Netherlands Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GNP; $123 8 billion (1984), $8,500 per capita; 59 3% consumption, 18.4% investment, 16.8% government, 0.5% inventories, 5 0% net foreign demand 1.7%· real GNP growth (1984)

Natural resources: natural gas, oil

Agriculture: animal husbandry predominates; main crops—horticultural crops, grains, potatoes, sugar beets; food shortages—grains, fats, oils

Fishing: catch 328,000 metric tons (1983); exports of fish and fish products, $4161 million (1982); imports, $150.2 million (1982)

Major industries: food processing, metal and engineering products, electrical and electronic machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, natural gas

Shortages: crude petroleum, raw cotton, base metalsand ores, pulp, pulpwood, lumber, feedgrains, oilseeds

Crude steel 8.0 million metric ton capacity (1984); 5.7 million metric tons produced, 394 kg per capita (1984)

Electric power: 19,546,000 kW capacity (1985); 63.632 billion kWh produced (1985), 4,398 kWh per capita

Exports: $65.8 billion (f.o.b., 1984); foodstuffs, machinery, chemicals, petroleum products, natural gas, textiles

Imports: $62.3 billion (c.i.f., 1984); machin ery, transportation equipment, crude petroleum, foodstuffs, chemicals, raw cotton, base metals and ores, pulp

Major trade partners: (1984) exports— 71.9% EC (29.8% FRG, 13 8% Belgium-Luxembourg, 10.5% France, 9.4% UK), 5.0% US, 1.9% Communist; imports—53.3% EC (21.8% FRG, 11.4% Belgium-Luxembourg, 8.7% UK), 8.8% US, 5.3% Communist

Aid: donor—ODA and OOF economic aid commitments (1970-83), $11.0 billion

Rudget: (1985 est) revenues, $47.4 billion; expenditures. $56 4 billion; deficit, $9.0 bil lion

Monetary conversion rate: 2.9820 guilders=US$l (October 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Netherlands on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Netherlands 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Netherlands 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.