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The Netherlands — is developed industrial country. The country enters in ten the most industrially developed countries of the world. For the Netherlands stable economic growth, positive balance of the balance of payments, low rate of inflation, strong national currency and very low rate of unemployment is characteristic. The national economy is one of the most effective in Europe, it possesses enough the big flexibility and leans on significant number of fine and moderate-sized firms. The industry differs the advanced technological level, the qualified labour, high efficiency of work. In the country natural gas, oil, coal is extracted. Metallurgy is developed. The mechanical engineering makes electronic and electrotechnical products in huge assortment, machine tools and the industrial equipment, vessels, cars, tractors and agricultural machines, motorcycles, motor scooters, bicycles, boats and yachts. There are large oil refining capacities. The farmaceutical industry, manufacture of varnishes and paints is highly developed. The enterprises of food and light industry are widely spread. The facet of diamonds is conducted. The Netherlands specialize on transport, financial and audiovisual services, manufacture of the software for computer firms. Bank services, insurance, financial holdings, trade in the real estate are well developed. The largest world financial market is Amsterdam. The Netherlands are headquarters of numerous international organizations. The agriculture differs for high intensity (20% of export are on food stuffs). The country should win agriculture from sea (about half of territory of the country is below to sea level), erecting numerous dams and creating alluvial sites of a land. Plant highly productive breeds of large horned livestock, sheeps, pigs. There are horse breeding and poultry farming. The main agricultural crops are — wheat, barley, oats, sugar beet, potato, vegetables. On export of hotbed vegetables and berries the country takes first place in the world. Floriculture (especially many grades of tulips) is developed. The craft of fish and sea products is traditional. The Netherlands export machines and the equipment, oil and mineral oil, the foodstuffs, production of the chemical industry. Imports — machines and the equipment, oil and mineral oil, the foodstuffs, production of the chemical industry, clothes. The basic trading partners are the EU countries, the USA, the countries of East Europe. |
