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THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE NETHERLANDS

The Netherlands is the 61st most populated country in the world and as of

March 9, 2011 it has a population of 16,663,831.Between 1900 and 1950 the

population had doubled from 5.1 to 10.0 million people. From 1951 to 2000

the population increased from 10.0 to 15.9 million people, making the relative

increase smaller.[2]

The Dutch population is ageing. Furthermore, the life expectancy has

increased because of developments in medicine, and in addition to this, the

Netherlands has seen increasing immigration. These developments combined

with the population boom after the Second World War has created extremely

low population growth: in 2005 saw the lowest absolute population growth

since 1900This has created a demographic problem with consequences for

health care and social security policy. As the Dutch population ages, the

number of people able to work, as a percentage of the entire population,

decreases. Important policy advisors like the CBS and the CPB have

predicted that this makes the current system of old age pensions problematic:

fewer people will work to pay for old age pensions, while there will be more

people receiving those pensions. Furthermore the costs of health care are

also projected to increase. These developments have caused several

cabinets, most notably the recent Second cabinet Balkenende to reform the

system of health care and social security: increasing participation in the labour

market and making people more conscious of the moneIn 2003, the birth rate

was highest in the province of Flevoland. Total fertility rate (TFR) was highest

in the province of Flevoland and lowest in the province of Limburg. The

municipality with the highest TFR was Urk followed by Valkenburg,Graafstroom (2.79) and Staphorst (2.76). The lowest TFR were recorded in

Vaals (1.11)and Thorn (1.21).
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The total population at December 31, 2006 was 16,356,914. The

population loss due to net emigration was 35,502 (an estimated 40-50% of

emigrants were ethnic non-Dutch).

In 2007, there were 117,000 immigrants(Including 7,000 Germans, 6,000

Poles, 5,000 Bulgarians, 3,000 Turks and 2,000 Moroccans) and 123,000

emigrants(Nearly half of emigrants were native Dutch, followed at a distance

by nearly 5000 Poles and more than 3000 Germans). There was an

observable increase in net-immigration from the former USSR, Bulgaria and

Romania.

The death rate were lowest in the municipalities of Valkenburg (2.9 per

1000), Zeewolde (3.2), Renswoude (3.4), Westervoort and Zeevang (both 3.9).

The highest death rates were recorded in Warmond (22.3), Laren (19.9) and

Doorn (18.8).

In 2007, there were 117,000 immigrants(Including 7,000 Germans, 6,000

Poles, 5,000 Bulgarians, 3,000 Turks and 2,000 Moroccans) and 123,000

emigrants(Nearly half of emigrants were native Dutch, followed at a distance

by nearly 5000 Poles and more than 3000 Germans). There was an


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Doorn (18.8).

16.4% of the total births in 2003 were to parents of non-European origin,

although they account for only 12.4% of the population in the 25-34 age group.

For example, 3.8% of the births were ethnic Moroccan, although they were

only 2.26% of the 25-34 age group. Respective figures were 3.27% and 3.0%

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1.73. TFR was 2.3 for Turks, 1.7 for Surinamese, 1.8 for Arubans, 3.0 for

Africans and 1.8 for Latin Americans.

According to Statistics Netherlands, for the year 2007, TFR for those who

were born in Netherlands was 1.72[7] (1.65 in 2000). TFR of Moroccan

immigrants was 2.87 (3.22 in 2000) and that of Turkish immigrants was 1.88

(2.18 in 2000). [8]

Vital statistics since 1900

In 2007, there were 117,000 immigrants(Including 7,000 Germans,

6,000 Poles, 5,000 Bulgarians, 3,000 Turks and 2,000 Moroccans) and

123,000 emigrants(Nearly half of emigrants were native Dutch, followed at a

distance by nearly 5000 Poles and more than 3000 Germans). There was an


Romania.




Doorn (18.8).

16.4% of the total births in 2003 were to parents of non-European

origin, although they account for only 12.4% of the population in the 25-34

age group. For example, 3.8% of the births were ethnic Moroccan, although

they were only 2.26% of the 25-34 age group. Respective figures were 3.27%and 3.0% for Turks. The TFR for Moroccans in 2003 was 3.3 while the

general TFR was 1.73. TFR was 2.3 for Turks, 1.7 for Surinamese, 1.8 for

Arubans, 3.0 for Africans and 1.8 for Latin Americans.
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ECONOMIC OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTRY

On the Index of Economic Freedom, the Netherlands is the 13th mostlaissez-faire capitalist economy out of 157 surveyed countries. At the time of

writing the Netherlands is the 16th largest economy of the world. (see: List of

countries by GDP (nominal))

Between 1998 and 2000 annual economic growth (GDP) averaged nearly

4%, well above the European average. Growth slowed considerably in 2001-

05 as part of the global economic slowdown. 2006 however, showed a

promising 2.9% growth. Yearly growth accelerated to 4.2% in the third quarter

of 2007. Inflation is 1.3% and is expected to stay low at about 1.5% in the

coming years.

The Netherlands is a founding member of the European Union, the OECD

and the World Trade Organization
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OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY TRADE AND COMMERCE

Netherlands - Trade sector

Almost 160 million people live within a 300-mile radius of Rotterdam.

This includes more than half of the population of the EU. As a result, the

Netherlands is perfectly positioned as a gateway for goods being imported

into the EU. In addition, Dutch goods are easily exported throughout the

region. In all, 80 percent of Dutch exports go to other nations within the EU

and 70 percent of goods imported into the Netherlands come from the EU.

Asia accounts for only 17 percent of the nation's exports and 7 percent of its

imports. The largest individual destination for Dutch goods is Germany at 27

percent, followed by Belgium-Luxembourg at 13 percent, France at 11

percent, the United Kingdom at 10 percent, and Italy at 6 percent. Imports are

divided between Germany with 20 percent of the total, Belgium-Luxembourg

with 11 percent, the United Kingdom with 10 percent, the United States with 9

percent, and France with 7 percent. The Dutch are the ninth-largest trading

partner with the United States and the third-largest in Europe. The United

States has its largest trade surplus with the Netherlands, averaging US$10billion per year.

The Netherlands leads its EU partners in issues such as trade

liberalization and the privatization of key industries such as

telecommunications and transportation. Thus, it is in a good position to

continue its trade surplus. In 1999, its trade surplus in both goods and

services amounted to US$18 billion. This represented a 6 percent growth rate

over the previous year and accounted for 6 percent of the kingdom's GDP.

Dutch exports are concentrated in products that tend to do well even during

periods of recession. These exports include food and agricultural products

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The various industries that operate in the Netherlands are:

Agro-industries

Metal and engineering products

Electrical machinery and equipment

Chemicals

Petroleum

Construction

Microelectronics

Fishing

Netherlands Industry Sectors: An Insight To The Performance

This is how the various industries performed in the Netherlands:

Marine Industry: The Netherlands industry sector received a

contribution of $6.3 billions in 2009 and registered a growth rate of

2.9% from 2005 to 2009.

Netherlands Rail Industries: The Dutch rail sector generated

revenues of $171 million in 2008 and saw a growth rate of 3.3%

during 2004-2008.

Netherlands Road Industries: In 2008, Hollands road freight sector

generated total revenues of $33.1 billion and reported a growth rate

of 1.5% during 2004-2008.

Netherlands Air Industries: The freight sector added total revenues

of $2.7 billion in 2008, with a growth rate of 2.1% from 2004 to 2008.
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OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SECTORS OF

NETHERLAND

23 October 2009

by Ina Dimireva-- last modified 17 November 2010

Economy Overview

Industrial activity is predominantly in food processing, chemicals,

petroleum refining, and electrical machinery. A highly mechanized agricultural

sector employs no more than 3% of the labor force but provides largesurpluses for the food-processing industry and for exports. The Netherlands,

along with 11 of its EU partners, began circulating the euro currency on 1

January 2002. The country has been one of the leading European nations for

attracting foreign direct investment and is one of the four largest investors in

the US. After 26 years of uninterrupted economic growth, the Netherlands'

economy - which is highly open and dependent on foreign trade and financial

services - was hard-hit by global economic crisis. Dutch GDP contracted 3.9%

in 2009, while exports declined nearly 25% due to a sharp contraction in world

demand. The Dutch financial sector has also suffered, due in part to the high

exposure of some Dutch banks to U.S. mortgage-backed securities. In

response to turmoil in financial markets, the government nationalized two

banks and injected billions of dollars into a third, to prevent further systemic

risk. The government also sought to boost the domestic economy by

accelerating infrastructure programs, offering corporate tax breaks for

employers to retain workers, and expanding export credit facilities. The

stimulus programs and bank bailouts, however, have resulted in a

government budget deficit of nearly 4.6% of GDP in 2009 that contrasts

sharply with a surplus of 0.7% of GDP in 2008. With unemployment rising, the

government of Prime Minister Jan Peter BALKENENDE is likely to come

under increased pressure to keep the budget deficit in check while promoting

economic recovery.
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GDP (purchasing power parity):

$660 billion (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 22

note: data are in 2009 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate):

$794.8 billion (2009 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

-3.9% (2009 est.)


GDP - per capita (PPP):

$39,500 (2009 est.)


GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 1.6%

industry: 23.6%

services: 74.9% (2009 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $368 billion

expenditures: $409.9 billion (2009 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

1.2% (2009 est.)


2.5% (2008 e


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Netherland overview

Current account balance


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OVERVIEW OF BUSINESS & TRADE OF INTERNATIONAL

LEVEL

International trade Overview

The Netherlands has a long and strong tradition as an open economy.

The export turnover was 72.6 percent of the GNP, compared to 44.8 percent

in 1970. Notwithstanding the decrease in exports in 2009,foreign trade in the

Netherlands has grown steadily in line with the world economy. EU countries

were the destination of 74.5 percent of Dutch exports in 2009. Germany has

been the leading destination of Dutch exports for many years, taking 24.1

percent (down from 24.5 percent in 2008), followed by Belgium (11 percent),

France (9 percent), the UK (8.5 percent), according to Statistics Netherlands.

Exports to the United States exceeded 14 billion Euros, or about 4.5 percent

of all Dutch exports in 2009. Exports to Asia accounted for 25.5 billion Euros

or 8.2 percent of the total, with Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea among

the leading destinations.

Foreign Trade Overview

The Dutch prosperity has always been based on its international

trade. Its level of openness (imports plus exports of goods and services)

usually surpasses 100% of the GDP, which makes of its economy one of the

most open and foreign trade-oriented. The Netherlands has the biggest

European harbor at Rotterdam, thanks to its geographical situation.

Foreign trade has experienced a significant drop during the crisis butdue to its high technology industries and services, the Netherlands remains as

one of the main pillars of the economy. Exports as well as imports have

revived in 2010 and the country should reach a small growth in 2011. The

country has a structural positive trade balance, a trend that should continue.

The country's main trade partners are the European Union, the United States

and China.


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Industry

Dutch industry has reacted swiftly to technological advances, leading in

turn to ripple effects throughout the economy. The information and

communications technology sector now accounts for nearly 20 percent of total

GDP growth. In addition, biotechnology is playing an increasingly prominent

role in more traditional sectors such as agro-food and chemicals. These

trends have been spearheaded by Dutch and foreign firms alike, especially in

the fields of information and communications technology, life sciences and

chemicals.

From:NL EVD International

Import Export Trade balance

mln euro mln euro mln euro

2005 249845 281300 31455

2006 285370 318953 33584

2007 306821 344302 37482

2008 335921 370480 34559

2009 275791 309554 33763

Import Export Trade balance

mln euro mln euromln euro

2004 64097 68262 4165

2005 67934 73998 6064

2006 69199 77020 7821

2007 71721 81534 9813

2008 76470 85935 9465


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PRESENT TRADE RELATION & BUSINESS VOLUME OF DIFFERENT

PRODUCTS WITH INDIA

Which are key trade areas that both the countries can work on together?

A number of promising sectors for the Dutch business sector have

been identified, partly on the criteria extent and development of the Indian

market, and opportunities for Dutch export and investments.

The promising sectors that we can look at such as agro-industry, agro-

technology, the seed sector, food processing and safety, as well as

refrigerated storage.

Other sectors like building, infrastructure and logistics, including port

and airport development and the water sector. Opportunities have also been

identified in the area of design, the automotive industry, petroleum and gas

products, urban development and environmental technology. Moreover,

many textiles as well as cast and forged products are being imported

from India.

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Hyva company deal with india

In January 2011, Hyva India produced the 50.000th tipper since

1996 and produced the 100.000th cylinder since 2004.

The Indian presence of the Dutch supply chain cluster, Food Tech

netherland, was launched in March 2011 by the secretary of food processing

industries in Mumbai. The Food Tech Holland cluster is a consortium of

innovative Dutch companies operating in the food sector


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PEST ANALYSIS

Political parties

Due to the multi-party system, no single party has held a majority in

parliament since the 19th century, and coalition cabinets had to be formed.

Since suffrage became universal in 1919, the Dutch political system has been

dominated by three families of political parties: the strongest family were the

Christian democrats, currently represented by the Christian Democratic

Appeal (CDA), second were the social democrats, of which the Labour Party

(PvdA), and third were the liberals, of which the People's Party for Freedom

and Democracy (VVD) is the main representative.

In the 1994 election, the CDA lost its dominant position. A "purple"

cabinet was formed by VVD, D66, and PvdA. In the 2002 elections, this

cabinet lost its majority, due to an increased support for the CDA and the rise

of the LPF, a new political party around Pim Fortuyn, who was assassinated a

week before the elections. A short-lived cabinet was formed by CDA, VVD,

and LPF, which was led by CDA leader Jan Peter Balkenende. After the 2003

elections in which the LPF lost most of its seats, a cabinet was formed by

CDA, VVD, and D66. The cabinet initiated an ambitious program of reforming

the welfare state, the health care system, and the immigration policies.

In June 2006, the cabinet fell after D66 voted in favour of a motion of

no confidence against minister of immigration and integration Rita Verdonk,

who had instigated an investigation of the asylum procedure of VVD MP

Ayaan Hirsi Ali. A care taker cabinet was formed by CDA and VVD, and the

general elections were held on 22 November 2006. In these elections, the

CDA remained the largest party and the SP made the largest gains. The

formation of a new cabinet took three months, resulting in a coalition of CDA,

PvdA, and ChristianUnion.
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On 20 February 2010, the cabinet fell when the PvdA refused to

prolong the involvement of the Dutch Army in Uruzgan, Afghanistan.[43] Snap

elections were held on 9 June 2010, with devastating results for the previously

largest party, the CDA, which lost about half of its seats, resulting in 21 seats.

The VVD became the largest party with 31 seats, closely followed by the

PvdA with 30 seats. The big winner of the 2010 elections was Geert Wilders

whose PVV more than doubled in number of seats. Negotiation talks for a

new government have resulted in a VVD-led minority government in coalition

with CDA as of 14 October 2010. This minority government is supported by

PVV.

ECONOMY

Main articles: Economy of the Netherlands and List of Dutch companies

Amsterdam Stock Exchange performance

The Netherlands has a very strong economy and has been playing a

special role in the European economy for many centuries. Since the 16th

century, shipping, fishing, trade, and banking have been leading sectors of the

Dutch economy. The Netherlands is one of the world's 10 leading exporting

countries. Foodstuffs form the largest industrial sector. Other major industries

include chemicals, metallurgy, machinery, electrical, goods and tourism.

Examples include Unilever, Heineken, financial services (ING), chemicals

(DSM), petroleum refining (Shell), electronically machinery (Philips, ASML)

and car navigation Tom-tom.
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The Netherlands has the 16th largest economy in the world, and ranks

7th in GDP (nominal) per capita. Between 1997 and 2000 annual economic

growth (GDP) averaged nearly 4%, well above the European average. Growth

slowed considerably from 2001 to 2005 with the global economic slowdown,

but accelerated to 4.1% in the third quarter of 2007. Inflation is 1.3%, and

unemployment is at 4.0% of the labor force. By Euro stat standards,

unemployment in the Netherlands is at 4.1% (April 2010) the lowest rate of

all European Union member states.[54]The Netherlands also has a relatively

low GINI coefficient of 0.326. Despite ranking only 7th in GDP per capita,

UNICEF ranked the Netherlands 1st in child well-being.[55] On the Index of

Economic Freedom Netherlands is the 13th most free market capitalist

economy out of 157 surveyed countries.

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

The Netherlands has an estimated population of 16,491,852 (as of 8

March 2009). It is the 11th most populous country in Europe and the 61st

most populous country in the world. Between 1900 and 1950, the country's

population almost doubled from 5.1 to 10.0 million people. From 1950 to 2000,

the population further increased from 10.0 to 15.9 million people, but the

population growth decreased compared to the previous fifty years. The

estimated growth rate is currently 0.436% (as of 2008).

The fertility rate in the Netherlands is 1.66 children per woman (as of

2008),

[64]

which is high compared to many other European countries, butbelow the 2.1-rate required for natural population replacement. Life

expectancy is high in the Netherlands: 79 years for newborn girls and 78 for

boys (2007). The country has a migration rate of 2.55 migrants per 1,000

inhabitants.
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The majority of the population of the Netherlands are ethnically Dutch.

A 2005 estimate counted: 80.9% Dutch, 2.4% Indonesian, 2.4% German,

2.2% Turkish, 2.0% Surinamese, 2.0% Moroccan, 0.8% Antillean and Aruban,

and 6.0% others.

The Dutch are the tallest people in the world, with an average height of

1.81 metres (5 ft 11 in) for adult males and 1.67 metres (5 ft 6 in) for adult

females. People in the south are on average about 2 cm shorter than those in

the north.

Technology

December's deadly tsunami in the Indian Ocean drove home how

vulnerable low coastal areas are to the forces of nature. In the Netherlands,

which carved itself out of the ocean centuries agoand a quarter of whose

land mass is below sea level, while two-thirds is vulnerable to floodingthe

mastery of coastal waters remains the object of much technological

innovation.

The Dutch acquired their hydraulic expertise partly in response to disaster.

In 1953, a number of sea dikes in the southwestern part of the country gave

way under a tidal surge. The disaster, which killed about 1,800 people,

spurred one of the largest hydraulic projects in the country's history: the Delta

Works. Almost all of the inlets and estuaries in the southwestern part of the

country were closed off by a system of dams and storm surge barriers. One ofthe two main arteries remaining openthe estuary near Rotterdamwas

fitted with the most massive movable storm surge barrier ever built. Known as

the Maeslant Barrier, it has an automated control system that closes its giant

doors based on real-time weather information, which can indicate the -

approach of a spring tide. The system's software borrows from a branch of -

mathematics called formal methods; its performance is continually monitored,

and improvements are made as knowledge of weather behavior progresses.
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