Netherlands is EU’s largest beer exporter, Belgium exports the most fries

Chinese market are full of beers from the European beer makers, exporters. The Dutch beer, like Heineken is best known brand quality beer in China beverages sector years besides the German beers, Belgium beers. Although the Dutch beer to France, South Africa and Paraguay have been on the rise. Look at this recent data from CBS.

Netherlands is EU’s largest beer exporter; Belgium exports the most fries

Both the Netherlands and Belgium are major exporters of beer, frozen potato products (particularly potato fries) and chocolate. The Netherlands is also a major consumer of typically Belgian food products. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this in connection with the publication of its Internationalization Monitor, which this year focuses on Belgium.). -insert-1

The Netherlands is the European Union's largest exporter of beer (export value: 2 billion euros in 2023), followed closely by Belgium (at 1.7 billion euros). When it comes to frozen potato products, Belgium is the EU’s leading exporter (export value: 3.4 billion euros) and the Netherlands is second (1.6 billion euros). The biggest exporter of chocolate in the EU is neither Belgium (in second place with 3.7 billion euros in exports) nor the Netherlands (in fourth place with 2.5 billion euros), but Germany (with 5.8 billion euros).

Dutch beer exports have surpassed Belgium’s for decades

When it comes to beer, the Netherlands has been exporting more than Belgium ever since the comparison was first made in 1988. However, Dutch beer’s lead over Belgian beer has been narrowing more recently. In recent years, sales of Dutch beer to France, South Africa and Paraguay have been on the rise.

The Netherlands imported food and beverages with a total value of 44.6 billion euros in the first three quarters of 2023, 7.0 billion euros (16 percent) of which came from Belgium. Only Germany had a larger share, at 8.8 billion euros. ... see more from CBS.

Why Dutch beers stand out among others? 

In sum up, Why Dutch beers stand out among others? The Netherlands is trading country for centuries, what made the Dutch beer stand out among others, the secret lays on the Dutch mentality, encouraging creativity, originality, novelty. As for Dutch beer creation, three sharper but modern words articulate clearly, innovation, distinctly different with others, digitization with others, and later comes to sustainability, to add values to global trade. As for a special China report: How the Dutch beers are doing in China 2024 is available, The list of Chinese importers for imported beers also obtainable. Please let us know by contact.