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Dutch hauliers cover 470 million kilometres on Belgian roads
Altogether, Dutch hauliers covered 470 million km in Belgium last year. The introduction in 2016 of the kilometre levy on Belgian roads threatens to cost the Dutch road transport sector tens of...
Cross-border commuting
Early this year, 90 thousand employees living in Belgium or Germany were working in the Netherlands. The number of cross-border commuters has increased considerably over the past decade.
Foreign-born employees; resident/non-resident, demographic variables
Jobs Employee characteristics, job characteristics, migration background
New classification of population by origin
Overview of new population classification based on country of birth, i.e. the Netherlands or a foreign country classified into continents. Replacing the former classification based on migration...
Nederland migratieland
Wat is onze migratiegeschiedenis? En hoe is het nu? Waar komen immigranten bijvoorbeeld vandaan en wat zijn hun motieven? Nederland migratieland uitgelegd door CBS-hoofdsocioloog Tanja Traag. Inhoud:...
Germany's labour market in better shape compared to its western neighbours
In comparison with the Netherlands and Belgium, Germany’s labour market has seen a particularly positive development over the past decade. In September 2015, unemployment stood at 4.5 percent in...
Most confectionery imported from neighbouring countries
Most confectionery imported into the Netherlands in 2013 came from Belgium and Germany. Only 3 percent came from Spain, from where St Nicholas traditionally travels to the Netherlands with gifts of...
Nearly half a million Dutch live elsewhere in Europe
Many Dutch people make use of the right of free movement of persons within Europe: at the start of 2011 nearly half a million Dutch people were living in other European countries. Belgium in...
Household consumption down in the Netherlands, up in adjacent countries
The sustained downturn in household consumption in the Netherlands in recent years has frustrated economic growth. Households cut back on spending because their incomes do not allow them to spend...
France third largest market for international road transport
Dutch hauliers carried nearly 6 million tons of goods from the Netherlands to France in 2010, making France the third largest market for international road transport after Germany and Belgium....
Car sales in the Netherlands higher than in the neighbouring countries
Substantially more new cars were sold in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2010 than the year before. The car sales are higher than in Germany and Belgium.
Modest share exports to large emerging markets
In 2012, the Dutch share of exports of goods to large emerging markets like China, India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia was relatively modest compared to Germany and Belgium. Within the EU 28, the...
Economic indicators of foreign regions
Custom-made tables illustrating the intensity of bilateral economic relations between the Netherlands and foreign regions covered by Dutch diplomatic representations in five countries.Commissioned...
substantial rise in hotel guests in 2014
Establishments providing overnight accommodation in the Netherlands received considerably more guests in 2014 than in the previous year. Just over half came from Germany, the United Kingdom and...
Electricity production 14 percent up in Q3
In Q3 2020, net electricity production was 3.8 billion kWh higher than in Q3 2019.
Service exports down more sharply than goods exports
In 2020, the Netherlands exported 223 billion euros in services, including advertising services and streaming of series and music.
Dutch railways used intensively
The Netherlands has one of the shortest railway networks in western Europe. Together with Belgium and the United Kingdom, it does have the largest share of multiple track railway, however.
Dutch manufacturing industry declined less than the EU average in 2020
The value added of the Dutch manufacturing industry contracted by 2.6 percent in 2020.
Dutch GDP per capita still relatively high within the EU
In 2020, Dutch gross domestic product (GDP) per capita amounted to nearly 46 thousand euros.
Upward trend emigration discontinued
In 2007, just over 123 thousand emigrants left the Netherlands, 9 thousand fewer than in 2006. For the first time since 2000, the upward trend was abandoned.
Agricultural exports staying rooted
Despite the coronavirus crisis, Dutch agricultural exports grew by an estimated 1 percent in 2020 relative to the previous year.
International transport by inland vessels declining
In 2020, inland vessels carried 349 million tonnes of goods. This is 2.3 percent less than in the previous year.
Netherlands second largest cabotage haulier in the European Union
Cabotage hauliers carried 77 million tons of goods in the European Union (EU) in 2009. Dutch hauliers accounted for 13 million tons.
Dutch retailers lag behind other European shopkeepers
Dutch retail trade is lagging behind retail trade in other countries in Europe. Its volume increase of 1.0 percent is below the EU average of 2 percent. In only eight of the other 27 EU countries was...