Het Nederlandse agrocomplex 2004

This report presents an overview of the economic development of the total Dutch agricultural complex (i.e. the primary agricultural sector as well as the trade and industry related to it). The importance of this complex is calculated in terms of value added, employment and trade balance on the basis of the national accounts for the period 1995-2003. The analysis distinguishes greenhouse gardening, open-ground gardening, arable farming, grassland-based livestock farming and intensive farming sub-complexes. The distribution of these sub-complexes over the Netherlands is shown by GIS charts. Regional analyses of the agricultural complex in the three northern provinces are also provided.