Environmental taxes and fees; revenues by taxpayer 1987-2012

Environmental taxes and fees; revenues by taxpayer 1987-2012

Taxpayers Periods Environmental fees revenues Fees on water pollution (mln euro)
Total taxpayers 2012* 1,178
A-U All economic activities 2012* 327
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2012* 10
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2012* 113
B Mining and quarrying 2012* 1
C Manufacturing 2012* 67
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2012* 30
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2012* 3
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2012* 4
16 Manufacture of wood products 2012* 0
17 Manufacture of paper 2012* 3
18 Printing and reproduction 2012* 1
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2012* 2
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2012* 12
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2012* 10
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2012* 1
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2012* 3
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2012* 1
23 Manufacture of building materials 2012* 2
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2012* 5
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2012* 2
25 Manufacture of metal products 2012* 3
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2012* 2
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2012* 1
29-30 Transport equipment 2012* 1
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2012* 3
D Electricity and gas supply 2012* 2
E Water supply and waste management 2012* 43
F Construction 2012* 2
41 Construction buildings, development 2012* 0
42 Civil engineering 2012* 0
43 Specialised construction activities 2012* 2
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2012* 77
G Wholesale and retail trade 2012* 26
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2012* 3
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 2012* 13
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 2012* 10
H Transportation and storage 2012* 15
49 Land transport 2012* 5
50 Water transport 2012* 1
51 Air transport 2012* 0
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2012* 8
53 Postal and courier activities 2012* 0
I Accommodation and food serving 2012* 37
J Information and communication 2012* 3
K Financial institutions 2012* 7
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2012* 3
M-N Business services 2012* 10
M Other specialised business services 2012* 6
N Renting and other business support 2012* 4
O-Q Government and care 2012* 84
O Public administration and services 2012* 34
P Education 2012* 14
Q Health and social work activities 2012* 37
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2012* 16
R Culture, sports and recreation 2012* 12
S Other service activities 2012* 4
T Activities of households 2012* 0
U Extraterritorial organisations 2012*
Total private households 2012* 851
Non-residents in the Netherlands 2012* .
Source: CBS.
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This table presents an overview of the revenues of the environmental taxes and fees. The government charges several taxes and fees to support and finance environmental policy.
The revenues of environmental taxes and fees can be attributed by taxpayer, distinguishing private households, industries and non-residents.

The above mentioned revenues of environmental taxes and fees are presented in the following variables:
-value in current prices, million euros.

Data available from: 1987-2012

Status of the figures:
The figures concerning 2011 and 2012 are (revised) provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of September 29, 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table is replaced by table: Environmental taxes and fees; revenues by taxpayer. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Environmental fees revenues
Environmental fees
Fees to finance specific environmental measures by the government. Examples of environmental fees are sewerage charges, fees on water pollution, noise tax civil aviation, groundwater fee and fees on after-care of refuse dumps.
Fees on water pollution
Charged on the drainage of waste to the sewer or a purification installation. The revenue is used to finance the costs of purifying waste water by the Water Boards.