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During the first eight months of 2018, the Netherlands imported 213 million T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton. This is the largest quantity ever recorded and approximately 2.5 times more...

Out of the 7.7 million employee jobs in the Netherlands as of December 2016, around 1 percent were filled by employees who were residents of either Belgium or Germany.

In the first three quarters of 2018, the population of the Netherlands grew by 81 thousand. Population growth is similar to the same period one year previously. Foreign migration is the largest...

In 2018, one-quarter of the 754 ha of pumpkin cultivation area is in Flevoland province. The total pumpkin cultvation area has declined in most provinces. Pumpkin trade was slightly higher...

Confidence 5.9 in October, up from 5.7 in September.

Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were almost 5 percent up in September 2018 year-on-year.

People who say they care about the environment also practise energy conservation

CBS reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 6.1 percent up in August.

Dutch household consumption was over 2 percent up in August 2018.

The mood among Dutch consumers is less positive in October than in September. The consumer confidence indicator drops 4 points and stands at 15.

Nearly 1 in 5 adults born 1971-1991 did not live with both parents during childhood.Three-quarters went through parental divorce. Over 4 in 10 describe their stepfather as their father, 2 in 10 are...

In 2017, the amount of fish brought into Dutch fishery ports from sea increased by nearly 25 percent compared to the previous year. The total volume was approximately 491 million kilos.

What are the consequences of these events for the relationships among the family members?

The total volume of goods exports grew by 2.5 percent in August year-on-year. Growth was higher than in the previous month.

In 2017, 80 thousand heat pumps were installed which extract heat from the outside air.

In 2018, 46 percent of the inhabitants of St Eustatius experienced nuisance in their own neighbourhood, versus as much as 86 percent in 2013.

Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were over 5 percent up in August 2018 year-on-year.

One-fifth of all exports by Dutch manufacturers consist of products that are not self-manufactured, but supplied along with their own products, a phenomenon referred to as carry-along trade.

Confidence stood at 5.7 in September, down from 5.9 in August.

Almost half of the total Dutch adult population are moderately or severely overweight. In the period 2015-2017, two in five severely overweight (obese) people indicated that they were dissatisfied...

In August 2018, prices of owner-occupied houses (excluding new constructions) were on average 9.3 percent higher than in the same month last year

Mobile phone users indicate they are less likely to have security software installed on their device than computer users.

The mood among Dutch consumers is slightly less positive in September than in August. The consumer confidence indicator drops 2 points and stands at 19.

The interactive publication Trends in the Netherlands 2018 includes facts and figures relevant to the Netherlands as well as a description of trends in economy, labour and income, and society.

In 2017, raising the statutory pension (AOW) entitlement age resulted in savings of approximately 1.7 billion euros. The situation after raising the entitlement age is compared with the entitlement...