International trade; Imports and exports of services by country, 2003-2013

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Travel

Goods and services acquired from an economy by non-residents of that
economy during visits of less than one year to that economy. The goods
and services are purchased by travellers or provided as a gift.
Excluded are:
- transport and carriage of travellers within the economies they are
visiting
(included in passenger services under transport).
- goods purchased for resale in the travellers home economy.
Total travel is broken down into purpose: business travel or personal
travel.

Business travel

Acquisition of goods and services by business travellers. Also includes
acquisition of goods and services for personal use by seasonal, border
and other workers.

Other business services

This category is broken down into merchanting and other trade-related
services, operational leasing services and miscellaneous business,
professional and technical services.

Total other business services

Merchanting and other trade-relat...

Merchanting and other trade-related services:
Merchanting is defined as the purchase of goods by a resident of the
Netherlands from a non-resident and the subsequent resale of these goods
to another non-resident without these goods entering or leaving the
Netherlands. Merchanting services are recoded exclusively on the exports
side.
Other trade-related services covers commissions on goods and service
transactions between resident merchants, commodity brokers, dealers and
commission agents and non-residents.

Operational leasing

Leasing (rental) of transportation equipment without crew.

Miscellaneous business, profe...

Miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services
Includes:
- legal services
- accounting, auditing, bookkeeping and tax consulting services
- business and management consulting and public relations services
- advertising, market research and public opinion polling
- research and development
- architectural, engineering and other technical services
- waste treatment and depollution services
- agricultural, mining, and other on-site processing services
- other business services, n.e.c.
- services between related enterprises, n.e.c.

Total miscellaneous business, profe...

Total miscellaneous business, professional and technical services.

Legal services

Includes:
- legal advisory and representation services in any legal, judicial and
statutory procedures
- drafting services of legal documentation and instruments
- certification consultancy
- escrow and settlement services.

Accounting, auditing, bookkeeping and...

Accounting, auditing, bookkeeping and tax consulting services
Includes:
- recording of commercial transactions for businesses and others
- examination services of accounting records and financial statements
- business tax planning and consulting
- preparation of tax documents.

Business and management consulting ...

Business and management consulting and public relations services
Includes:
- advisory, guidance and operational assistance services provided to
businesses for business policy and strategy
- overall planning, structuring and control of an organisation
- services related to improving the image of the clients and their
relations with the institutions and the general public
- management auditing
- market management, human resources, production management
- project management consulting.

Advertising, market research and pub...

Advertising, market research and public opinion polling
Includes:
- design, creation and marketing of advertisements by advertising agencies
- media placement, including the purchase and sale of advertising space
- exhibition services provided by trade fairs
- promotion of products abroad
- market research
- telemarketing
- public opinion polling on various issues.

Research and development services

Covers services associated with basic research, applied research and
experimental development of new products and processes.

Architectural, engineering and other ...

Architectural, engineering and other technical services
Includes:
- services related to architectural design of urban and other development
projects
- planning and project design and supervision of dams, bridges, airports,
turnkey projects etc.
- surveying
- cartography
- product testing and certification
- technical inspection services.

Waste treatment and depollution

Includes:
- treatment of radioactive and other waste
- stripping of contaminated soil
- cleaning up of pollution including oil spills
- restoration of mining sites, and decontamination and sanitation
services.
Also includes all other services that relate to the cleaning or
restoring of the environment.

Agricultural, mining and on-site proc...

Agricultural, mining, and other on-site processing services
Includes:
Agricultural services:
- provision of agricultural machinery with crew
- harvesting
- treatment of crops
- pest control
- animal boarding
- animal care and breeding services
- services in hunting, trapping
- services in forestry and logging
- services in fishing.
Also includes mining services provided at oil and gas fields, including
drilling, derrick building, repair and dismantling services and oil and
gas well casing cementing. Services incidental to mineral prospecting and
exploration, as well as mining engineering and geological surveying.
Other on-site processing services:
covers on-site processing of or work on goods that have been imported
without change of ownership, processed but not re-exported to the country
from which the goods were consigned (but are instead either sold in the
processing economy or sold to a third economy) or vice versa.

Other business services, n.i.e.

Other business services, not included elsewhere
Includes:
- placement of personnel
- security and investigative services
- translation and interpretation
- photographic services
- building cleaning
- real estate services to businesses

Services between related enterprise...

Services between related enterprises, n.i.e.
Services between related Dutch and not-resident enterprises. Includes
payments from branches, subsidiaries and associates to their parent
enterprise or other
related enterprises. It covers payments between related enterprises for
services that cannot be specifically classified as services mentioned
elsewhere. These are contributions to the general management costs of the
branches, subsidiaries and associates for planning, organising and
controlling.