Useful links about the Netherlands

Government  

·                      Ministry of Finance 

·                      Ministry of Foreign Affairs

·                      Ministry of Economic Affairs

·                      Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

·                      Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (including biotechnology issues)

·                      Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management

·                      Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

·                      The Social and Economic Counsel of the Netherlands (SER)

·                      SenterNovem (the Dutch institute R&D)

·                      Center for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries

Trade

·                      Database of Dutch Exporters 

·                      Central Bureau of Statistics

·                      Holland Trade Net

·                      The Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (known as VNO-NCW)

·                      Flower web

·                      Holland abc (Comprehensive catalogue of Dutch products and services)

·                      The Dutch Yellow Pages

Trade Fairs

·                      Amsterdam RAI International Exhibition & Congress Centre 

·                      Ahoy Rotterdam Exhibition and Congress Centre

·                      Jaarbeurs Utrecht

·                      MECC Maastricht

·                      Netherlands Convention Bureau

Financial information, Taxation and Investments 

·                      The Financial Newspaper

·                      Netherlands Central Bank

·                      Amsterdam Stock Exchange

·                      Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

Agriculture & Biotechnology 

·                      National Institute for Public Health and Environment

·                      Association of Suppliers of Environment Equipment and Technology

·                      Laws, regulations, publications (only Dutch)

·                      Dutch Biotechnology Association

·                      AVAG (the leading trade organization for contractors and fitters in glasshouse horticulture)

·                      NIZO Food Research 

R&D, Information and Engineering Technologies

·                      TWA (Trend Watchers for Innovation and Technology)

·                      Netherlands Airport Technology (NAT)

·                      Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

·                      Building and Engineering Industry (only in Dutch)

·                      Association of enterprises in the mechanical, metalworking, plastic, electronic and electrical   engineering industries. 

·                      Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry (IRO)

Maritime & Space Technologies

·                      Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN)

·                      The Netherlands' Shipbuilding Industry Association (VNSI)

·                      The Holland Yachting Group

·                      Dutch Space Technologies

·                      Netherlands Institute for Space Research

·                      National Aerospace Laboratory NLR- The Netherlands

Transport Information                          

·                      Port of Rotterdam

·                      Port of Amsterdam

·                      Schiphol Airport

·                      Rail Cargo Information

·                      Holland International Distribution Council (HIDC) 

Tourist information

·                      Tourist information1

·                      Tourist information2

·                      Tourist information3 (city of Amsterdam)

·                      Map of the Netherlands

·                      Weather forecast