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Unemployment benefits up again
After adjustment for seasonal effects, 273 thousand people in the Netherlands were claiming unemployment benefit at the end of September 2003. This is 20 thousand more than at the end of the previous...
Household and farm water usage surged in 2018
In 2018, drinking water consumption by Dutch households increased by 7 percent relative to one year previously. The agricultural sector used considerably more water than in 2017 (150 percent).
Sales new lorries pick up
After three years of slumping sales, an increase in commercial vehicle sales was recorded during the first nine months of 2015. The number of sales of new lorries and tractor units for semitrailers...
Inflation up slightly in February
Inflation in the Netherlands was 1.5 percent in February 2007.
Number of job vacancies marginally down
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 133 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of September 2011, i.e. 4 thousand fewer than in the previous quarter.
Fewer new commercial vehicles sold
The number of new commercial vehicles sold in the first quarter of 2009, was 30 percent lower than in the same quarter of 2008. Sales of second-hand commercial vehicles remained all but stable.
Number of open job vacancies down
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 101 thousand job vacancies were unfilled by the end of last year, i.e. a decrease by 7 thousand relative to the previous quarter.
Unemployment hardly changed
In the period April-June this year, average unemployment was 310 thousand, i.e. 4.0 percent of the labour force versus 4.6 percent in the period April-June 2007.
Transport and use of manure and nutrients
Calculation of the supply, removal and use of manure and nutrients.
Marginal turnover growth in hotels and restaurants sector
In the fourth quarter of 2012, the sector hotels and restaurants achieved 0.6 percent turnover growth relative to the same period in 2011.
Retail turnover marginally down
Dutch retailers faced 1.7 percent turnover loss in October 2010 from October 2009. Retail prices were 1.3 percent higher, volume shrank by 3.0 percent.
Strong rise in retail sales
Dutch retailers realised 9.7 percent more turnover in August 2006 than in the same month last year.
Modest growth retail turnover
According to the most recent figures, retail sales in the first quarter of 2011 were 1.7 percent up on the same period last year. Turnover growth is entirely due to price increases.
Retail turnover 0.5 percent down
The latest figures show that retail turnover was 0.5 percent down in January 2013 from January 2012. Retail prices were 2.6 percent higher, volume shrank by 3 percent.
Unemployment continues to fall
An average 284 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period July-September 2008. This is the equivalent of 3.7 percent of the labour force. In the same period last year the...
Building permits at historic low
In 2013, more than 26 thousand building permits for new houses were granted, a decline by 30 percent relative to 2012. The decline over the last quarter was less substantial.
Dutch manufacturing cannot maintain recovery
The situation in the Dutch manufacturing industry deteriorated slightly in February of 2004. Both production and turnover were down on February 2003. The Dutch manufacturing industry was unable to...
Dutch inflation rate at 2.0 percent
Dutch consumer prices were 2.0 percent up in March versus 1.9 percent in February relative to the same month last year.
Transport and storage; turnover change, index 2010=100, 2005-2017
Transport and storage. Turnover: index 2010=100, change. By activity (SIC 2008).
Inflation rises sharply to 2.9 percent
Inflation in the Netherlands rose to 2.9 percent in October. This is the highest rate of inflation in the last four years.
Imports of new cars and light motor vehicles; turnover change, 1995 - 2012
Importers of new cars and light motor vehicles; turnover change index 2005 = 100