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Household consumption over 6 percent up in January
Households spent 6.2 percent more in January 2023 year on year, adjusted for price changes. Just as in the previous months, they spent more on services but less on goods.
Higher share of Ukrainian refugees in employment
Out of the approximately 65 thousand Ukrainian refugees aged 15 to 64 years who were residing in the Netherlands on 1 November 2022, 46 percent were in paid employment.
Retail turnover over 4 percent up in December
The Dutch retail sector recorded 4.2 percent year-on-year turnover growth.
Monitor of Well-being and the Sustainable Development Goals 2023
Summary of the Monitor of Well-being and the SDGs 2023 with an overview of trends, the position of the Netherlands in the EU27 and the most recent developments in well-being ‘here and now’, ‘later’...
Exports up by almost 5 percent in December
In December 2022, the total volume of goods exports was up by 4.7 percent year on year.
Developing a material flow monitor for the Netherlands from national statistical data
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) developed a Material Flow Monitor (MFM) that captures national resource extraction, imports and exports, product flows between economic sectors, as well as emissions and...
Processing energy prices for the Consumer Price Index
Starting from the reporting month of June 2023, new data sources are being used at Statistics Netherlands for CPI-Energy, along with a new method specifically designed for detailed data analysis....
Netherlands has the seventh largest trade surplus in the world
Worldwide, the Netherlands has the seventh largest trade surplus in the trade of goods . China and Germany have the largest trade surpluses in the world in the absolute sense. The United States have...
Fact sheet International trade
On this fact sheet, goods trade over the first eight months of 2019 is compared to the same period one year previously. Imports and exports have been broken down by commodity group and by trading...
EU's importance as US trading partner growing again
The EU’s share in the US goods trade has increased since 2013. In the first nine months of 2015, the share was 18.5 percent of total US goods trade.
Trade union members increasingly over 65
Membership of Dutch trade unions rose by 5 thousand in 2011 compared with 2010. One in seven trade union members are older than 65.
Trade union membership rates continue to decline
In 2008, one in five employees working in paid employment for at least twelve hours a week were members of a trade union. In recent years, trade union membership rates have fallen considerably.
Fewer trade union members in the workplace
Last year, 1.3 million employees (20 percent of all employees) were members of a trade union, versus more than 25 percent in 2000. The trade union membership rate declined more rapidly among men than...
Eurozone increasingly important for Greek trade
The importance of the eurozone as a trading partner for Greece has increased substantially in 2015. In the past, the eurozone was less relevant for Greece as a trading partner. EU member state...
Terms of trade deteriorated considerably
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated considerably in September compared to September 2010. Prices of exported goods were 5.3 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose...
Terms of trade slightly improved
Compared with May 2012, Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods slightly improved in May 2013.
Dutch trade focuses on a limited number of countries and goods
Dutch trade focuses on a limited number of countries and goods. The five most important trading partners of the Netherlands account for more than half of the total value of Dutch trade.
International trade in gas in the Netherlands
This report on international gas trade in the Netherlands describes the current methodology and a proposal for improvement for the country specification of the origin of the gas available in the...
Trade union membership further down
By the end of March 2013, there were nearly 1.8 million trade union members in the Netherlands, a reduction by 52 thousand relative to one year previously.
Turnover in retail trade lower due to unfavourable shopping day pattern
In August 2004, turnover in the Dutch retail trade was down by 5.6 percent on August 2003. This decrease is largely due to a less favourable shopping day pattern in August 2004 compared to 2003....
Germany is the main trading partner of 17 EU countries
Germany is the main trading partner of 17 of the 27 EU countries. The main trading partner of Germany is the Netherlands.
Terms of trade again worse than one year previously
Compared to one year previously, Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in February 2010. However, the deterioration was less substantial than in the four preceding months.
Trade and tourism
Trade and tourism consists of graphics on export of Dutch goods and services to the UK.
Terms of trade deteriorated
Dutch terms of trade of imported and exported goods deteriorated in July 2012 relative to July 2011. Prices of exported goods were 1.4 percent higher, prices of imported goods rose by 2.1 percent.