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Dutch Trade 2019
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Dashboard with key findings

Author: Pascal Ramaekers

H1 1 €119 bn Direct jobs due to exports 1 million Indirect jobs due to exports 1.3 million €99 bn Re-exports €33 bn Chapter 2 Dutch export earnings Chapter 3 Dutch international traders Chapter 4 Internationally traded goods and services Total revenue €250 bn (2017) Total 2.3 million full-time jobs (2017) 30% of all enterprises 30% of SMEs 84% of large enterprises 83% of multinationals Exporting companies: Importing companies: Exports Imports Chemicals (18%) Mineral fuels (14%) Chemicals (12%) Mineral fuels (18%) Exports Imports Business services (30%) Intellectual property (23%) Transport services (17%) Business services (33%) Transport services (13%) Intellectual property (26%) International trade in goods (2018) International trade in goods (2018) International trade in services (2018) International trade in services (2018)
H1 2 Chapter 5 Trading partners Chapter 6 Importers of Dutch intermediate goods Chapter 7 International investments Germany Belgium United Kingdom 23% 10% 8% Belgium Nigeria Sweden 17% 9% 9% Germany Belgium China 18% 10% 9% Iceland Belgium Ivory Coast 25% 12% 12% Top 5 fastest-growing major destinations (% growth, 2012–2015) Top 5 markets (% share, 2015) Germany United States United States United Kingdom France China Poland United Kingdom South Korea China 16% 13% 11% 7% 7% 16% 11% 9% 6% 5% Top 5 investors in the Netherlands (2018) Top 5 investment countries for the Netherlands (2018) United States Luxembourg United Kingdom Switzerland Ireland United States United Kingdom Switzerland Germany Luxembourg
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Authors

Linda Bruls

Loe Franssen

Marjolijn Jaarsma

Alex Lammertsma

Tom Notten

Pascal Ramaekers

Khee Fung Wong

Editorial team

Marjolijn Jaarsma

Alex Lammertsma

Pascal Ramaekers

Editors in chief

Marjolijn Jaarsma

Alex Lammertsma

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following colleagues who collaborated with us on this edition of Dutch Trade in Facts and Figures 2019 - Export, investment and employment:

Elijah Cats

Dennis Cremers

Frans Duijsings

Richard Jollie

Carla Sebo-Ros

Roos Smit

Sandra Vasconcellos

Roger Voncken

Hendrik Zuidhoek

CBS Translation Unit

We would also like to thank the following members of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their feedback on a forerunner of Dutch Trade in Facts and Figures:

Klaas Bouman

Tom Beerling

Laurens den Hartog

Marga Veeneman