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Netherlands - Economy
Currency : Euro (EUR) = 100 Cents
Rate of exchange (Sept.2004) :

1 Euro = 1.22 US$

GDP (Gross Domestic Product), 2002 : 420 billion dollars
GDP per capita, 2002 : 25705 dollars
GNP (Gross National Product), 2005 : 598.01 billion dollars
GNP per capita, 2005 : 36600 dollars

Netherlands - Miscellaneous information
 CONSUMPTION (individual / year) (world rank 1997) :
- Coffee (3)
- Eggs = 260 (3)
- Potatoes = 90 Kg (5)
- Beer = 86 l (8)
- Bread = 60 Kg (9)
- Cheese = 16 Kg (9)
- Meat = 80 Kg (12)
 MAIN NATURAL RESOURCES (world rank 2002) :
- Flowers (1)
- Linseed (6)
- Potatoes (9)
 - Pigs (15)
 - Zinc (10)
- Natural gas (9)
- Deposits of gas (21)
 OTHER RESOURCES & PRODUCTS (world rank 1997) :
- Cheese (5)
- Beer (9)
 - Electronics
 RECORDS :
- The fastest swimmer in the world (on 100 metres) is the Dutchman Peter Van Den Hoogenband (47"84, Sydney, 2000).

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