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 | | Last year, The Netherlands invested $152 billion in the United States, Hanse said, amounting to 12 percent of the total foreign direct investment in the U.S. The largest investment sectors for Dutch companies in America, he said, are financial, insurance and chemical concerns, reflecting a large number of acquisitions. |
 | | The Netherlands is America's 9th largest trading partner, exporting some $8.5 billion and importing about $22 billion, Hanse said, with machinery and transport equipment, chemicals and agriculture leading the trade routes. |
 | | The Netherlands still is one of the best places in the world to conduct business, he said, "due to our political stability, foreign investment policies, liberal foreign trade and exchange regimes, and financial resources," he said. |
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