Dutch Export Opportunities in Asia: is the Netherlands Lagging Behind?
Journal: UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)
Year: 2017

Dutch firms could potentially export more to Asia. There are potentially underexplored export opportunities in in certain agro-food sectors (including vegetables, meat, and flowers), certain high-tech machinery sectors, and medicaments. These are sectors in which the Netherlands has a comparative advantage worldwide, but for which exports to Asia are relatively low, thereby constituting a potential ‘opportunity’ to be explored. This study identifies the comparative advantages of the Dutch export