., 1994 est.)
commodities: metal products, chemicals, processed food and tobacco,
agricultural products
partners: EC 77% (Germany 27%, Belgium-Luxembourg 15%, UK 10%),
Central and Eastern Europe 10%, US 4% (1991)

Imports: $137 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: raw materials and semifinished products, consumer goods,
transportation equipment, crude oil, food products
partners: EC 64% (Germany 26%, Belgium-Luxembourg 14%, UK 8%), US 8%
(1991)

External debt: $0

Industrial production: growth rate -1.5% (1993 est.); accounts for 25%
of GDP

Electricity:
capacity: 17,520,000 kW
production: 72.4 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 5,100 kWh (1993)

Industries: agroindustries, metal and engineering products, electrical
machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum, fishing, construction,
microelectronics

Agriculture: accounts for 4.6% of GDP; animal production predominates;
crops - grains, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, vegetables; shortages
of grain, fats, and oils

Illicit drugs: important gateway for cocaine, heroin, and hashish
entering Europe; European producer of illicit amphetamines and other
synthetic drugs

Economic aid:
donor: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-89), $19.4 billion

Currency: 1 Netherlands guilder, gulden, or florin (f.) = 100 cents

Exchange rates: Netherlands guilders, gulden, or florins (f.) per US$1
- 1.7178 (January 1995), 1.8200 (1994), 1.8573 (1993), 1.7585 (1992),
1.8697 (1991), 1.8209 (1990)

Fiscal year: calendar year

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Railroads:
total: 2,757 km
standard gauge: 2,757 km km 1.435-m gauge (1,991 km electrified; 1,800
km double track) (1994)

Highways:
total: 104,831 km
paved: 92,251 km (2,118 km of expressway)
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 12,580 km (1992)

Inland waterways: 6,340 km, of which 35% is usable by craft of 1,000
metric ton capacity or larger

Pipelines: crude oil 418 km; petroleum products 965 km; natural gas
10,230 km

Ports: Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem,
Ijmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht

Merchant marine:
total: 343 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,629,578 GRT/3,337,307
DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 195, chemical tanker 21, combination bulk
3, container 33, liquefied gas tanker 12, livestock carrier 1,
multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 37, railcar carrier 1,
refrigerated cargo 18, roll-on/