Luanda: Angola’s trade volume with the Netherlands in 2024 was 900 million euros, primarily resulting from oil and natural gas exports, the Consul General Salvador Jesus said Monday. Speaking to the press on the sidelines of the first Angola-Netherlands Business Forum, the Angolan diplomat highlighted that over the past three or four years, the European country has been one of the largest buyers of petroleum products from Angola. The total trade between the two countries during this period amounts to approximately one billion euros.

According to Angola Press News Agency, the objective of the forum was to exchange experiences in fruit growing, horticulture, and agriculture. The Angolan government aims to restore the country’s agricultural potential in terms of fruit and coffee cultivation to increase the population’s income. Jesus emphasized the businesspeople’s visit to Angola as a symbol of the business community’s confidence in the country’s political stability and development vision.

Dutch businesspeople
are expected to visit the province of Cuanza-Sul to explore its potential. Diplomatic relations between Angola and the Netherlands were officially established in 1976, shortly after Angola gained independence.