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Trade landscape · Netherlands

Coverage: 4 cities · 2 tier-1 · 2 tier-2

↗️ India sell mandates

• Pharmaceutical APIs (PHARMEXCIL Amsterdam — major EU distribution hub for Indian generics)
• IT services (Indian IT companies' EU subsidiary headquarters frequently in Amsterdam — tax efficient, English-speaking)
• Indian food and grocery (Amsterdam Albert Heijn Indian product aisle — growing market)
• Gems (Amsterdam diamond houses transact Indian polished diamonds)
• D2C brand EU headquarters (Indian D2C brands frequently establish EU entity in Netherlands)
• Indian cargo — widest range of all EU ports (pharmaceuticals, chemicals, agro, engineering, textiles, gems)
• Indian shipping services (Maersk India, MSC India route cargo through Rotterdam as primary EU gateway)
• Indian FMCG products (Rotterdam acts as EU distribution hub for Indian FMCG brands)
• IT engineering talent (Indian engineers are largest non-EU group at ASML)
• Software development services for ASML and NXP

↙️ India buy mandates

• ING Group banking services in India
• Booking.com platform (India is top 3 market — commissions flow to Amsterdam HQ)
• Heineken India (Amsterdam HQ — India manufacturing and distribution)
• Shell India (Amsterdam HQ influence — oil and gas sector)
• TomTom navigation technology for Indian OEMs
• Shell India (LNG, petroleum, chemicals)
• Port management technology (Rotterdam Port Authority expertise — consulting to Indian ports)
• BP India operations
• Maersk container shipping services for Indian exporters
• Dutch horticultural seeds and technology (Rijk Zwaan, Nunhems — major India agri input suppliers)