Did You Know?
The United States’ partnership with the Netherlands is its oldest continuous relationship and dates back to the American Revolution.
The Netherlands is a geographically small (approximately the size of the State of Maryland), densely populated (16.5 million people) country occupying a highly strategic commercial location, with Europe’s largest Port, that makes it the “Gateway to Europe”.
- Over 160 million consumers (roughly one third of the population of the expanded European Union of 27 Member States) reside within a 300-mile radius of Rotterdam.
- More than sixty percent of the Netherlands’ GDP is generated by foreign trade in goods and services.
- The Netherlands is a key center within the global business network with an advanced infrastructure geared towards the transportation of goods, people, and electronic data.
- Its core distribution points include Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, the fourth largest in Europe.
- The Netherlands has capitalized on its location and advanced economy to become one of the top dozen trading countries in the world.
- It is currently ranked 16th in GDP in the world, eighth in imports of goods and services from the United States, and third in direct investment in the United States.
- The United States is the largest foreign investor in the Netherlands and has its largest bilateral trade surplus in the world with this country ($16 billion in 2010).
Source: 2011 Country Commercial Guide for the Netherlands.
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Embassy: Phone: +31 (70) 310-2417
E-mail: office.thehague@trade.govHead of Commercial Service
Alan D. Ras
alan.ras@trade.gov