{"id":41557,"date":"2026-03-24T17:26:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/?p=41557"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:27:42","slug":"netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Ukraine & Netherlands economic dialogue<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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The NL is one of Ukraine\u2019s key EU economic partners: ~6th largest export destination in 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Gateway to EU markets: Dutch ports, finance and trading networks connect Ukrainian exports to global markets<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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\u2248\u20ac11 bn<\/h4>\n

Largest EU investor in UA: Dutch FDI stock \u2248\u20ac11 bn (~20% of total FDI), primarily reflecting financial structuring rather than capital origin<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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> 130k<\/h4>\n

Growing Ukrainian community: over 130k people under temporary protection, strengthening labour and business ties<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Centre for Economic Strategy (CES), an independent Ukrainian think tank that analyzes key public policies and promotes support for reforms.<\/p>\n

With donor support, CES has launched a series of studies on trade relations between Ukraine and the European Union countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Free movements of goods and services<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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The NL runs a persistent goods trade deficit with UA (~\u20ac800 mln in 2021, ~\u20ac680 mln in 2024).\u00a0Strong asymmetry in NL\u2013UA goods trade in UA\u2019s favour, driven by the NL\u2019s transit hub role<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Pre-war: UA exports were led by oilseeds, vegetable oils \r\nand cereals, linking UA agriculture to the NL feed and food-processing chains<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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By 2024, UA exports became more concentrated in feed-chain commodities, with rising meat exports and iron & steel dropping out<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Pre-war: Dutch exports were mainly industrial goods, led \r\nby machinery, pharmaceuticals, vehicles, and electrical equipment<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Dutch exports stayed industrial in 2024, with a shift toward vehicles, machinery, electrical and medical equipment<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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The NL runs a surplus in services trade with UA, with wartime logistics, travel related to displacement, and reconstruction-linked services becoming the main drivers<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Trade Balance UA-NL 2024<\/h2>\n
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Free movement of persons and capital<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Pre war:<\/div>\n
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Ukrainians lived in the NL<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Ukrainians under temporary protection<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

~60% of working-age Ukrainians employed; many in services, logistics, trade and hospitality<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n

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  • NL FDI in UA (2024): $10.9 bn (~20% of total FDI), among the largest EU investors<\/li>\n
  • Dutch FDI largely reflects holding structures but remains economically significant as a hub for capital and finance<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
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    1277<\/div>\n

    NL-linked firms operate in Ukraine, mainly in trade, manufacturing, ICT, energy \r\nand logistics<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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    UA investment in NL: companies like Astarta and Metinvest use NL holding structures for international financing operations<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n

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    • Emerging platforms (e.g. Dutch Defence Cluster) signalling potential for future industrial expansion<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
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      Tighter co-operation potential<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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        Prioritise export-supporting logistics and storage to improve the reliability of UA\u2019s deliveries into Dutch and wider EU value chains.\u200b<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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        Expand agri-food processing and supply-chain upgrades (processing, traceability, certification) around existing grain and oilseed trade flows.\u200b<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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        Scale project-linked business services (engineering, project management, procurement, legal\/compliance, logistics coordination, digital support) tied to concrete reconstruction projects.\u200b<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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        Use de-risking and project support instruments to lower entry barriers and move from first contracts to repeat cooperation as rules and predictability improve.\u200b<\/p>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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        In 2025, the NL became the first NATO ally to use the Alliance\u2019s new Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism, committing \u20ac500 mln to finance U.S.-supplied weapons for Ukraine, including air-defence systems and ammunition.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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        The brochure is produced\u00a0by\u00a0Centre for Economic Strategy\u00a0\u00a0with the support of the\u00a0Askold and Dir Fund\u00a0as a part of the\u00a0the Strong Civil Society of Ukraine \u2014 a Driver towards Reforms and Democracy project,\u00a0implemented by ISAR Ednannia,\u00a0funded by Norway and Sweden. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of\u00a0Centre for Economic Strategy\u00a0and can in no way be taken to reflect the views\u00a0the\u00a0Government of Norway, the Government of Sweden and ISAR Ednannia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        In 2025, the NL became the first NATO ally to use the Alliance\u2019s new
        \nPrioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism, committing
        \n\u20ac500 mln to finance U.S.-supplied weapons for Ukraine, including air-
        \ndefence systems and ammunition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":41564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-country-research.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[197,523],"tags":[660],"experts":[500],"news_type":[],"class_list":["post-41557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-list-en","category-eurointegration-en","tag-eu-partnerships","experts-yana-ohrimenko"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41557"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42736,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41557\/revisions\/42736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41557"},{"taxonomy":"experts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experts?post=41557"},{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=41557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}