Trade and industry; employment and finance per sector, SIC 2008

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Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Operating costs Purchase value of sales Payments to subcontractors (x mln euro)
016 Support activities for agriculture 452
06 Extraction of crude petroleum and gas 2,367
09 Mining support activities 467
C Manufacturing 20,317
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 3,733
10 Manufacture of food products 2,647
104 Manufacture of edible oils and fats 7
105 Manufacture of dairy products 426
1061 Manufacture of grain mill products .
1062 Manufacture of starches .
107 Manufacture of bakery products 37
1071 Manufacture of bread, fresh pastry 27
1072 Manufacture of preserved pastry .
108 Manufacture of other food 1,361
1082 Manufacture of cocoa,confectionary 95
109 Manufacture of animal foods 30
11 Manufacture of beverages 1,086
1105 Manufacture of beer 16
1107 Manufacture of soft drinks .
12 Manufacture of tobacco products .
13 Manufacture of textiles 50
139 Manufacture of other textiles 35
14 Manufacture of wearing apparel .
15 Manufacture of leather and footwear 6
16 Manufacture of wood products 161
162 Manufacture of products of wood 145
1623 Manufacture other builders' joinery .
17 Manufacture of paper 455
17-18 Manufacture of paper and printing 610
171 Manufacture of pulp, paper, -board 10
172 Manufacture of articles of paper 445
1721 Manufacture corrugated paper(board) 36
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 34
20 Manufacture of chemicals 4,273
201 Manufacture of basic chemicals 1,248
2014 Manufacture organic basic chemicals 197
20141 Manufacture of petrochemicals 55
20149 Manufacture other organic chemical 142
2015 Manufacture of fertilisers 11
2016 Manufacture plastics (primary form) 573
203 Manufacture of paints and ink 168
205 Manufacture of other chemicals 146
206 Manufacture of man-made fibres .
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 228
211 Manufacture of basic pharmaceuticals .
212 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals .
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 127
221 Manufacture of rubber products 5
222 Manufacture of plastic products 122
2221 Manufacture plastic plates, tubes 11
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table shows relevant economic data for trade and industry sectors, e.g. the number of persons employed, costs and revenues, turnover and other financial results. The figures can be divided by a number of sectors/ branches according to Statistics Netherlands' Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities 2008 (SIC 2008).

Data available from: 2009.

Status of the figures:
All data in the table are definite.

Changes as of April 18, 2025:

Figures of 2023 have been added.


When will new figures be published?

Results are made available circa 15 months after the year under review. In March/April 2026, new figures will be published for 2024.


Description topics

Operating costs
The costs made to achieve the operating profits, that is the purchase value of the turnover, labour costs, and depreciation on assets, and other business expenditure.

Since 2007, wage (cost) subsidies are no longer included in net
operating returns. Therefore, wage (cost) subsidies are deducted from operating costs.
Purchase value of sales
The costs of raw materials and semi-manufactured goods, packaging materials, trading goods, wages for work hired for the production of the goods and services used in the production within the reporting years.
Payments to subcontractors
Costs of outsourced activities, including costs of any materials supplied by the subcontractor.