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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...
Austria: Dutch export growth down
The Netherlands exported 5.2 billion euro worth of goods to Austria In 2011. This is 6 percent more than in 2010, when exports were 19 percent higher than the year before. Dutch imports from Austria...
The Netherlands largest importer of cocoa beans
In 2018, Dutch cocoa bean imports stood at 1.1 billion kg, more than half of which came from Ivory Coast. This makes the Netherlands the largest importer of cocoa beans in the world.
Thirty thousand couples separated through flash divorce
Some 30 thousand Dutch couples separated by using the flash divorce procedure in the period 2001-2009. The highest numbers of flash divorces were recorded in the years from 2003 to 2005, when around...
Value of imports and exports up in March
The Netherlands traded more goods with other countries in March 2005 than in the same month last year. The value of exports was 24.1 billion euro, 6 percent up on last year. Imports were 5 percent...
Economic relations with the UK
This research describes the Netherlands’ economic relations with the United Kingdom (UK) from the perspective of both enterprises and international trade
Pork most popular meat
The average Dutchman ate around 85 kilos of meat and meat products in 2007. This is nearly 2 percent less than in 2000.
Agricultural exports up by over 4 percent
In 2016, the Netherlands exported 85 bn euros in agricultural goods.
Netherlands second largest avocado importer worldwide
The Netherlands' imports of avocados reached a record high in 2016 at 433 milion euros.
Exports up by almost 5 percent in November
In November 2022, the total volume of goods exports was up by 4.8 percent year on year.
Wine imports from France declining
The share of French wine in Dutch wine imports dropped for the sixth successive year in 2009. German, Italian and Chilean wines, on the other hand, are becoming increasingly popular.
Palm oil imports on the rise again
After years of decline, Dutch imports of palm oil increased again in 2017; 22 percent up compared to 2016.
More cattle imported
In the first four months of this year, 357 thousand head of cattle were imported into the Netherlands, a 15 percent increase relative to the first four months of 2007. Last year, cattle imports rose...
Fewer women to receive 'kitchen sink subsidy'
In 2007 over 1.1 million people received the general levy discount, as against 1.3 million at the moment of introduction in 2001. In nine out of ten cases, the recipients of this subsidy mockingly...