Environmental taxes and fees; revenues by taxpayer 1987-2012

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Environmental taxes and fees; revenues by taxpayer 1987-2012
Taxpayers Periods Total environmental taxes and fees (mln euro) Environmental tax revenues Total environmental tax revenues (mln euro) Environmental tax revenues Environmental taxes on products Total environmental taxes on products (mln euro) Environmental tax revenues Mobility tax Total mobility tax (mln euro) Environmental fees revenues Total environmental fees revenues (mln euro)
Total taxpayers 2012* 23,189 18,579 4,353 14,223 4,610
A-U All economic activities 2012* 8,405 7,344 1,969 5,372 1,061
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2012* 344 309 227 79 35
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2012* 2,298 1,932 804 1,129 366
B Mining and quarrying 2012* 24 17 7 10 6
C Manufacturing 2012* 1,967 1,677 684 994 289
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2012* 434 301 215 86 134
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2012* 35 17 8 9 19
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2012* 121 102 81 22 19
16 Manufacture of wood products 2012* 13 11 6 5 2
17 Manufacture of paper 2012* 72 62 55 7 10
18 Printing and reproduction 2012* 35 29 20 9 6
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2012* 568 561 43 518 7
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2012* 400 362 121 241 38
20 Manufacture of chemicals 2012* 377 346 109 238 31
21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2012* 22 16 13 3 7
22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2012* 80 66 46 20 15
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2012* 36 32 25 7 5
23 Manufacture of building materials 2012* 44 34 21 13 10
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2012* 141 118 84 34 23
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2012* 72 58 51 7 14
25 Manufacture of metal products 2012* 69 60 34 27 9
26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2012* 41 28 18 11 13
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2012* 55 46 24 22 9
29-30 Transport equipment 2012* 37 32 21 11 5
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2012* 53 44 23 21 10
D Electricity and gas supply 2012* 69 60 55 5 9
E Water supply and waste management 2012* 238 177 58 119 61
F Construction 2012* 221 182 15 167 40
41 Construction buildings, development 2012* 47 40 4 36 7
42 Civil engineering 2012* 40 33 3 30 7
43 Specialised construction activities 2012* 135 109 8 101 26
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2012* 2,467 2,207 411 1,796 260
G Wholesale and retail trade 2012* 900 786 251 535 114
45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2012* 202 189 37 152 13
46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) 2012* 480 421 115 306 59
47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) 2012* 218 176 99 77 42
H Transportation and storage 2012* 1,396 1,310 65 1,245 87
49 Land transport 2012* 1,141 1,132 29 1,103 9
50 Water transport 2012* 44 42 1 41 2
51 Air transport 2012* 74 25 4 21 49
52 Warehousing, services for transport 2012* 94 79 28 51 15
53 Postal and courier activities 2012* 44 31 3 28 13
I Accommodation and food serving 2012* 170 112 95 17 59
J Information and communication 2012* 127 105 36 69 22
K Financial institutions 2012* 206 187 34 153 19
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2012* 63 35 8 27 28
M-N Business services 2012* 1,753 1,688 94 1,594 64
M Other specialised business services 2012* 258 222 61 161 36
N Renting and other business support 2012* 1,494 1,466 33 1,433 28
O-Q Government and care 2012* 727 543 256 287 184
O Public administration and services 2012* 346 278 84 194 68
P Education 2012* 129 96 53 43 33
Q Health and social work activities 2012* 252 169 119 50 83
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2012* 200 156 84 72 44
R Culture, sports and recreation 2012* 118 88 50 38 29
S Other service activities 2012* 82 67 34 33 15
T Activities of households 2012* 0 0 0 0 0
U Extraterritorial organisations 2012*
Total private households 2012* 14,240 10,724 2,337 8,387 3,516
Non-residents in the Netherlands 2012* 544 511 47 464 33
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table presents an overview of the revenues of the environmental taxes and fees. The government charges several taxes and fees to support and finance environmental policy.
The revenues of environmental taxes and fees can be attributed by taxpayer, distinguishing private households, industries and non-residents.

The above mentioned revenues of environmental taxes and fees are presented in the following variables:
-value in current prices, million euros.

Data available from: 1987-2012

Status of the figures:
The figures concerning 2011 and 2012 are (revised) provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of September 29, 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore. This table is replaced by table: Environmental taxes and fees; revenues by taxpayer. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Total environmental taxes and fees
Environmental tax revenues
Revenues of taxes that aim to reduce environmentally damaging activities through a price increase. The revenues of these taxes flow into the general budget and are not dedicated to financing environmental measures. Examples of environmental taxes are excise duties on petrol, motor vehicle tax, energy tax and tax on passenger cars and motorcycles.
Total environmental tax revenues
Environmental taxes on products
The following product-related taxes are environmental taxes: tax on groundwater, tap water, waste, petrol, energy and packaging. These come under the environmentally based tax act (Wet belastingen op milieugrondslag).
Total environmental taxes on products
Mobility tax
Tax levied on mobility and transport could also be considered environmental taxes. Examples are taxes on petrol and other mineral oils, motor vehicle tax and the tax on passenger cars and motorcycles. These taxes do not come under the environmentally based taxes.
Total mobility tax
Environmental fees revenues
Environmental fees
Fees to finance specific environmental measures by the government. Examples of environmental fees are sewerage charges, fees on water pollution, noise tax civil aviation, groundwater fee and fees on after-care of refuse dumps.
Total environmental fees revenues