Environmental and ec. key figures; national accounts, 2001-2013

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Environmental and ec. key figures; national accounts, 2001-2013
Economic activities and other items	Periods	Environmental burden Net energy consumption (PJ)	Environmental burden Tap water use (mln m3)	Environmental burden Waste (mln kg)	Environment and macro-economic figures Revenues environmental taxes and levies (mln euros)	Environment and macro-economic figures Environmental expenditure (mln euros)	Environment and macro-economic figures Environmental investment (mln euros)	Environment and macro-economic figures Environmental goods and services sector Labour volume of employed persons (1 000 years of employment)	Environment and macro-economic figures Environmental goods and services sector Gross value added at basic prices (mln euros)
Total	2013*	3,540	.	.	23,013	.	.	.	.
Total Dutch economy	2013*	3,540	.	.	22,952	.	.	.	.
A-U All economic activities	2013*	2,826	.	.	7,991	.	.	.	.
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2013*	154	.	.	327	.	.	.	.
B-E Industry (no construction), energy	2013*	1,815	.	.	1,386	.	.	.	.
B Mining and quarrying	2013*	43	.	.	23	.	.	.	.
C Manufacturing	2013*	1,368	.	.	1,055	.	.	.	.
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages	2013*	83	.	.	329	.	.	.	.
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts	2013*	5	.	.	35	.	.	.	.
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing	2013*	34	.	.	77	.	.	.	.
16 Manufacture of wood products	2013*	3	.	.	13	.	.	.	.
17 Manufacture of paper	2013*	26	.	.	40	.	.	.	.
18 Printing and reproduction	2013*	6	.	.	24	.	.	.	.
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum	2013*	171	.	.	48	.	.	.	.
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals	2013*	869	.	.	166	.	.	.	.
20 Manufacture of chemicals	2013*	.	.	.	150	.	.	.	.
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals	2013*	.	.	.	16	.	.	.	.
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod	2013*	33	.	.	117	.	.	.	.
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products	2013*	8	.	.	52	.	.	.	.
23 Manufacture of building materials	2013*	24	.	.	65	.	.	.	.
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products	2013*	137	.	.	100	.	.	.	.
24 Manufacture of basic metals	2013*	125	.	.	29	.	.	.	.
25 Manufacture of metal products	2013*	12	.	.	71	.	.	.	.
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry	2013*	15	.	.	34	.	.	.	.
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c.	2013*	7	.	.	45	.	.	.	.
29-30 Transport equipment	2013*	5	.	.	30	.	.	.	.
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair	2013*	10	.	.	73	.	.	.	.
D Electricity and gas supply	2013*	308	.	.	172	.	.	.	.
E Water supply and waste management	2013*	97	.	.	132	.	.	.	.
F Construction	2013*	56	.	.	508	.	.	.	.
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering	2013*	543	.	.	2,503	.	.	.	.
J Information and communication	2013*	18	.	.	149	.	.	.	.
K Financial institutions	2013*	18	.	.	172	.	.	.	.
L Renting, buying, selling real estate	2013*	13	.	.	112	.	.	.	.
M-N Business services	2013*	44	.	.	1,635	.	.	.	.
O-Q Government and care	2013*	131	.	.	858	.	.	.	.
R-U Culture, recreation, other services	2013*	33	.	.	337	.	.	.	.
Total private households	2013*	715	.	.	14,961	.
Other domestic origin	2013*
Total from abroad	2013*			.	66
Source: CBS.

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This table contains key figures from the environmental accounts and the National Accounts. It shows contributions to various environmental issues such as global warming, acidification, environmental costs and environmental taxes by industries. In addition, some economic characteristics of the National accounts are included for comparison, e.g. gross value added and the number of employee jobs converted to full-time equivalents.
The environmental accounts are consistent with the concepts and definitions of the National Accounts. This implies that, for physical material flows, the direct relationship with the Dutch economy is the focal point. Material flows are attributed to the economic activities where the actions actually take place, they are registered according to the residence principle. This means that all air pollution caused by Dutch transport companies is taken into account for the Netherlands, but that air pollution caused by transport companies from abroad within the Dutch territory is not.
The environmental accounts are based on figures from the environmental statistics. These data are based on the territory principle, however, everything that happens within the Dutch territory. Because of the consistency between the environmental accounts and the National Accounts, Dutch environmental indicators can be compared directly to the main economic indicators. Due to the difference in approach between environmental accounts and environmental statistics, results may vary somewhat.

Data available from: 2001-2013

Status of the figures:
his table contains figures from various sources. For figures related to the National Accounts: most recent reference period has status Provisional, whereas the reference period prior to that has the status Revised Provisional. After two years the data become Definite. Data for 2001-2010 are still regarded as Provisional, as the Dutch National Accounts are currently being revised to comply with the European System of National and Regional Accounts 2010 (ESR 2010). Data based on the environmental accounts will be revised over a longer period of time, because of adjustments in the data sources used. This to maintain the closest relation possible to the environmental statistics.

Changes as of 8 June 2016:
This table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable. This table is discontinued.

Description topics

Environmental burden

Physical data relating to the environmental burden. Subjects include emissions to air and water, waste and the depletion of natural resources.

Net energy consumption: Energy used for economic processes, not usable in the short-term for other energetic purposes.

Net energy use is the combination of final energy use for energy purposes (use of fuels for transport) and non-energy purposes (use of naphtha in manufacturing of plastics) plus the conversion losses of energy (for example energy losses that occur when coal and gas are converted into electricity in power plants).

Tap water use: Use of water from the tap of drinking water quality produced by the water supply companies. Tap water is purified groundwater or surface water transported through a network of pipes.

Waste: Waste categories are categorised according to the European Regulation on Waste Statistics. Waste with and without a commercial value (waste products and waste residuals) for the producer are taken into account.

Environment and macro-economic figures

Key figures relating to the environment and the economy.

Revenues environmental taxes and levies: Total revenues from environmental levies and environmental taxes.

Environmental levies are imposed by the government to finance specific environmental measures. Environmental taxes are taxes intended to reduce human activities that harm the environment, by raising prices. The revenues from environmental taxes go into the general government revenue and are not used to finance specific environmental policies. Examples of environmental taxes are excise on motor fuels, road tax, the tax on cars and motorcycles and energy tax.

Environmental expenditure: Total yearly costs of activities aiming to protect, restore or improve the environment.

Environmental expenditure can be broken down into own costs and transfers paid. The costs of own activities include estimated capital costs (interest on and depreciation of environmental investments), current costs en other costs. Transfers paid mainly consist of levies and outsourcing services.

Environmental investment: Investments in fixed capital formation that are aimed to protect, restore or improve the environment and will not be recovered in three years.

Environmental goods and services sector

The environmental goods and services sector consists of a group of companies and authorities involved in activities with respect to measuring, preventing, limiting, minimalizing or correcting environmental damage to water, air and soil, and problems related to waste, noise and ecosystems. This definition includes 'cleaner technologies 'and 'cleaner goods and services' which reduce environmental risk and minimize the use of natural resources and pollution. The definition of the environmental goods and services sector is determined on European level and is used by EU-countries accordingly.

Labour volume of employed persons: The input of labour based on the average number of employee jobs in a year. Labour input is calculated by converting all jobs (full-time and part-time) in a year to full-time equivalents (FTE). Two part-time jobs of 0.5 FTE will count as 1 working year in the yearly average labour volume.

Gross value added at basic prices: The value of all goods and services produced (‘production value’ or ‘output’), minus those that have been intermediately used upon production. Value added is rated at basic prices, the prices experienced by the producer. Included is the value added generated by all kind-of-activity units residing in the Netherlands, including those that are foreign owned. The kind-of-activity units also include general government units and other non-commercial units.

In terms of National Accounts value added can be valued ”gross” or “net”. Gross means prior to any correction of fixed assets for loss of initial value in time (depreciation), whereas the value after depreciation of fixed capital is called “net”.