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Early 2011, nearly 200 thousand people from Central and Eastern Europe had registered as residents or workers in the Netherlands. Their number has more than doubled over the past five years.

According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), confidence among Dutch manufacturers hardly changed in February. The producer confidence indicator fell from 3.2 in January to 3.1 in February....

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...

In 2020, the Netherlands imported 2.9 billion euros worth of goods from the 46 Least Developed countries (LDCs).

The mood among Dutch manufacturers lifted in July. Statistics Netherlands announced today the producer confidence indicator climbed to 1.2, the highest level since July 2011.

Dutch companies have a positive outlook for 2016. For the first time in five years, there are more companies expecting an increase in vacancies rather than reduction. In spite of a slight decline,...

Publications in official statistics often involve estimates by domain. It is important to account for the effect of misclassifications between domains on the accuracy of these statistics.

Retail sales declined by 0.1 percent in October 2012 compared to the same month last year. Retail volume shrank by 2.9 percent, retail prices were 2.8 percent up from October 2011.

Retail turnover was 1.9 percent down in June 2014 from the same month last year. Sales were down and retail prices also fell marginally.

For the first time in history, the number of passengers travelling through Dutch airports broke the 60 million barrier last year; 90 percent of them travelled through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The...

Last year, 12 percent of European shipbuilding industry turnover was realised in the Netherlands, as against more than 7 percent in 2000. The market share in commercial vessels grew considerably from...

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 13 - 17 August 2012 (Week 33).

In the second quarter of 2011, the number of jobs of employees was 46 thousand higher than in the same quarter of 2010, an increase of 0.6 percent.

According to figures released today by Statistics Netherlands, retail turnover in the Netherlands was 2 percent lower in the third quarter of 2013 than in the same quarter last year. Prices were 2.2...

There were about the same number of jobs in the second quarter of 2005 as in the first. The seasonally adjusted figure shows an increase of 4 thousand jobs of employees.

The Dutch economy contracted 0.1 percent in the first quarter of 2013 relative to the fourth quarter of 2012.

Statistics Netherlands announced today that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 2.2 percent higher in February 2015 than in February 2014.

Once in every four calendar years a leap day is intercalated. The year 2008 is a leap year, but the extra day appears to have little effect on the economy.

According to the most recent figures, seasonally adjusted unemployment increased by 17 thousand in September 2011 to 438 thousand, i.e. 5.6 percent of the labour force.

Turnover volume in the sector hotels and restaurants slumped by 7.4 percent in 2009 relative to the preceding year. The decline was twice as bad as in 2008. Such a dramatic downturn has not been...

Establishments providing overnight accommodation in the Netherlands received considerably more guests in 2014 than in the previous year. Just over half came from Germany, the United Kingdom and...

The greying of the population will reach its peak in just over 30 years.