24-12-2008Web magazine
23-12-2008Economic monitor
23-12-2008Economic monitor
11-12-2008Web magazine
Turnover in the yacht building industry has increased considerably in the period 1997-2007.
11-12-2008Economic monitor
11-12-2008Economic monitor
04-12-2008Web magazine
Household gas consumption in the Netherlands averaged nearly 1,400 cubic metres in 2007, a reduction by almost half relative to 1978.
28-11-2008Economic monitor
25-11-2008Press release
Manufacturing companies expect to invest 2 percent less this year than in 2007. In the spring forecast they still reported that investment would rise by 11 percent.
25-11-2008Economic monitor
07-11-2008Economic monitor
07-11-2008Economic monitor
31-10-2008Economic monitor
28-10-2008Economic monitor
10-10-2008Economic monitor
10-10-2008Economic monitor
30-09-2008Economic monitor
25-09-2008Web magazine
25-09-2008Economic monitor
18-09-2008Web magazine
In the first six months of 2008, the volume of diesel fuel consumed by road traffic vehicles increased by 3.5 percent relative to the same period in 2007.
09-09-2008Economic monitor
09-09-2008Economic monitor
29-08-2008Economic monitor
22-08-2008Economic monitor
08-08-2008Economic monitor
08-08-2008Economic monitor
07-08-2008Web magazine
The per capita consumption of light soft drinks in the Netherlands was 30 litres last year, approximately the same as in 2006.
31-07-2008Economic monitor
29-07-2008Economic monitor
22-07-2008Web magazine
In the first quarter of 2008 coal used to produce electricity cost 40 percent more than in the same period last year. Coal prices have been rising substantially since the second quarter of 2007.
10-07-2008Economic monitor
10-07-2008Economic monitor
30-06-2008Economic monitor
26-06-2008Web magazine
In 2007 2.8 percent of petrol and diesel sold in the Netherlands consisted of biofuels. This is substantially more than the 0.4 percent in 2006.
26-06-2008Economic monitor
24-06-2008Web magazine
Since the turn of the century the number of smokers of cigarettes and roll-ups in the Netherlands has fallen by 17 percent. Sales of cigarettes and shag tobacco are around 20 percent lower than in 2000.
06-06-2008Economic monitor
06-06-2008Economic monitor
30-05-2008Economic monitor
29-05-2008Press release
The entrepreneurs in the manufacturing industry expect an 11 percent increase in investments on 2007.
27-05-2008Economic monitor
15-05-2008Web magazine
Since the subsidy on solar electricity systems was abolished in 2003, sales of solar electricity systems on the Dutch market have plummeted. Last year, few new systems were added. Nevertheless, Dutch manufacturers of solar electricity systems achieved good results in 2007, mainly on account of rising exports.
09-05-2008Economic monitor
09-05-2008Economic monitor
29-04-2008Economic monitor
24-04-2008Economic monitor
24-04-2008Web magazine
Dutch consumption of renewable energy levelled off in 2007.
22-04-2008Web magazine
Dutch consumption of renewable energy levelled off in 2007.
17-04-2008Web magazine
In 2007, net imports of electricity plummeted by 18 percent. The upward trend observed in recent years was reversed.
08-04-2008Economic monitor
08-04-2008Economic monitor
27-03-2008Economic monitor
13-03-2008Economic monitor
13-03-2008Economic monitor
29-02-2008Announcement
26-02-2008Web magazine
In 2006, the Netherlands imported nearly 450 million kg of cocoa beans worth more than 550 million euro. The value of the extracted cocoa butter totalled 650 million euro.
26-02-2008Economic monitor
21-02-2008Web magazine
The production of renewable electricity dropped from 6.5 percent of domestic electricity consumption in 2006 to 6.0 percent in 2007.
08-02-2008Economic monitor
08-02-2008Economic monitor
08-02-2008Economic monitor
31-01-2008Economic monitor
25-01-2008Economic monitor
24-01-2008Web magazine
In 2006, renewable energy made up 2.7 percent of total energy consumption in the Netherlands, distinctly lower than the average of 6.8 percent across the EU-15.
11-01-2008Economic monitor
11-01-2008Economic monitor
