Abstract
As a setting to the ‘planning’ studies in following chapters, brief reference is now made to the principal ways in which the Netherlands earns its living.1 It does so first and foremost by means of foreign trade. This is the country’s life-blood; and successive governments have constantly striven to create and maintain conditions in which the widest and freest possible exchange of goods can take place. A reflection of these efforts is seen in the promotion of the customs union with Belgium and Luxemburg (Benelux) and enthusiastic participation in, and furtherance of, the European Common Market.
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Much of the information contained in this chapter was derived from Holland as a Trade Partner, published by the Netherlands Government Economic Information Service, The Hague. This pamphlet has been out of print since 1957; and the figures for later years, shown in the tables, were supplied by the Director, the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, The Hague.
See also Digest of the Netherlands: Economy (Staatsdrukkerij, The Hague, 3rd edn., 1963).
For map depicting harbours overseas constructed or improved by the Dutch, see van Veen, J.: Dredge, Drain and Reclaim (Martinus Nijhoff, 3rd edn., 1952).
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Burke, G.L. (1966). Economic Background. In: Greenheart Metropolis. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81771-9_2
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