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About

Netherlands-Namibia Trade: In 2022, Netherlands exported $196M to Namibia. The main products that Netherlands exported to Namibia were Scrap Vessels ($131M), Refined Petroleum ($30.8M), and Malt ($8.36M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Netherlands to Namibia have increased at an annualized rate of 55.4%, from $21.6M in 2017 to $196M in 2022.

In 2022, Netherlands did not export any services to Namibia.

Namibia-Netherlands Trade: In 2022, Namibia exported $209M to Netherlands. The main products that Namibia exported to Netherlands were Copper Ore ($77.3M), Raw Copper ($62.5M), and Fish Fillets ($17.3M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Namibia to Netherlands have increased at an annualized rate of 28.9%,  from $58.7M in 2017 to $209M in 2022.

In 2022, Namibia did not export any services to Netherlands.

Comparison: In 2022,  Netherlands ranked 23 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.11), and 6 in total exports ($674B). That same year, Namibia ranked 94 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.63), and 121 in total exports ($6.18B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Netherlands exported $196M to Namibia. The main products exported from Netherlands to Namibia were Scrap Vessels ($131M), Refined Petroleum ($30.8M), and Malt ($8.36M). During the last 5 years the exports of Netherlands to Namibia have increased at an annualized rate of 55.4%, from $21.6M in 2017 to $196M in 2022.

In 2017, Namibia exported $209M to Netherlands. The main products exported from Namibia to Netherlands were Copper Ore ($77.3M), Raw Copper ($62.5M), and Fish Fillets ($17.3M). During the last 5 years the exports of Namibia to Netherlands have increased at an annualized rate of 28.9%, from $58.7M in 2022 to $209M in 2017.

Exports from Netherlands (Flag) to Namibia (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Namibia (Flag) to Netherlands (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Netherlands
Top Destination
Germany$131B
Namibia
Top Destination
South Africa$1.75B

This map shows whether countries import more from Netherlands or Namibia. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Netherlands and Namibia or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Netherlands than Namibia included Germany ($131B), Belgium ($94.3B), and France ($59.9B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Namibia than Netherlands included Botswana ($672M), Zambia ($279M), and Democratic Republic of the Congo ($251M).

Difference in imports from Namibia (Flag) and Netherlands (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Netherlands - Namibia

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Netherlands and Namibia by product, considering products traded by both, Netherlands and Namibia.

During 2022, Netherlands had a large net trade with Namibia in the exports of Transportation ($131M), Mineral Products ($30.9M), and Machines ($10.8M).

During 2017, Namibia had a large net trade with Netherlands in the exports of Mineral Products ($84.4M), Metals ($62.6M), and Animal Products ($30M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Netherlands Namibia+$19.8MRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential Namibia Netherlands+$2.51MCoal Briquettes

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Netherlands and Namibia. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Netherlands indicates it has a comparative advantage over Namibia. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Namibia indicates it has a comparative advantage over Netherlands.

Product Space of Netherlands (Flag) and Namibia (Flag) (2022)

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