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Less refrigerated meat shipped to the Netherlands
Fewer cooled and frozen goods imported in containers in Dutch seaports last year.
Environmental accounts: Waste balance, kind of waste per sector
As part of the environmental accounts the waste accounts are compiled. The waste accounts show balanced figures on the origin and destination (treatment) of solid waste.
Potatoes: smallest crop for ten years
The production of potatoes was substantially lower last year than in 2002. The total potato crop was 6.5 billion kilos in 2003, one eighth lower than in 2002. Arable farmers lifted less than 41...
Dutch economic growth reaches 2.1 percent
The Dutch economy grew by 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2010 relative to the same quarter in 2009.
Inflation rate marginally up
According to the consumer price index (CPI), Dutch inflation over October was 0.7 percent. In September, consumer prices were 0.6 percent up from one year previously. Petrol and airline ticket prices...
Fall in environmental costs for companies comes to a halt
Dutch companies have invested substantially in improving air, water and soil quality in recent years. As a result of environmental subsidies, environment-related costs paid by companies have not...
May holiday creates inflation peak
Statistics Netherlands reported today that Dutch inflation in terms of the consumer price index (CPI) rose to 1.1 percent in May, i.e. the highest level in the last 7 months. The price increase in...
Dutch consumers do not contribute to worldwide emission reduction of greenhouse gases
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused to meet the economic needs of Dutch consumers were nearly 6 percent lower in 2009 than in 1996, but the total amount of global greenhouse gas emissions as a...
Employment in the sustainable energy sector
The sustainable energy sector accounted for 0.73 percent of total employment in 2016.
Particulate matter emissions caused by business activity
Between 2000 and 2016, emissions of particulate matter (PM10) caused by Dutch business activity fell by more than 41 percent, while GDP increased.
National debt markedly down
The national debt amounted to nearly 254 billion euro by the end of last year, 2 billion euro down on the end of 2006.
Exports Dutch products to EU countries further down
The export of products manufactured in the Netherlands to EU countries is falling into decline. The importance of the EU in total exports of goods is also diminishing, but from an international point...
Employment participation rate also higher among mothers with non-western background
The employment participation rate among mothers with a non-western background is significantly lower than among native Dutch mothers, but since 2006, employment among women with a non-western...
More and more families with two working parents
Last year, there were 1.6 million couples with at least one underage child in the Netherlands. In 77 percent of these families both parents worked.
Nutrient surplus in agriculture
Output and value added in Dutch agriculture have increased in recent years, while the surplus of nitrogen and phosphorus has decreased.
Annual number of abortions stable over the past decade
Forty years ago to the day, on 27 February 1971, the first abortion clinic opened its doors in the Netherlands. Approximately 28 thousand abortions are carried out on women living in the Netherlands...
Again more cattle grazing
The share of grazing cattle increased again last year, with 71 percent of the dairy herd grazing outdoors against 65 percent in 2016.
Consumer price increase drops from 2.7 to 1.8 percent
The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.8 percent higher in January than in the same month last year. In December, prices of consumer goods and services were up by 2.7 percent year-on-year.
Consumer prices 2.6 percent up in September
The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.6 percent higher in September than in the same month last year.
Consumer prices 2.9 percent up in April
The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.9 percent higher in March than in the same month one year previously.
Cao wages, contractual wage costs and working hours;(2000=100), 2000-2014
Cao wages, contractual wage costs and working hours, Index fig. 2000=100 monthly, SIC'93
Industry; production, sales, orders, SIC 2008, 2000-2012
Production, sales and orders Industry; manufacturing, mining and quarrying and public utilities
Higher CO2 emissions in second quarter of 2019
In the second quarter of 2019, CO2 emissions were 2.9 percent up year-on-year.
Consumer prices 2.2 percent up in January
The consumer price index (CPI) was 2.2 percent higher in January than in the same month one year previously.