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In 2018, Dutch consumers purchased around 1.6 billion euros (excl. VAT) worth of products from foreign EU webshops.

In January 2021, the total volume of goods exports was up by 2.7 percent year on year.

Which relationship last longest? Young cohabitants or married? What is the impact of a larger age gap and of different education levels?

In Q3 2018, Dutch consumers bought around 406 million euros (excl. VAT) worth of products from foreign EU webshops. This is 14 pecent up on the same quarter in 2017.

In 2017, altogether 54 thousand full-time jobs in the Netherlands were associated with renewable energy and energy efficiency. This number was up from 35 thousand in 2008.

During the first eight months of 2018, the Netherlands imported 213 million T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton. This is the largest quantity ever recorded and approximately 2.5 times more...

In Q2 2018, Dutch consumers purchased around 455 million euros (excl. VAT) worth of products from foreign EU webshops. This represents an increase of 18 percent relative to Q2 2017.

One-fifth of all exports by Dutch manufacturers consist of products that are not self-manufactured, but supplied along with their own products, a phenomenon referred to as carry-along trade.

Over one-fifth of the Dutch population aged 18 years or older consider themselves very happy. They rate their degree of happiness with a score of 9 or 10.

In 2017, trade with the United Kingdom generated 22.7 billion euros in the Netherlands.

Last year, China’s share in Dutch exports of recyclable plastic waste was 2.7 percent. In 2010, still nearly half of all plastic waste generated by businesses and households had China as a foreign...

Exports from the EU 15 to other countries include increasing amounts of Dutch goods and services.

Dairy sector turnover has risen by 30 percent on average over the past three quarters

Over 20 percent of businesses had to deal with the consequences of cyber attacks in 2016.

The export of services in 2016.

The tourism industry accounts for 7 percent of net domestic energy consumption.

Employees are increasingly less concerned about retaining their jobs; 24% in 2016 and as much as 34% in 2013.

Nine out of ten 12 to 25-year-olds are satisfied with life, as indicated by a study in 2015.

Turnover sector hotels and restaurants in the Netherlands has grown faster than on average across the EU.

In the Netherlands, 93,560 people took part in a labour market project subsidised by the European Social Fund (ESF).

In 2017, the Netherlands received in excess of 600 billion kg of goods in gross weight for the first time.

In 2017, 1.7% of women aged 15 years or older said they had been the victim of one or more violent crimes, against 2.5% of men. Intimidation is the most common crime among both sexes. Women report...

Latest figures in the Monitor of Well-being and the SDGs 2023 on distribution of well-being by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not evenly distributed across...

In the period 2014-2016, the number of companies implementing technological innovations rose to nearly 20 thousand, up by nearly one thousand relative to the period 2012-2014. This involves new or...

In 2016, the Netherlands’ goods trade deficit with the US hit 12 billion euros, i.e. Dutch imports of goods exceeded exports. The trade deficit can be attributed almost entirely to large re-export...