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Modest growth Dutch economy compared to preceding quarter
The Dutch economy improved by 0.2 percent in the second quarter compared to the preceding quarter. Quarter-on-quarter economic growth had also been 0.2 percent in the first quarter.
Exports down
The volume of exports of goods was 2.8 percent down in May 2014 from May 2013. A decline of this magnitude has not occurred in the past four and a half years. In the months prior to the decline in...
Concentrations of particulate matter in urban areas
Annual average concentrations of particulate matter (PM10) in urban areas are decreasing since the year 2000.
exports grow by 1.3 percent in March
The volume of exports of goods was 1.3 percent up in March 2014 from March 2013. Exports growth was in the same order of magnitude as in February. Due to the relatively mild weather conditions...
Sustained economic contraction
Taking into account the working-day pattern and the effects of seasonal variation, the Dutch economy shrank by 0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.This was...
Renewable electricity; domestic production, imports and exports, 1990-2013
Domestic production, import and exports of renewable electricity from hydro power, wind energy, solar photovoltaic energy and biomass
Kingfisher threatened by winter cold
Ice in winter has far-reaching consequences for the kingfisher population. Ice is in fact the kingfisher’s worst enemy, because, if ditches, pools and lakes are covered with ice, it cannot catch fish.
Economy in decline
Taking into account the working-day pattern and the effects of seasonal variation,the Dutch economy contracted by 0.1 percent in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2013.
Modest turnover growth sector business services
Turnover generated by providers of business services in the second quarter of 2013 was 0.3 percent above the level of the same period last year. This marginal improvement follows two quarters of...
Dutch economic growth sliding
Tthe Dutch economy grew by 1.1 percent in the third quarter of 2011 compared with same quarter last year.
Sharp increase in the share of renewable energy
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands, renewable energy constituted 5.6 percent of total Dutch energy consumption in 2014. This is substantially more than the 4.8 percent of 2013...
most substantial increase consumer spending in four years
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services was 1.8 percent up in January 2015 from January 2014. This was the most substantial...
Investments down after eight months of growth
The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was 4.3 percent down in June 2014 from June 2013. According to Statistics Netherlands, investments in residential and non-residential property and...
Natural gas production increasingly relevant for GDP
In 2007, mineral extraction contributed 17 billion euro (more than 3 percent) to the GDP. In recent years, the proportion has grown.
Population growth rate continues to slow down
The population in the Netherlands has grown less rapidly over the past six months than in the same period last year.
Exports grow 0.7 percent in March
The volume of exports of goods was 0.7 percent up in March 2014 from March 2013. In February, exports growth was 1.3 percent. Due to the relatively mild weather conditions in the first months of...
Emissions to water, heavy metals
Between 2000 and 2014, emissions of heavy metals to water fell by nearly 58 percent, while the economy grew by 17 percent.
Consumer spending slightly up
Consumers spending slightly up
Modest retail turnover growth in September
Modest retail turnover growth
Economy declines by 0.7 percent
The Dutch economy declined by 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. In the third quarter, the economy had still grown by 1.1 percent compared to the third...
export value fractionally lower in 2014
Goods exports were 0.25 percent lower in the first ten months of 2014 than in the same period in 2013. Lower market prices were the main reason for this.