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Dutch Fun Facts: Food & Agriculture

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Here are some Netherlands fun facts related to the Dutch agri-food industry including big exports, imports, production, fish catches and more…

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MEAT & POULTRY

  • The Netherlands is the largest overall meat exporter in the EU [Source].
  • The Netherlands is the largest exporter of beef & veal in the EU [Source]
  • The Netherlands is the second largest poultry exporter in the EU (behind Poland). [Source]

DAIRY

  • In 2020, Dutch cows produced nearly 14 billion liters of milk. 12% of it was processed into other products including cheese (6.8%), concentrated milk (2.4%), powdered milk (1.8%) and butter (.9%)
  • The Netherlands is the second largest cheese exporter in the EU (and the world) behind #1 Germany. [Source]
  • The Netherlands is the largest egg exporter in the world [Source]

VEGETABLES & FRUIT

  • The Netherlands is the largest agricultural products exporter in the EU (and second biggest in the world behind #1 United States) [Source]
  • The Netherlands is the largest fresh vegetable exporter in the world
  • The Netherlands is the largest onion exporter in the world
  • The Netherlands is the largest tomato exporter in the world (ahead of #2 Mexico and #3 Spain) [Source]
  • The Netherlands is the largest frozen french fry producer in the EU [Source]
  • The #1 fruit grown in the Netherlands is the pear [Source]

FISH

  • The #1 type of fish caught by Dutch fisherman is sole, followed by shrimp, plaice, turbot and cod [Source]

FLOWER BULBS & SEEDS

  • The Netherlands is the largest tulip exporter in the world
  • The #1 type of flower bulb cultivated in the Netherlands is the tulip, followed by lily, narcissus, hyacinth and gladiola [Source]
  • The Netherlands is the largest seed exporter in the world

COCOA & COFFEE

  • The Netherlands is the largest importer of cocoa beans in the world [Source]
  • The Netherlands has the highest per capita consumption of coffee in the world [Source]

BEER

  • The Netherlands is the largest beer exporter in the European Union and second largest beer exporter in the world (after #1 Mexico) [Source]
  • The Netherlands is also the largest exporter of non-alcoholic beer in the European Union [Source]
  • The largest importer of Dutch alcoholic beer is the United States (37% of Dutch exports), followed by France (10%) and the UK (5%) [Source]
  • The largest importer of Dutch non-alcoholic beer is also the United States (42% of Dutch exports), followed by the UK (8%) and Canada (7%) [Source]

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