 13th-largest steel importer in 2017. In 2018, the Netherlands imported 10.2 million metric tons of steel, a 3 percent increase from 9.8 million metric tons in 2017. The Netherlands’ imports in 2017 represented about 3 percent of all steel imported globally, based on available data. In value terms, steel represented just 1.6 percent of the total goods imported into the Netherlands in 2018.
The Netherlands imported steel from more than 90 countries and territories in 2018. The 10 countries highlighted in the map below represent the top sources for the Netherlands’ imports of steel, with the Netherlands receiving more than 200 thousand metric tons from each and together accounting for 81 percent of steel imports in 2018.
The Netherlands has maintained a moderate trade surplus in steel products since 2005, averaging 1.7 million metric tons on an annual basis. Exports fell faster than imports in the wake of the global recession in 2008, leading to a short-lived trade deficit at the end of 2008 and early 2009. Between 2009 and 2018, exports grew 39 percent, while imports grew 55 percent. In 2018, the steel trade surplus was 652 thousand metric tons, a 57 percent decrease from a 1.5 million metric tons surplus in 2017.
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