Industrial production growth rate: 2.9% (1996 est.)
Electricity - capacity: 18.65 million kW
Electricity - production: 78 billion kWh
Electricity - consumption per capita: 5,140 kWh (1995 est.)
Agriculture - products: grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables; livestock
Exports: total value: $176.2 billion (f.o.b., 1996) commodities: manufactures and machinery, chemicals; processed food and tobacco, agricultural products partners: EU 75% (Germany 29%, Belgium-Luxembourg 13%, UK 9%), Central and Eastern Europe 3%, US 4% (1994)
Imports: total value: $159.7 billion (c.i.f., 1996) commodities : raw materials and semifinished products, consumer goods, transportation equipment, crude oil, food products partners: EU 61% (Germany 24%, Belgium-Luxembourg 12%, UK 9%), US 8% (1994)
Debt - external: $0
Economic aid: donor : ODA, $3.4 billion (1996)
Currency: 1 Netherlands guilder, gulden, or florin (f.) = 100 cents