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WebGuide - The Netherlands

The following WebGuide, compiled by James Secreto, a summer intern at the Ypsilanti U. S. Export Assistance Center, is meant to provide an overview into the many sources of information which must be considered in making a business decision.  Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as possible.  For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the US Commercial Service, Netherlands, please click here. 

 

Airlines

AirTaxiNet, Maasboulevard 175, 5237 WP 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Tel. & Fax. +31 736 429 579, EMail info@airtaxinet.com   AirTaxiNet is the reservations system for private flights in Europe.  http://www.airtaxinet.com/ 

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport- largest in the Netherlands

http://www.schiphol.nl/
Delta Airlines provides travel from various international locations to and from the Netherlands. http://www.delta.com/ 
Denim Air B.V., Luchthavenweg 81-041, 5657 EA Eindhoven, P.O. Box 7053.  This website provides information on Denim Air passenger and cargo services. http://www.denimair.nl/ 
DutchBird, postbus 75798, 1118 ZX Schiphol, tel.: +3120-6055800, fax.: +3120-6055810, email: info@dutchbird.nl  DutchBird is the newest Dutch charter airline.  It has a modern safe fleet of 3 Boeing 757-200 aircrafts and 2 Airbus A320 aircrafts.  http://www.dutchbird.nl/ 
EasyJet provides travel to citizens in The Netherlands to locations in Europe. http://www.easyjet.com/ 
KLM http://www.klm.com 

Martin Air

http://www.martinair.com 

Northwest/Dutch KLM Airlines

http://www.nwa.com 

Quick Airways

http://www.quickairways.nl/
Singapore Air provides travel between the Netherlands and Singapore. http://www.singaporeair.com/

United Airlines Netherlands

http://www.unitedairlines.nl 

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Banks

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Banker.  It has links to several directories of worldwide banks.

ABN AMRO Holding N.V. Gustav Mahlerlaan 10, 1082 PP Amsterdam, Netherlands, Phone:+ 31 20 6289393, Fax:+ 31 20 6299111 http://www.abnamro.com 
ASN Bank http://www.asnbank.nl/
Bank Insinger of Beaufort http://www.insinger.com/
Bank Mendes Gans nv (BMG), P.O Box 198  1000 AD Amsterdam The Netherlands http://www.mendesgans.nl/
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten http://www.bng.nl/

De Nederlandsche Bank online

http://www.dnb.nl/
DSB Bank http://www.dsbbank.nl/

ING Bank International

http://www.ing.com/

Kredietbank (Nederland) N.V

http://www.kbl.lu/ 
Financieel Bank, Postadres: Postbus 10, 6500 AA Nijmegen, Telefoon: 024 360 50 40, Fax: 024 360 50 30, KvK: 09108796 http://vsb.nl/ 
Fortis banking and insurance http://www.fortis.com/
Friesland Bank http://www.frieslandbank.nl/
Indover bank http://www.indoverbank.nl/
Levob Bank Storkstraat 12  3833 LB Leusden http://www.levob.nl/
Mees Pierson bank Herengracht 548  1017 CG Amsterdam http://www.meespierson.nl/

Postbank

http://www.postbank.nl/ 

Rabobank

http://www.rabobank.nl/
Tridos bank is a social lending bank. http://tridos.com 

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Business with Netherlands

Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency- Dutch Business Solutions

http://www.nfia.com/

Index of Dutch Consultants

http://adviseur.net/ 

Index of Dutch Businesses

http://www.abc-d.nl/

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Chambers of Commerce

American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands (AmCham) is a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political, voluntary organization of companies and individuals involved in investment and trade between the United States of America and the Netherlands.  Scheveningseweg 58, 2517 KW The Hague, The Netherlands, Tel: +31-70-365 98 08, Fax: +31-70-364 69 92, Email: office@amcham.nl  http://www.amcham.nl/ 
Netherlands Chamber of Commerce in the United States, Inc. (NLCOC), the largest and oldest member-supported Dutch-American Business Group in the Americas. http://www.netherlands.org/ 
Netherlands Chamber of Commerce in Eastern Europe,  I.T.P.S. B.V.,Bezuidenhoutseweg 181, 2594 AH The Hague, Tel.: 0031-70-347 45 68, Fax: 0031-70-347 79 75, Email: info@nlchamber.info  http://www.nlchamber.info/ 
Global Chamber of Commerce Index http://www.globalindex.com/

(International Chamber of Commerce) News and research services

http://www.iccwbo.org

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Directories and Databases

De Telefoongids provides a directory for phone numbers of businesses. http://www.telefoongids.ptt-telecom.nl/ 

Dutch Yellow Pages

http://www.markt.nl/
Faxgids, Witte Paal 34, 1742 NL Schagen,Postbus 69,1740 AB Schagen, Telefoon: 0224-273060, Telefax: 0224-273061.  This site provides a fax number directory for businesses. http://www.faxgids.nl/ 
Holland Exports - Freely searchable index of Dutch Companies http://www.hollandexports.com/ 
Kompass has served business and industry for over 50 years.  It originated in Switzerland and is now present in close to 70 countries on all continents.  http://www.kompass.com/ 

NL-menu homepage directory of dutch websites

http://www.nl-menu.nl/

Netherlands Yellow Pages

http://www.detelefoongids.nl/ 

Newcomers' Club- webpage for people new to the Netherlands

http://www.newcomersclub.com/nl.html 
StartLinks provides a computer link for directories in business. http://www.startpunt.net/ 
WLW - The European business directory with products and services from over 410,000 companies in 15 countries and 11 languages, categorized according to 43,000 headings.  http://www.wlw.de/start/DE/en/index.html 

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Financing Agencies

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General Country Information

Links on Amsterdam

http://www.channels.nl/ 

Netherlands' National News Agency

http://www.nisnews.nl/ 

Radio Netherlands

http://www.rnw.nl/ 

Netherlands Weather

http://www.cbs.nl/en/ 

General News and Business Information

http://www.the-netherlands.com/ 

Currency Converter

http://www.oanda.com/

Port of Amsterdam- daily shipping information and business information

http://www.amsterdamports.nl/

Atlapedia Online- Facts and figures on the Netherlands.

http://www.atlapedia.com/

AllDutch- search information about the Netherlands

http://go.to/alldutch 

Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs - Economic Information Service

http://www.minez.nl/ 

Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs - Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

http://www.nfia.com

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Market Research

USDOC Market Research http://www.buyusainfo.net/

A list of Dutch market research agencies and consultants

http://www.mrweb.co.uk/
Strategis's index to Netherlands market research. http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 300902305 278221907 337171984 385684738
325 Chemical Manufactures 114375160 109263300 86449093 131528771
336 Transportation Equipment 43305224 26412781 87040901 98719016
333 Machinery Manufactures 57917791 58797177 67363763 49128704
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 20649739 17527695 21329736 27606986
339 Misc. Manufactures 6811813 7514864 12844978 24102547
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 29272201 29773866 20959424 23643453
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 7879245 8412679 10643485 8492944
311 Processed Foods 7801168 6770811 10027932 8179906
332 Fabricated Metal Products 3068424 4357033 4411328 4045727
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 1362069 1090140 996054 2625152
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 2684091 2907111 3047524 2531791
322 Paper Products 1266926 1387214 947941 1346848
313 Fabric Mill Products 858263 875972 1131040 989255
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 842130 832840 370021 519370
323 Printing & Related Products 335198 381493 636322 398181
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 9417 16192 21495 345362
316 Leather & Related Products 561959 270499 3900316 340333
212 Mining 168232 165536 128293 289289
337 Furniture & Related Products 155633 59679 753861 246552
910 Waste & Scrap 23234 11580 9989 226364
315 Apparel Manufactures 236528 471700 332955 132563
111 Crop Production 356831 174000 156880 75337
321 Wood Products 123453 191095 322623 56171
312 Beverage & Tobacco Products 129553 47201 28386 41185
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 66822 396836 1665234 35084
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 6537 23800
113 Forestry & Logging 0 21765 37473 11297
920 Used Merchandise 631201 90848 1608400 2750
112 Animal Production 10000 0 0 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities Delft Technical University http://www.tudelft.nl/ 
Colleges and Universities Erasmus University Rotterdam http://www.eur.nl
Colleges and Universities Hogeschool van Amsterdam: Stadhouderskade 55, 1072 AB Amsterdam, telefoon 020 - 570 25 00, fax 020 - 570 25 10 http://www.hva.nl/
Colleges and Universities Koning William College http://www.kw1c.nl/home/
Colleges and Universities Koninklijk Instituat voor de marine http://www.kim.nl/
Colleges and Universities Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands, Phone: (31) 71 - 527.70.63, Fax: (31) 71 - 527.69.85, Email: maudy@wi.leidenuniv.nl   http://www.leiden.edu/ 
Colleges and Universities Nyenrode University http://www.nyenrode.nl/
Colleges and Universities Radboud University Nijmegen http://www.ru.nl/
Colleges and Universities Rotterdam University Postbus 25305 3001 HA Rotterdam NL http://www.hogeschool-rotterdam.nl/
Colleges and Universities Saxion Universities http://www.saxion.nl/
Colleges and Universities Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Postbus 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, tel.:040 - 247 27 50, fax.: 040 - 243 66 85  http://www.tue.nl/ 
Colleges and Universities Tias Buisness school http://www.tias.edu/script/index.jsp
Colleges and Universities University of Twente, Faculty of Computer Science, P.O.Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, the Netherlands http://www.ewi.utwente.nl/
Colleges and Universities University of Amsterdam, Computer Science Dept.,  P.O. Box 94053, Kruislaan 404, 1090 GB AMSTERDAM, 1098 SM AMSTERDAM, +31-20-525 7678, Fax +31-20-525 7675 http://www.science.uva.nl/
Colleges and Universities University of Groningen, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science,  PO Box 800,  9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, +31 50 3633939, EMail: secretariaat@cs.rug.nl  http://www.cs.rug.nl/ 
Colleges and Universities Universiteit Ultrecht http://www.uu.nl/
Colleges and Universities Department of Computer Science at Utrecht University in The Netherlands.  http://www.cs.uu.nl/ 
Colleges and Universities Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Sciences , Mathematics and Computer Science division, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands  http://www.cs.vu.nl/
Search Engines DMOZ open Directory Project - Netherlands http://www.dmoz.nl/ 
Search Engines Euregio.net - powered by Alta Vista http://www.euregio.net/ 
Search Engines Lycos, Netherlands http://www.lycos.nl/ 
Search Engines NL BizBase http://www.nlcoc.com/nlsearch.html 
Search Engines NL Menu http://www.nl-menu.nl/ 
Search Engines Stuur http://www.stuur.com/ 
Search Engines Zoek http://www.zoek.nl/ 
Search Engines Excellent search engine with indexing specific to ICT Industry http://hoppa.com/eu/nl/ 
US Subsidiaries 3COM, Netherlands http://www.3com.nl/ 
US Subsidiaries Adobe http://www.adobe.nl/ 
US Subsidiaries Apple, Netherlands http://www.apple.com/nl/ 
US Subsidiaries Cisco, Netherlands http://www.cisco.com/ 
US Subsidiaries Computer Associates B.V.,Aantal Werknemers: 125, Vestiging, Nieuwegein,  KvK Utrecht nr. 64450, email: infonl@ca.com  http://www.ca.com/
US Subsidiaries Dell B.V., Kabelweg 37, 1014 BA Amsterdam, NEDERLAND http://www1.euro.dell.com/ 
US Subsidiaries HP Netherlands  http://www.hp.nl/ 
US Subsidiaries IBM Nederland NV, Johan Huizingalaan 765, Post Office Box 9999, 1066 CE Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tel: (31) 20 513 5151, Fax: (31) 20 514 5786, E-mail: ibm_4you@nl.ibm.com  http://www-5.ibm.com/nl/ 
US Subsidiaries Ingram Micro, Structuurbaan 40, 3439 MB Nieuwegein, Postbus 1087, 3430 BB Nieuwegein, Tel: (030) 246 40 01, Fax: (030) 246 50 01, e-mail: info@ingram.nl  http://nl.ingrammicro.com/ 
US Subsidiaries MCI, KroonBurgh, H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 123, 1096 AM AMSTERDAM, gratis: 0800-8155, direct: +31-20 711 2000, fax: +31-20 711 2411, email: netherlands-info-nl@nl.mci.com  http://global.mci.com/nl/ 
US Subsidiaries Microsoft Netherlands http://www.microsoft.com/
US Subsidiaries Oracle, Rijnzathe 6, 3454 PV De Meern, Postbus 147, 3454 ZJ De Meern, Telefoon: 030 - 669 9000, Telefax: 030 - 669 9966, Email: infomail_nl@oracle.com  http://www.oracle.com/nl/ 
US Subsidiaries Unisys Nederland N.V., Tupolevlaan 1, 1119 NW Schiphol-Rijk, Tel: 020 526 26 26, Fax: 020 69 77755  http://www.unisys.nl/index.htm 
US Subsidiaries Xerox, Netherlands http://www.xerox.com/
US Subsidiaries Sun Netherlands http://www.sun.nl/ 
US Subsidiaries Worldcomm Netherlands http://global.mci.com/nl/  

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Netherlands's Economic Outlook

The Economist briefings of economic trends and indicators in the Netherlands

http://www.economist.com/

The OECD current economic outlook for the Netherlands

http://www1.oecd.org/

The Dutch economy online, including the latest reports, statistics, and key economic indicators

http://www.geoinvestor.com/

Statistical Economic information on the Netherlands

http://www.cbs.nl/en/ 

Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis

http://www.cpb.nl/eng/ 

Overview of industrial sectors and Dutch Economy

http://www.hollandtrade.com 

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Netherlands's Government

 

Division Telecommunications and Post (HDTP) - Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, P.O. Box 20901, 2500 EX The Hague, The Netherlands, Contact: Mr. J.W. Weck, Director, Phone: 011-31-70-351 6511, Fax: 011-31-70-351 6618 http://www.minvenw.nl
Independent Regulator - OPTA (Onafhankelijke Post en Telecom Autoriteit), P.O. Box 90420, 2509 LK The Hague, The Netherlands, Contact: Mr. H.C. Bakker, Director, Phone: 011-31-70-315 3500, Fax: 011-31-70-315 3502 http://www.opta.nl
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, P.O. Box 20401
2500 EK The Hague, Phone: (31) 70 379 3911, Fax: (31) 70 381 5153
 http://www.minlnv.nl/international/ 
Ministry of Defense http://www.mindef.nl/
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Directorate Electronics, Services and Information Technology, P.O. Box 20101, 2500 EC The Hague, The Netherlands, Contact: Mr. J.J. van Scheijen, Director, Phone: 011-31-70-379 6802, Fax: 011-31-70-379 6122 http://www.minez.nl

Ministry of Economic Affairs - Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

http://www.nfia.com

Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences http://www.minocw.nl/
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, P.O. Box 20350, 2500 EJ The Hague
Phone: (31) 70 340 7911, Fax: (31) 70 340 7834.
 http://www.minvws.nl/
Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and Environment, P.O. Box 20951
2500 BZ The Hague, Phone: (31) 70 339 3939, Fax: (31) 70 339 1280
 http://www.vrom.nl/international/ 
Ministry of the Interior, P.O. Box 20011, 2500 EA The Hague, The Netherlands, Phone: +31-70-302 6302, Fax:+31-70-363 9153 http://www.minbuza.nl/
Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, P.O. Box 90801, 2509 LV The Hague, Fax: (31) 70 333 4444, Phone: (31) 70 333 4040 
 http://home.szw.nl   
Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA), One Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020, Phone: (212) 246-1434, Fax (212) 246-9769. http://www.nfia.com 
Netherlands Parliament http://www.parlement.nl/
Ministry of Finance http://www.minfin.nl/

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs- information on development assistance

http://www.minbuza.nl/
Ministry of general affairs http://www.minaz.nl/
Ministry of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations http://www.minbzk.nl/
Ministry of justice http://www.justitie.nl/
Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport http://www.minvws.nl/
Ministry of Social Affairs and employment http://home.szw.nl/
Ministry of Transport, P.O. Box 20901, 2500 EX The Hague, Phone: (31) 70 351 6171, Fax: (31) 70 351 7895
 http://www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl/
Responsible for radio frequencies - Rijksdienst voor Radiocommunicatie (RDR) http://www.minvenw.nl
Social and Economic council http://www.ser.nl/

WWW Netherlands Governments- General information inks to government Web sites.

http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/

European Governments On-line - The Netherlands

http://europa.eu.int/
Local government links http://www.markt.nl/
Royal Netherlands Embassy, 4200 Linnean Avenue NW, Washington DC 20008, Phone: (202) 274 2727, Fax: (202) 966 0728, Email: holland@netherlands-embassy.org 
 http://www.netherlands-embassy.org 

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Newspapers

Algemeen Dagblad http://www.ad.nl/
Cobouw newspaper Zuid- Holland http://www.cobouw.nl/
Dagblad De Limburger http://www.limburger.nl/Index
De Gooi- en Eemlander http://www.dagbladvanalmere.nl/
de Volkskrant http://www.volkskrant.nl/
Extra and Net tech N.V  Bonaire, N.A http://www.extrabon.com/
Friesch Dagblad http://www.frieschdagblad.nl/
Het Financieele Dagblad http://www.fd.nl/Home.asp

International Herald Tribune

http://www.iht.com/europe.html 
Reformatorisch Dagblad http://www.refdag.nl/

The Netherlands Post

http://www.netherlandspost.com/ 
Index of Dutch Newspapers http://www.markt.nl/dyp/16,10,0.html 

FT.com Surveys Home

http://surveys.ft.com/ 

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Technical Standards

On-line Catalogue of European Standards http://www.cenorm.be/catweb/ 

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Transportation

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Forwarder.  It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and logistics companies.

Port of Rotterdam http://www.port.rotterdam.nl/ 
Yahoo's index of transportation in the Netherlands http://sg.dir.yahoo.com/
Dutch Transportation Magazine http://www.verkeerskunde.nl/ 
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management http://www.minvenw.nl/

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Travel and Tourism

Lonely Planet's guide to the Netherlands

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/

Netherlands Board Of Tourism

http://www.holland.com/ 

General Travel Information

http://www.travel.org/nether.html 

Links to Hotel and Travel resources

http://www.hotelstravel.com/netherlands.html 

Excite's Travel Guide

http://www.excite.com/
Lycos Guide for the Netherlands http://travel.lycos.com/
Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations. http://www.fodors.com 

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US Government

US Commercial Service, Netherlands http://www.buyusa.gov/netherlands/en/ 
US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/

State Department- Consular Information Sheet on the Netherlands

http://travel.state.gov/

U.S. Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands

http://www.usemb.nl/ 

U.S. Consulate General in Amsterdam, Netherlands

http://www.usemb.nl/consul.htm 

U.S. Foreign Agricultural Services - Agricultural exports to the Netherlands

http://www.fas.usda.gov 
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/

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Weather

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 
 

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