Netherlands Steel & Metallurgy \| 10M Tons Annual Export Leader

If you are active in the manufacturing sector, then the metallurgy industry will be of interest to your company. This entire industry consists of several components, such as services, consumables, and equipment, as well as software. The industry is focused on both excellent craftsmanship and more modern production and techniques. This creates the opportunity to create high-quality products in a short timeframe, making it possible to deliver both quality and quantity, so to speak.

The Netherlands is also in the top 20 of the largest steel exporters worldwide. The Netherlands exports more than 10 million metric tons of steel on a yearly basis, which accounts for 2% of all global steel exports. The steel is exported to more than 160 countries around the world. There are many crossovers between the metallurgy sector and other industries, you can think of them in the lines of healthcare, automobiles, energy and power, real estate, mining and shipbuilding. The offshore industry also greatly benefits from this specific sector.

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Sources

• European Commission - taxation and customs union
• RVO - Netherlands Enterprise Agency
• OECD - transfer pricing and international tax guidance
• Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969 (wetten.overheid.nl)
• PwC Netherlands - tax insights and publications
• Hoge Raad 2024, scope of discharge and art. 2:9 DCC director liability (ECLI:NL:HR:2024:681)
• Hoge Raad 2025, interest deduction limits (art. 10a Vpb) (ECLI:NL:HR:2025:1250)
• Loyens & Loeff - legal and tax insights
• Court of Justice EU, the Danish beneficial ownership cases on abuse (C-116/16)
• Belastingdienst - corporate income tax rates (19% up to EUR 200,000 and 25.8% above)