'Made in Holland' is no longer just synonymous with beautiful tulips and delicious cheese. State Secretary Martijn van Dam was able to announce at the Grüne Woche that the Dutch export of Agri & Food has further increased in value. Within the EU, the Netherlands is number 1 outside the EU.
From 2015 to 2016, the export of Agri & Food grew from 90 to almost 94 billion euros. Agricultural products account for the lion's share with 85 billion euros. The remainder is in the name of agricultural materials, knowledge and technology. This provides the agricultural sector with a share of 22 percent in total exports.
By far the most important customer remains neighboring Germany. It imported 23 billion euros worth of agricultural products. Another 10,1 billion went to the other neighboring country Belgium and the British take third place with 8,9 billion in agricultural goods. This underlines that it is also important for the Netherlands to closely monitor the negotiations surrounding Brexit.
Materials and technology is the most important product group that the Netherlands exports, followed by 9,3 percent floriculture, 8,3 percent meat and 7,7 percent dairy and eggs.
'We are successful in strengthening our leading position in Europe and the world', says Van Dam. 'The export of Agri & Food has again grown considerably. 'Made in Holland' no longer stands for beautiful tulips and delicious cheese. We are also growing globally in agro-knowledge and technology.'
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