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Inflation rate rises to 0.6 percent

In 2014, net export of natural gas was 25 percent below the level of 2013 and the volume of natural gas extracted in the Netherlands shrank by nearly 20 percent. Apart from 1988, the annual volume of...

The inflation rate over June 2014 was 0.9 percent, i.e. marginally higher than in May.

In April 2004 the rate of inflation was 1.4 percent, 0.3 of a percent point higher than in March. The increase follows a period of three years when inflation was almost continually falling. The April...

Last year, 156 thousand hybrid cars were registered in the Netherlands, a fourfold increase relative to five years ago. They covered an overall distance of 2.5 billion kilometres. Last year, more...

Spending on disablement assistence for young people (Wajong) have been rising in recent years. In 2003 spending amounted to nearly 1.3 billion euro, while in 2008 this had increased to nearly 1.9...

The turnover of health care institutions increased greatly in 2009, as it had in 2008, despite the recession in the Netherlands. Profits also rose substantially.

The average annual temperature in De Bilt rose by 1.7 °C in the period 1952-2017.

Dutch Consumer Confidence stands at +25 in December.

Netherlands among largest producers of frozen potato products in Europe

Steady growth manufacturing output

Last year, Dutch car sales grew more rapidly than on average in the European Union. More than 13.7 million new passenger cars were sold across the EU last year, i.e. 9 percent more than in 2014. Car...

The nitrogen removal capacity of sewage water treatment plants in the Netherlands is improving continuously. In 2006, the 75 percent barrier was broken for the first time.

The total area in the Netherlands available for practising sports is 334 km², approximately 1 percent of the total land area, i.e. 20 m² per resident. Sports grounds are mainly situated inside...

The inflation rate did not change in September 2005. Just as in August consumer prices were 1.8 percent higher than the year before.

Over the past decade, the costs of the Exceptional Medical Expenses Act (AWBZ) have risen by nearly 75 percent. Important factors are population ageing, less rigid access criteria to health...

An average Dutch households paid 1.5 percent more for its gas and electricity in January 2008 than in the previous month.

The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 2.9 percent up in September compared to the same month last year.

Online purchases by Dutch consumers in foreign EU webshops, big data research