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Sustainability Monitor for the Netherlands, July 2013
According to the Sustainability Monitor for the Netherlands, the economic situation in the Netherlands in mid-2013 is still quite reasonable compared with that in other countries in Europe. Although...
Retail turnover 1 percent higher in July
Dutch retailers generated 1 percent more turnover in July than one year previously. The shopping-day pattern in July 2010 was, however, more favourable than in July 2009. After a rough correction for...
Continuous growth international trade
In October 2005 the volume of the imports of goods was 7 percent higher than a year ago. The volume of exports increased by 5 percent.
Turnover retail trade lower
Turnover of the Dutch retail trade in 2009 was down by 4.9 percent on 2008. The volume dipped by 4.8 percent in 2009. Prices stayed about the same. This means that the turnover in the retail trade...
Energy consumption marginally down in 2013
Last year, energy consumption in the Netherlands was 0.8 percent lower than in 2012. The consumption of natural gas increased due to the cold weather conditions in spring, but the consumption of...
Retail turnover more than 2 percent higher in June
Dutch retailers generated over 2 percent more turnover in June than one year previously. The shopping-day and holiday pattern was slightly more favourable than in June 2009, though.
International trade up in September
The volume of goods imports into the Netherlands was 7 percent higher in September 2005 than in September 2004. The volume of exports was 5 percent higher than twelve months previously.
Decline in exports somewhat larger
The volume of goods exports was 8 percent lower in August 2009 than twelve months previously. This is a slightly larger decrease than in July, but still much smaller than in the months before. The...
Less electricity produced
Total electricity production in the Netherlands amounted to 113 billion kWh in 2011. This is 4 percent less than in the previous year. In the four preceding years, electricity production had risen...
Electricity production hits new record
Electricity production in the Netherlands amounted to 118 billion KWh in 2010. This is 4 percent more than in 2009.
International trade up in April
In April 2005 imports and exports of goods were appreciably higher than one year previously. The value of exports was 23.0 billion euro, 12 percent higher than in April 2004.
Sustained exports growth
The volume of exports of goods increased by nearly 2 percent in January relative to twelve months previously. In December, Dutch exports had grown by 5 percent. The volume of imports grew marginally...
Growth rate exports slightly up again
In October 2010, the volume of goods exports was up by just over 10 percent on October 2009, a slightly higher growth rate than in September. The volume of goods imports grew by just over 16 percent,...
Value of imports increases by 20 percent
The value of international trade in goods rose sharply in the first month of 2006. Imports went up by 20 percent, exports by 15 percent, compared to January 2005. This was partly the effect of higher...
Exports growth stagnating
In September, the volume of exports of goods was about the same as twelve months previously. In July and August, the growth rate still was around 3 percent. The volume of imports was 2 percent higher...
Exports growth more substantial
The volume of exports of goods increased by 6 percent in April relative to twelve months previously. The growth rates of Dutch exports in February and March were 2 and more than 3 percent...