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Capital Amsterdam
Total Area 41,526
Currency EURO (EUR)(2009)
Language(s) Dutch, Frisian
National Holiday April 30, Queen's day
Type of State Constitutional monarchy
Type of Government
Parlimentary democracy. Bicameral parliament called the States
General (Parliament) with a 75-seat First Chamber (Senate) and a
150-seat Second Chamber (House of Representatives).Prime Minister
appointed by the monarch. Council of Ministers appointed by the
monarch onadvice from the Prime Minister. Administrative divisions:
12 provinces. Governing coalition:People's Party for Freedom and
Democracy (VVD) and Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
H.M. QueenHead of State Beatrix(Accession 1980)
Head of GovernmentMark Rutte (VVD)
Main Political Parties
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Liberal) (VVD); Labor
Party (PvdA); Party forFreedom (PVV); Christian Democratic Appeal
(CDA); Socialist Party (SP); Green Left (GL);Democrats 66 (D66);
Christian Union (CU)Second Chamber of the States General: VVD (31),
PvdA (30), PVV (24), CDA (21), SP (15), GL(10), D66 (10), CU (5),
other (4)First Chamber of the States General: CDA (21), VVD (14),
PvdA (14), SP (12), GL (4), CU (4)other (6).
Ministers Deputy PM, Economic Af fairs, Agriculture and
Innovation: Maxime Verhagen (CDA)Foreign Affairs: Uri Rosenthal
(VVD)
General Information:
Political Information:
Economic Information: (2009)
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Representation:
Netherlands Canada
Bilateral trade
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Balance
Can.
Exports
Can.Imports
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Trade
NetherlandsCanada -
Canadian Exports
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1 CAN$= 0.63
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Canadian Exports: $2,758,565,472
Canadian Imports: $1,871,676,840
Prime Minister
Ambassador
Foreign Representation in Canada
Wim Geerts
Ambassador
Canadian Representation Abroad
James Lambert
n/a$46,529
n/a$9,802
Trade and investment: (2009)
Canadian Imports
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Netherlandsfrom:
Foreign Direct Investment in Canada
Canadian Direct Investment to Netherlands
(million)
(million)
November 2010
NetherlandsOfficial Title Kingdom of the Netherlands
n/aElections Last: June 2010; next election: June 2014
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GDP: (billion) $909.76
GDP per capita: $55,053.39
GDP Growth rate: (%) -3.915
Unemployment: (%) 3.51
Inflation: (%) 0.974
$1,525.76
$45,288.45
-2.462
8.283
0.292
n/aPopulation (million) 16.53
Sources:Statistics/Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/HomeIMF
http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm
IMF/Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada
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