Pays-Bas - Compte courant

The current account surplus in the Netherlands shrank to EUR 13.6 billion in the second quarter of 2019 from EUR 15.9 billion in the same quarter of the previous year, as the goods surplus decreased to EUR 16.4 billion from EUR 17.3 billion while the primary income deficit rose sharply to EUR 6.8 billion from EUR 2.5 billion and the secondary income gap increased to EUR 1.0 billion from EUR 0.7 billion. Meanwhile, the services surplus widened to EUR 5.0 billion from EUR 1.9 billion a year earlier.

The current account surplus in the Netherlands shrank to EUR 18.1 billion in the first quarter of 2019 from EUR 20.1 billion in the same quarter of the previous year. The goods surplus decreased to EUR 17.6 billion from EUR 19.4 billion a year ago while the services surplus widened to EUR 4.5 billion from EUR 1.5 billion. Meantime, the primary income account shifted to an EUR 1.5 billion deficit from an EUR 1.3 billion surplus in Q1 2018 and the secondary income gap rose to EUR 2.5 billion from EUR 2.1 billion.

The current account surplus in the Netherlands increased to EUR 27.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018 from EUR 24.1 billion in the same quarter of the previous year. The services surplus widened to EUR 5.1 billion from EUR 3.0 billion a year earlier and the primary income surplus rose to EUR 7.6 billion from EUR 3.5 billion. Meanwhile, the goods surplus narrowed to EUR 17.2 billion from EUR 18.6 billion a year ago, while the secondary income gap went up to EUR 2.4 billion from EUR 1.0 billion. Considering 2018 full year, the current account surplus widened to EUR 83.7 billion from EUR 77.2 billion in 2017.