How to export electric cables with connectors to the Netherlands? GTİP code, documents, customs duty and buyers
Imports of heading 8544 from Türkiye into the Netherlands came to €122m in the last 12 months (September 2025–August 2026): 7% of its imports from outside the EU. Against the 12 months before: -10%.
Figures are for heading 8544: the official statistics go no deeper. Each figure has its source and date beside it.
Imports from Türkiye into the Netherlands
Heading 8544 · September 2025 – August 2026
€122m-10% on the 12 months before
The 12 months before: €136m
- From Türkiye
- Other origins
Reported by the Netherlands, from its own import statistics.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341. Growth rates and shares are calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for them.
Licence(opens in a new tab)Dataset DS-059341(opens in a new tab)Updated at the source on 16 October 2026.
The customs watch computed these figures on 2 November 2026.
The market in the Netherlands
The market's own import figures for heading 8544, last 12 months.
- Imports from outside the EU, 12 months
- €1.74bn+13.1% on the 12 months before
- Türkiye's share of imports from outside the EU
- 7%8.8% in the 12 months before
As an EU member, the Netherlands counts its imports from outside the EU; Türkiye's share is its share of those.
The largest suppliers
| Origin | 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|
 China | €674m | 38.7% |
 United States | €262m | 15% |
 Türkiye | €122m | 7% |
 Vietnam | €115m | 6.6% |
 Mexico | €86.3m | 5% |
The code
HS subheading (6 digits), the same in every country
GTİP 8544.42
Insulated electric conductors; for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors
Official Turkish title: Bağlantı parçaları takılmış diğer elektrik iletkenleri; izole edilmiş, gerilimi <= 1000 V
Heading 8544Insulated wire, cable and other electric conductors, connector fitted or not; optical fibre cables of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors
Türkiye exported €241m of HS 8544.42 in 2025: rank 182 of 5,132 subheadings.
Source: Eurostat, Comext DS-059341 (the figures Türkiye declared). The ranking is calculated by Birlesa from Eurostat's figures; Eurostat bears no responsibility for it.
3 national tariff lines (12 digits)
Declarations in Türkiye use one of these lines; each has its own page.
- 8544.42.10.00.00Electric conductors of a kind used for telecommunications, for a voltage <= 1.000 V, insulated, fitted with connectors, n.e.s.
- 8544.42.90.00.11Güneş (solar) panelleri için bağlantı kutuları (junction box); izole edilmiş, gerilimi <= 1000 V
- 8544.42.90.00.19Bağlantı parçaları takılmış diğer elektrik iletkenleri; izole edilmiş, gerilimi <= 1000 V
Its page in the codes guideTÜİK Sınıflama Sunucusu: GTİP 2026(opens in a new tab)UN Statistics Division: HS 2022 (H6)(opens in a new tab)
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Türkiye rank among the Netherlands's suppliers of electric cables with connectors?
- From September 2025 to August 2026, Türkiye supplied 7% of the Netherlands's imports of HS 8544: No. 3 of 126 supplying countries.
- Are Türkiye's exports of electric cables with connectors to the Netherlands growing?
- Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026), €122m of goods under HS 8544 went from Türkiye to the Netherlands: -10% on the 12 months before.