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Value added tax was introduced in the Netherlands in 1969. In that year it generated just over 2.5 billion euro in revenue; nearly 40 years later VAT revenue amounted to nearly 43 billion euro.

According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), GDP showed 0.4 percent growth in Q3 2017.

More and more employees in the Netherlands have a temporary employment contract that offers the likelihood of a permanent appointment. Most of them are younger employees

Labour costs in the Dutch private sector have risen at the same rate over the past decade as the average across the entire European Union. Between 2001 and 2011 Dutch labour costs per hour worked in...

Goods imports from Japan amounted to 8.4 billion euros in 2013. The Netherlands is mainly a transit country for Japanese products to Europe. Three-quarters of the imported goods were re-exported...

Carbon monoxide, VOC, nitrogen oxides, particulates. Vehicle category, year of construction, road type.

Dutch goods exports to Greece are slowly picking up after a substantial dip in the early years of the recession. Greek exports have grown more rapidly over the past seven years than Dutch exports.

In April the turnover of the Dutch manufacturing industry was up by 5 percent on April 2003. Furthermore the Dutch manufacturing industry was able to hang on to the recovery in production realised in...

Following a long period of growth, business services turnover fell for the first time in the second quarter of 2009. Turnover growth rates in the various branches differed strongly from those in the...

For the first time in six years, the difference between government revenue and expenditure was positive in 2006.

The number of unfilled vacancies increased by 37 thousand in the third quarter of 2005. Corrected for seasonal effects, there were 174 thousand open vacancies at the end of September 2005.

In 2017, the trade deficits of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba were higher than in 2016.

In 2019, greenhouse gas emissions declined by 3 percent (5.7 megatonnes) to 182.5 megatonnes of CO2 equivalents year-on-year.

On a year-on-year basis, the CPI inflation rate in the Netherlands was 0.6 percent in March.

The consumer price index (CPI) rose to 1.6 percent in April.

For the first time in ten years, the number of people in the Netherlands claiming a social benefit has decreased across the board.

Statistics Netherlands reports that Dutch inflation according to the consumer price index (CPI) was 1.0 percent in July, just as in June.

Dutch government spending on public order and security amounted to 11.3 billion euro in 2007. This is 6 percent more than in 2006.