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Exports up in February
Goods exported from the Netherlands amounted to a value of 19.4 billion euro in February 2004. This is 1 percent more than in February 2003. The value of imported goods was 1 percent lower at 16.9...
Foreign companies in the Netherlands: small number, considerable turnover
One percent of companies in the Netherlands are foreign-owned. These companies contribute disproportionately to the Dutch economy, however.
turnover manufacturing industry down in third quarter
In the third quarter of 2014, Dutch manufacturing industry recorded a negative turnover growth of 1.7 percent relative to the same period last year. This is the first turnover decline after four...
Moderate growth exports
The volume of exports of goods increased by nearly 5 percent in June from twelve months previously. The growth of the volume of exports has remained fairly stable over the past months. The volume of...
Top sectors employ over 1.6 million people
The so-called top sectors include more than 260 thousand businesses. Together, they accounted for more than one third of total output value in 2010. Two thirds of spending on innovation projects by...
Dutch utilisation capacity rate exceptionally low
The industrial capacity utilisation rate in the Netherlands is exceptionally low. In April 2009, manufacturing industry used over 74 percent of total output capacity available.
Consumption down in November
In November 2003 the volume of domestic consumption was 3.1 percent down on the same month of 2002. Consumers spent less on durable goods in particular. About half the decrease in domestic...
Employment falls further
The number of jobs of employees was 121 thousand (1.5 percent) lower in the first quarter of 2013 than in the same period one year previously. It is the fifth consecutive quarter that the number of...
Retirement age employees further up
The average age of retirement for employees in the Netherlands had risen to 62.7 years in 2010 and the increase was observed across all sectors. More than 70 thousand employees went into retirement...
Exports marginally up in June
The volume of exports of goods was 0.9 percent up in June 2013 from June 2012. Exports growth was marginally smaller than in May (1.1 percent). In April, exports were still 2.0 percent down from one...
Consumption down in October
The volume of domestic consumption was 0.6 percent smaller in October 2003 than twelve months previously. According to figures the decrease was caused by lower spending on durable goods. Spending on...
Major cities hit less hard by recession
Last year, the economy shrank across nearly all provinces. The economy in the province of Friesland shrank most dramatically (1.5 percent), but the contraction was also above the national average of...
bankruptcies fall to 6.5-year low
According to Statistics Netherlands, 370 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in May this year, i.e. 84 down from the preceding month.
number of bankruptcies stable
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the number of bankruptcies, adjusted for the number of court session days, was approximately the same in July 2015 as in June.
Storage capacity for animal manure substantially increased
In 2007, 95 percent of dairy and pig farms in the Netherlands had provisions to store semi-liquid manure for six months or longer.
Foreign trade growing
The value of goods imported to and exported from the Netherlands was higher in April 2004 than in April 2003. Imports were 5 percent higher at 17.7 billion euro, exports amounted to 19.9 billion...
Consumer prices on Bonaire continue to rise
Consumer prices on Bonaire were 2.2 percent up year-on-year in Q4 2019.
Household consumption 3 percent up in April
Dutch household consumption was 3 percent up in April 2018.
Household consumption 2.6 percent up in November
Dutch household consumption was 2.6 percent up in November 2017.
More lorry journeys with cleaner engines
Lorry journeys by engine emission standard (European emission standard for lorries)
Manufacturing output up in July
The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 3 percent up in July 2017.
Consumer spending up by more than 2 percent in May
Dutch consumer spending was more than 2 percent up in May 2017 from May 2016.
Manufacturing output up again
The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 3.9 percent up in May 2017.