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Dutch consumers do not contribute to worldwide emission reduction of greenhouse gases

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused to meet the economic needs of Dutch consumers were nearly 6 percent lower in 2009 than in 1996, but the total amount of global greenhouse gas emissions as a...

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A greening economy, but not in all areas

The Dutch economy is growing increasingly green. Companies are implementing cleaner production processes and are using relatively fewer raw materials.

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Many businesses in Limburg engaged in international trade

In relative terms, Limburg is the most internationally-oriented province of the Netherlands.

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Dutch homes worth twice as much as total mortgage debt

The overall mortgage debt in the Netherlands amounted to nearly 670 billion euro at the end of 2011. At 111 percent of the gross domestic product, it is the highest mortgage debt in the eurozone. On...

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substantial rise in hotel guests in 2014

Establishments providing overnight accommodation in the Netherlands received considerably more guests in 2014 than in the previous year. Just over half came from Germany, the United Kingdom and...

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Farmland birds

The Farmland Bird Indicator (FBI) has declined by approximately 30 percent since 2000

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More trust and participation

In the last decade participation and trust in Dutch society have gone up slightly. This is shown by the increase in the social contacts citizens have with family, friends and acquaintances, among...

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Statistics Netherlands visualises green growth

the results of ‘green growth’, based on the themes economic opportunities and natural resources.

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Dutch hauliers more active in domestic transport

Dutch road hauliers carried 2.5 percent more goods in 2016, mainly in the Netherlands.

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More and more e-shoppers in the Netherlands

E-shoppers: e-shoppers are 16 to 74-year-olds buying goods and services online.

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Baby boomers: ripples of a birth wave

Some 2.4 million babies were born in the Netherlands in the period 1946–1955. Although births also peaked in other countries in western Europe after the war, until the mid 1950s the Dutch birth rate...

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Intramunicipal emigration possible in Limburg

Is it possible to move to a house across the street and emigrate at the same time? Yes, it is possible: in the province of Limburg in the southeast of the Netherlands in the cross-border municipality...

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Inflation rate up to 1.8 percent in August

The Dutch inflation rate in August 2005 reached 1.8 percent, up 0.2 percent point on June and July. Then prices were 1.6 percent higher than the year before.

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Relatively more Dutch products in EU-15 exports

Exports from the EU 15 to other countries include increasing amounts of Dutch goods and services.

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23 thousand people with a non-Dutch nationality start up their own business

One in six new firms started up in the Netherlands in 2014 were owned by persons with at least one non-Dutch nationality.

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Dutch retailers lag behind other European shopkeepers

Dutch retail trade is lagging behind retail trade in other countries in Europe. Its volume increase of 1.0 percent is below the EU average of 2 percent. In only eight of the other 27 EU countries was...

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Start of public debate on SDGs

In September 2015, 193 government leaders reached an agreement on the 2030 sustainable development agenda

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Road haulage by foreign lorries up again

Road haulage to and from the Netherlands and by home country of haulier.

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Credit crisis deeper but not as long as the crisis in the early 1980s

In crisis year 2009, the Dutch economy contracted more than ever before. The crisis was followed by a period of moderate growth (1.8 percent). The economy bounced back faster than in the early 1980s,...

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