The most imported type of vehicle into the Netherlands is petrol vehicles, with 157,700 imports in 2022. Hybrid and fully electric passenger cars have seen strong increases in the number of cars imported over the past two years.
Number of passenger cars individually imported into the Netherlands from 2012 to 2022, by fuel type
Characteristic
Petrol
Hybrid
Diesel
Battery-electric
LPG
Biofuel
CNG
Hydrogen fuel
2023
157,735
48,761
23,192
18,675
744
171
147
27
2021
219,601
34,654
29,060
9,631
700
196
162
32
2020
171,920
13,507
25,796
4,460
583
212
128
29
2019
174,818
9,091
40,705
3,034
641
271
190
5
2018
155,822
6,792
53,182
1,187
750
301
284
3
2017
144,023
5,518
57,662
699
847
189
374
12
2016
124,487
7,775
45,442
299
913
124
250
5
2015
104,614
5,986
40,358
370
811
102
303
4
2014
81,500
2,543
34,735
257
743
62
138
4
2013
63,351
2,467
32,139
107
641
40
102
2
2012
46,739
1,122
30,984
118
926
29
270
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Rijwiel en Automobiel Industrie. (October 31, 2023). Number of passenger cars individually imported into the Netherlands from 2012 to 2022, by fuel type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023807/passenger-car-imports-in-the-netherlands-by-fuel-type/
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