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Last updated: January 2009

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TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Trade and Investment with the UK

The Netherlands and UK are old and close trading partners. The Dutch have a long trading history with us and are one of our major trade and investment partners globally. The Netherlands is the UK’s third largest bilateral trading partner at £38bn in 2007; our third largest export market gobally (behind only the US and Germany) and our second largest within the EU. Total exports in 2007 equalled £14.9 bn. Imports from the Netherlands were £22.8bn in 2007. These are  remarkable figures for a country with a population less than one third the size of the UK’s.

We are significant investors in each other’s economies. The Netherlands is the third largest foreign investor in the UK valued at over £60bn spread over 4000 companies including major Anglo/Dutch companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Univever and Corus.

UK Trade & Investment Country Profile: The Netherlands

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