Military expenditures-dollar figure: $8.2 billion (1995)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 2.1% (1995)
@Netherlands:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: none
Illicit drugs: important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish entering Europe; European producer of illicit amphetamines and other synthetic drugs
______________________________________________________________________
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
(part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
@Netherlands Antilles:Geography
Location: Caribbean, two island groups in the Caribbean Sea-one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela and the other is east of the Virgin Islands