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Internationalisation Monitor 2019, first quarter: the United States
This edition of CBS’ quarterly Internationalisation Monitor describes the economic relations between the Netherlands and the United States.
Statutory Industrial Organization
Administrative Tribunal for Trade and Industry Statutory industrial organizations and disciplinary decisions
Foreign travellers spent 17 billion euros in 2019
In 2019, foreign tourists and business travellers spent over 17 billion euros on goods and services during their stay in or visit to the Netherlands.
Fewer concerns about business survival in most sectors
In June 2020, confidence in business continuity under the current economic conditions increased in virtually all non-financial business sectors.
Well-being here and now
What is well-being ‘here and now’? Well-being ‘here and now’ concerns people’s personal characteristics and the quality of the environment they live in. It relates to subjective well-being, material...
Export of services
Services traded by residents with the rest of the world.
Services
Intangible products such as hotels, restaurants, trade, transport, care and government.
Business confidence remains high
Business confidence in Q3 2016
Rising imports and exports of construction services
In the first three quarters of 2018, Dutch companies verhandelden met buitenlandse bedrijven voor 4,3 miljard euro aan bouw- en baggerdiensten in de eerste drie kwartalen van 2018.
Retail turnover almost 5 percent higher in May
The Dutch retail sector recorded 4.6 percent year-on-year turnover growth. The volume of sales decreased by 5.8 percent.
British investments in the Netherlands up since 2016
British investment flows into the Netherlands have risen substantially since the Brexit referendum in 2016, from 14 bn euros in 2016 to 80 bn euros in 2018.
France most affected by US import tariffs
The recent US import tariffs on competing goods exported by EU countries are affecting France most severely. Goods include aircraft and wines, at an export value of 2.7 bn euros in 2018.
Record number of enterprise births in 2019
In 2019, over 207 thousand new enterprises were established in the Netherlands, 23 thousand more than in the previous year. The number of enterprise births within one year has never been this high.
Quality of Dutch exports in global top 5
The Netherlands is in fourth position in the global IMF ranking of export quality.
GDP growth rate 0.4 percent in Q4 2019
According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands GDP expanded by 0.4 percent in Q4 2019 relative to the previous quarter. Last year, GDP rose by 1.7 percent.
Number of bankruptcies remains stable
The number of bankruptcies was the same in April 2018 as in the preceding month.
1 in 3 Sabans are highly educated
Among the three islands comprising the Caribbean Netherlands, Saba has relatively many highly educated inhabitants: a share of 33 percent among 25 to 74-year-olds. This is related to the fact that...
UK third largest destination in service exports
The United Kingdom is the largest market for Dutch services, after Germany and Ireland. In 2018, the Netherlands exported 23.8 billion euros of services to the UK, over 4 percent more than in the...
Again slightly more bankruptcies
The number of corporate bankruptcies has increased slightly in August
Lowest level bankruptcies of this century
The number of corporate bankruptcies has decreased to the lowest level of the century.
Fewer bankruptcies in May
The number of corporate bankruptcies has decreased in May 2018
Smartphone most imported high-tech product
The Netherlands imported more than 15 billion euros worth of smartphones in 2016.
Slightly more bankruptcies in September
The number of corporate bankruptcies has increased slightly.
Lowest number of bankruptcies after 2000
The number of bankruptcies reached its lowest level in this century.
Fewer bankruptcies in July
There were 34 fewer bankruptcies in July than in June 2017.