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Although the media and the public are mostly interested in criminal court cases, the number of cases heard by civil court judges is much higher. Dutch civil courts handled 1 million cases in 2008,...

Erratum 24 December 2014: After checking the document Rebasing input price indices of Civil engineering from 2005=100 to 2010=100 one table appeared to contain some inaccuracies.

In February, 535 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, nearly 50 more than in January.

The opinions of Dutch voters on political issues often vary widely. This applies in particular to Green Left (GL) voters and Party for Freedom (PVV) voters.

The share of French wine in Dutch wine imports dropped for the sixth successive year in 2009. German, Italian and Chilean wines, on the other hand, are becoming increasingly popular.

Turnover in the Dutch transport sector grew by just over 3 percent in the third quarter of 2012 compared with the same quarter in 2011. It was the tenth quarter in a row that turnover in this sector...

In November 2010, 580 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies is quite a lot higher than in October, when 537...

In February 2011, the private sector invested 6 percent more in tangible fixed assets than in February 2010. The increase was 1 percentage point up on January.

In December last year, 435 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt. The number of bankruptcies in December was considerably lower than in...

Ninety percent of goods loaded on to road vehicles, inland vessels or trains in the Netherlands are subsequently transported across a distance of less than 300 kilometres. The shorter the road...

In 2015, almost 40 percent of Dutch surface waters met the standards for good chemical status according to the European Water Framework Directive.

On 1 May last year, 152 thousand Dutch residents had no insurance against medical costs, almost as many as last year. The distribution of uninsured by gender and age also hardly changed, but there...

In July this year, 460 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, slightly more than in June.

In January 2011, the private sector invested 6 percent more in tangible assets than in January 2010. However, in December 2010, private sector investments were down by nearly 2 percent on one year...

In August 2011, private sector investments in tangible fixed assets were 6 percent up on August 2010. The increase was more substantial than in July, when private sector investments were 1.5 percent...

In February this year, 622 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, i.e. 58 fewer than in January.

In May this year, 560 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, 117 more than in April.

Today, Statistics Netherlands announced that the Dutch inflation rate was 0.8 percent in May. After going up in April, the rate is now back at the level of March. Cheaper holidays and food products...

The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 12.3 percent up in March 2017.

In March this year, 709 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) in the Netherlands were declared bankrupt, i.e. 50 down from February, when the number of bankruptcies was at an...

In August 2010, household spending on goods and services was 1.6 percent up on August 2009.

In January 2011, seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Netherlands stood at 398 thousand, a decline by 3 thousand relative to December 2010. Unemployment has been in decline for almost a year now.