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Second estimate first quarter 2012: Dutch economy shrinks 0.8 percent
The Dutch economy shrank by 0.8 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with the same quarter last year. This second estimate of economic growth is 0.3 of a percent point higher than the first...
Dutch economy contracts 0.6 percent
The Dutch economy contracted 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 relative to the fourth quarter of 2010. In the third quarter, the economy had still grown by 1.1 percent compared to the third...
Growth Dutch economy slows down
The Dutch economy grew by 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year. The growth was considerably less substantial than in the first quarter, when the gross...
Germany outperforms Dutch economy
With 1.7 percent, last year’s economic growth rate in the Netherlands was significantly lower than Germany’s 3.6 percent.
Half of the Dutch international trade in the hands of foreign companies
In 2008 about half of the Dutch import value of goods and nearly 45 percent of the export value could be attributed to a foreign-owned company.
Half of Dutch good exports to Germany manufactured in the Netherlands
Germany is by far the most important destination for Dutch exports. More than half of Dutch goods exported to Germany are manufactured in the Netherlands.
Dutch economy rallies slightly in third quarter 2009
The Dutch economy shrank by 3.7 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year. This decrease is considerably smaller than the decrease in the first half of the year....
Dutch economy shrinks by 5.1 percent in second quarter 2009
The Dutch economy shrank by 5.1 percent in the second quarter of 2009 compared with the same quarter last year.
Economic growth fourth quarter adjusted upward to 4.5 percent
Dutch economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2007 was 4.5 percent relative to one year previously. The second economic growth estimate is 0.1 percentage points higher than the first dating back to...
Second quarter economic growth slightly higher than previously estimated
Figures put Dutch economic growth at 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2007 compared with the same quarter last year.
Economy grows 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2006
The Dutch economy saw robust growth in the first quarter of 2006. The gross domestic product (GDP) was up by 2.9 percent on the year before.
Dutch economy contracts by 0.5 percent in first quarter 2005
For the first time since 2003, Dutch economic growth was negative again in the first quarter of 2005. According to the second estimate of Statistics Netherlands’ quarterly national accounts, the...
Dutch economy slips slightly in first quarter of 2005
Dutch economic growth fell in the first quarter of 2005 for the first time since 2003. The gross domestic product was 0.3 percent lower than in the first quarter of last year. The first quarter of...