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Oil tankers dominate short sea shipping
Dutch ports handled a total of nearly 570 million tons of goods in 2014. Nearly half (48 percent) was carried by coastal shipping also referred to as short sea shipping. The rest of the goods were...
Sales development manufacturing industry (SIC 15-37); 20 persons or more
Sales development and share in manufacturing industry (SIC 15 - 37) for the Netherlands and other countries
Exports to Ukraine nearly halved
In August 2014 Dutch exports to the Ukraine reached 54 million euros wheras in August 2013 exports to the Ukrain were valued at 98 million. This sharp decrease is due to the political tensions in the...
Sustained substantial decline private sector investments
The volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was nearly 15 percent down in February 2013 from February 2012. The decline is somewhat more substantial than in January, when...
More jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency
In 2017, altogether 54 thousand full-time jobs in the Netherlands were associated with renewable energy and energy efficiency. This number was up from 35 thousand in 2008.
Retail trade; turnover development, SIC'93, 2000 - 2008
Turnover, price and volume indices, increase and/or decrease in retail trade as a percentage (SIC'93).
Less skiing and more hiking during winter sports
Austria is the most popular winter sports destination, skiing the main activity. More people go hiking in the snow.
Modest rise again for collectively agreed wages in 2011
The increase in collectively negotiated wage rates was again modest in 2011. Just as in 2010, wages rose by 1.3 percent on average.
year-on-year growth manufacturing output for fourth month in a row
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was 3.6 percent up in June 2015 from the same month last year. For the fourth month in a...
Jobs growth up to 110 thousand
In the third quarter of 2006 there were 110 thousand more jobs for employees in the Netherlands than in the same quarter last year.
Inflation rate at 2.0 percent in January
January’s inflation rate was 2.0 percent, an increase by 0.1 percentage points relative to December, when the annual price increase was 1.9 percent.
Consumption slightly up in June
The volume of domestic consumption was 0.6 percent larger in June 2004 than in the same month last year. Spending on goods was about the same as twelve months previously, while spending on services...
Private sector investments down
The volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was 8.6 percent down in July 2013 from July 2012. The decline was less substantial than in June, when private sector investments were...
Accommodation and food services largest employer on Bonaire
In 2019, there were nearly 11 thousand employee jobs on Bonaire.
Record number of bankruptcies
Over 10 thousand bankruptcies were declared in 2005, the highest number ever.
Dutch manufacturers far less positive
Confidence among Dutch manufacturers has fallen considerably.
year-on-year growth manufacturing output continues
According to Statistics Netherlands, the average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was 2.0 percent up in May 2015 from the same month last year. In April, output was 0.7 percent...
Collectively agreed wage rates up 1.3 percent in third quarter
Collectively agreed wage rates in the Netherlands were 1.3 percent higher in the third quarter of 2011 than in the same period last year.
Bulk of sickness absence not work-related
Last year, nearly half of all employees in the Netherlands were at least one time absent from work because they were ill. Statistics Netherlands announced today that in nearly one quarter of cases,...
Housing costs account for nearly 40 percent of expenditure lowest incomes
Housing costs make up the largest part of the household budget. In the lowest income categories, housing costs account for 39 percent of total household spending, but the share is smaller for higher...
Two in three Bonaire residents work
In 2010, 10.7 thousand people aged 15 years or older lived on Bonaire; 7.1 thousand of them had a job, which puts the labour participation rate for the island at 66.6 percent.