The export contribution was mainly driven by domestic goods exports, meaning goods manufactured in the Netherlands, which added 0.5 percentage points to GDP growth. Exports of Dutch-made machinery, food and agricultural products increased in particular. Services exports added 0.3 percentage points, while goods re-exports contributed 0.1 percentage points.
Netherlands GDP rose 1.6 per cent in 2025, with exports of goods and services adding 0.9 percentage points to growth, according to CBS.
Domestic goods exports overtook services as the main export driver.
For European sourcing and trade teams, the figures underline the stronger role of Dutch value-added exports over re-exports.
CBS said the growth contributions were adjusted for price changes and for imports required directly or indirectly for consumption, investment and exports. The calculation counted only value added generated in the Netherlands as a contribution to the Dutch economy.
Domestic spending accounted for 0.7 percentage points of 2025 growth, with government expenditure making up the largest part. Household consumption and investment, including inventories, also contributed positively, but to a smaller extent.
It noted that a larger share of household consumption and investment consists of imports, which do not add to Dutch GDP.
Exports made a positive contribution to Dutch economic growth for a second consecutive year in 2025. In 2023, the economy contracted because exports declined, even though domestic spending grew slightly.
The statistical institute also noted a shift in 2025 from services exports towards domestic goods exports as the more important export driver, while re-exports generated far less economic benefit per euro than domestic exports of goods and services.
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