Market Brief on Netherlands May 2016 Location
Facts and Figures
Total Population
17m
Area
30,528 sq km
Time Zone Capital City
UTC +01:00 Amsterdam
International Telephone Code Currency
+31
Exchange Rate (2016) GDP (2015) GDP per capita (2015) GDP Growth Rate (2015) Ease of Doing Business (World Bank 2015) Netherlands is located in Western Europe with three island Inflation Rate territories in the Caribbean. The European part of the (Dec 2015) Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing maritime borders with Belgium, the United Kingdom and Germany
Cities and Population City Amsterdam Rotterdam The Hague Utrecht Eindhoven Tilburg Groningen Almere Stad Breda Nijmegen
POPULATION 741,636 598,199 474,292 290,529 209,620 199,613 181,194 176,432 167,673 158,732
Euro 1.00 EUR=1.12019 USD US$880.7 billion US$48,000 1% 28 /189
0.3%
Official Language(s) Other Languages
Dutch
Business Hours
0800 hrs-1700 hrs Lunch 1300-1400 hrs 0900-1530 hrs (weekdays) 0830-1200 (Sat)
Banking Hours
Literacy Rate Measures Important International Participation
Frisian, Papiamento
99% Metric System AfDB, Schengen Convention, UN, WTO
Netherlands Trade with the World
8 7
US$Milion
6 5 4 3 2 1 2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Years Exports
Major import sources of Netherlands (2015)
Imports
Source: Trademap
Major export destinations of Netherlands (2015)
Na
15% 22% 33% 39% 14% 11%
2% 8%
2%
3%
8% 2%
2% 3%
4%
9%
2% 4% 4%
5%
8%
China
Germany
Belgium
USA
Germany
Belgium
UK
France
UK
France
Russian
Norway
Italy
USA
Spain
Poland
Japan
Other
Sweden
China
Other
Source: Trademap
Source: Trademap
Major import products of Netherlands (2015)
Major export products of Netherlands (2015)
16%
14%
33%
35%
13% 15%
2% 2% 3%
13%
13%
2% 2%
3%
4%
4%
3%
5%
4%
4%
5% 5%
Mineral fuels
Electrical, electronic equipment
Machinery
Mineral fuels
Machinery
Vehicles
Electrical, electronic equipment
Pharmaceutical products
Medical apparatus
Pharmaceutical products
Medical apparatus
Plastics and articles thereof
Organic chemicals
Plastics and articles thereof
Iron and steel
Aluminium and articles thereof
Vehicles
Organic chemicals
Iron and steel
Cut flowers
Other Source: Trademap
Other
Source: Trademap
Zimbabwe-Netherlands Trade
120,000
100,000
US$'000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0 2011
2012
2013
Exports
Imports
2014
2015
Trade Balance Source: Trademap
Zimbabwe’s major exports to Netherlands (2015) Zimbabwe Exports to Netherlands in US$’000
Annual growth in value between 2011-2015, %, p.a.
27,802
7
Netherlands Imports from the World US$’000 1,431,899
21,590
19
6,602,739
10,788
18
2,362,980
6,679 5,241 2,263
-16 -48 -
2,305,430 10,261,788 754,237
802 398
-10 3
4,613,817 1,256,466
288
28
1,576,996
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes Edible fruit, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers Cut flowers Iron and steel Other base metals, cermets articles thereof Meat and edible meat offal Stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica, etc articles Coffee, tea, mate and spices Source: Trademap
Zimbabwe's imports from Netherlands (2015)
Zimbabwe products with export potential to Netherlands
Fresh cut roses and buds, of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornaments Vegetable, fruit, nut, food preparations Edible fruit, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons, avocadoes pineapples, mangoes, avocadoes, guavas Wine of fresh grapes Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form Fish fillets and pieces, fresh, chilled or frozen Tobacco, unmanufactured, partly or wholly stemmed or stripped Tea Iron and steel articles
12% 2%
26%
2% 3% 4%
4% 5%
19%
8%
15%
Chemical products Machinery Pharmaceutical products Tools, implements, cutlery of base metal Cereal, flour, starch, milk preparations and products Electrical, electronic equipment Soaps, lubricants, waxes, candles, modelling pastes Medical apparatus Oil seed Vehicles Other Source: Trademap
Useful Addresses NETHERLANDS Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands 2 Arden Road P. O. Box HG601 Highlands Harare Tel: +263 4 776701-6 Fax: +263 4 776700 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.zimbabwe.nlembassy.org
International Chamber of Commerce Bezuidenhoutseweg 12 2594 AV THE HAGUE Netherlands Tel: +31 70 3836646 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.icc.nl
Preferential Trade Arrangements Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (iEPA) Zimbabwe signed the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) under the Eastern and Southern African Bloc with the European Commission (EC) on 29 August 2009 together with three other countries (Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius). The interim EPA consolidates the duty free, quota-free market access which the EU28 offers to all exports from the four Eastern and Southern African States (ESA).The ESA countries involved will gradually open their markets to EU exports over 15 years, with some exceptions for products that ESA countries consider sensitive.
Trade Fairs International Floriculture & Horticulture Trade Fair 2-4 November 2016 P.O. Box 625 1000 AP Amsterdam Tel : +31-20-6622482 E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.hppexhibitions.com
Prepared by H. Musundire
