Extraction, import and export materials by kind, nat. accounts 1996-2012
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Table explanation
This table contains information about materials that enter of leave the Dutch economy through import, export and extraction. Materials include resources, semi-finished products and finished products. The import and export of materials is recorded both in kilos (physically) and in euros (monetary). The currently presented tables can be referred to as the material flow accounts.
Data available from: 1996-2012
As of 8 December 2015, this table is discontinued. Figures have been recalculated according to a new method. A link to the new tables Extraction, import and export of materials; national accounts and extraction, import and export of materials by continent; national accounts can be found in chapter 3.
Status of the figures:
2012 provisional, other years final.
Changes as of 8 December 2015:
None, this is a discontinued table.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.
Description topics
- Material flows in physical amounts
- Extraction of type of materials
- Materials that are extracted from the environment and used by residents as input for the production process. Extraction comprises not only the mining and quarrying of minerals but also harvest of agricultural goods and the catch of non-cultivated fish.
- Non-metal minerals
- Inorganic minerals excluding metals.
- Total non-metal minerals
- Inorganic minerals excluding metals.
- Salt
- Sodium chloride.
- Limestone and gypsum
- Limestone is, e.g., used for the production of cement. Gypsum is, e.g., used for plastering.
- Sand and gravel
- Sand and gravel that are used by industry as resource for the production of concrete, glass and ceramics.
- Clays and kaolin
- Clays and kaolin are used for the production of porcelain.
- Excavated earthen materials
- Sand mainly used for raising roads and embankments.
- Import by type of material
- The import of goods comprises goods, destined for Dutch residents that originate in other economies. This also included goods that, after import, leave the country again without any significant treatment taken place as long as these goods are owned by Dutch residents (re-exports).
- Non-metallic minerals
- Inorganic minerals excluding metals and products thereof.
- Total non-metallic minerals
- Inorganic minerals excluding metals and products thereof.
- Ornamental and building stone
- Mainly natural stone like marble and granite and products thereof. No slate.
- Chalk and dolomite
- Chalk consist chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers. Dolomite consists mainly of calcium and magnesium carbonate.
- Slate
- A dark grey fine grained rock used, for example, for roofing.
- Chemical and fertilizer minerals
- Mainly phosphate and derived products like artificial fertilizer.
- Salt
- Sodium chloride, e.g. table salt and salt for icy roads.
- Other minerals n.e.c.
- Other inorganic minerals and derived products like acids and concrete.
- Limestone and gypsum
- Limestone and gypsum and derived products like cement and plaster.
- Sand and gravel
- Sand and gravel that are used by industry as resource for the production of concrete, glass and ceramics.
- Clays and kaolin
- Clays and kaolin and derived products like porcelain and ceramic products.
- Products mainly from non-metal minerals
- Mainly products from glass.