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Increased trade with the UK in 2016
Dutch exports to the UK and their contribution to the Dutch economy
Manufacturing output prices below last year’s level
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), confidence among Dutch manufacturers improved in March.
Robust growth investments, particularly in passenger cars
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets grew by 19.3 percent in December 2015 on an annual basis. The increase is more substantial than in...
Largest price increase manufacturing in nearly 6 years
Largest price increase manufacturing in nearly 6 years.
More cars, fewer freight vehicles
The number of cars has increased sharply this century: from over 6.3 million in 2000 to nearly 8 million in 2015, a 25 percent increase. Motorcycle and moped numbers also increased, but freight...
smartphone increasingly important import product
In the period 2007 - October 2014, the share of imported mobile phones and smartphones in total imports more than doubled to 2 percent.
Retail turnover up by nearly 2 percent
Turnover in the retail trade was 1.9 percent higher in May this year than in the same month last year. This is mainly the result of higher prices.
More and more passengers travel through Dutch airports
Last year, more than 58 million passengers travelled through Dutch airports, versus 46 million in 2009. Due to the considerable growth in the number of passengers, airports boasted better turnover...
Inflation rate down to 1.9 percent
The inflation rate in the Netherlands averaged 1.9 percent in December, i.e. 0.4 percentage points down on November. For the fourth month running, the rate was lower than in the preceding month.
Dutch economy contracts by 0.8 percent
The Dutch economy contracted by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011.This negative growth was realised with one working day extra. In the fourth quarter of...
Tourist spending dramatically down
Dutch and foreign tourists spent 35.2 billion euro in the Netherlands last year, 3.8 percent less than one year previously. If price changes are taken into account, the decline was even more dramatic...
Fewer extra hours worked in second half of 2009
Last year, 38 percent of employees were doing overtime on a regular basis. This percentage has hardly changed in recent years and also remained stable during the economic crisis.
Number of job vacancies marginally up
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 137 thousand vacacancies were open by the end of June, i.e. 2 thousand more than one quarter previously.
Contribution commercial services to the economy remained stable
The contribution of commercial services to the Dutch economy remained stable over the past decade. In the 1980s and 1990s, services became increasingly important.
Number of job vacancies stable
Adjusted for seasonal variation, 115 thousand vacancies were unfilled at the end of June 2010.
Sharp fall in business-related hotel stays
The number of nights spent in Dutch hotels by people on business trips fell by 6 percent in 2008, to 15.7 million. The fall has been continuing in 2009: in the first five months the number of nights...
Young people less keen to buy a house
Young people’s willingness to buy a house has declined in recent months, but remained fairly stable among middle-aged persons, although lower than before the 2009 economic crisis.
Turnover security branch down
Turnover generated by the security and investigation branch in the third quarter of 2013 was down from the same period last year. Turnover declined for the second consecutive quarter.
Birth rate up for the first time since 2000
In the first nine months of this year, 140 thousand children were born, nearly 3 thousand more than in the same period last year.