Dutch agricultural exports broke records in 2019. How is this value built up and what makes the Netherlands the second largest exporter worldwide? Cor Pierik, head of agriculture at CBS, sprinkles with facts about export and import.
This is in response to it Boerenbusiness article:
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Record agricultural export, ok, but what does this mean for the average Dutch person, or for the Netherlands, for example?
Apart from some primary producers, farmers, who do have employment, but earn very little from it, the rest of the necessary employment in the chains is mainly filled by cheap Eastern European workers, who transfer their earnings to their home countries.
And the profits for the multinationals that the export generates mainly disappears, after ignoring the Dutch treasury through "tax optimisation", into the pockets of a few major shareholders who also own their assets, either abroad, or through nice agreements with the tax authorities, keep reasonably net.
It is therefore easy to understand that "the Dutchman" is tired of a sector that does leave behind the burdens, odor nuisance, pathogenic bacteria, particulate matter, water pollution, residues, etc. of both farmers and the processing industries, but steals the "profits" itself.