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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Agriculture</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ANL%20Moerdijk%20municipality%20Zevenbergen%20city%20IMG%202832.JPG%7Cthumb%7CFarmland%20in%20the%20Netherlands%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22NL_Moerdijk_municipality_Zevenbergen_city_IMG_2832.JPG%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22NL%20Moerdijk%20municipality%20Zevenbergen%20city%20IMG%202832%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Farmland%20in%20the%20Netherlands%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Farmland%20in%20the%20Netherlands%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/NL_Moerdijk_municipality_Zevenbergen_city_IMG_2832.JPG/180px-NL_Moerdijk_municipality_Zevenbergen_city_IMG_2832.JPG" width="180" height="133" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="NL Moerdijk municipality Zevenbergen city IMG 2832.JPG" data-image-key="NL_Moerdijk_municipality_Zevenbergen_city_IMG_2832.JPG" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->A highly mechanised agricultural sector employs 4% of the labour force but provides large surpluses for the food-processing industry and for exports. The Dutch rank third worldwide in value of agricultural exports, behind the United States and France, with exports earning $55<span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>billion annually. A significant portion of Dutch agricultural exports are derived from fresh-cut plants, flowers, and bulbs, with the Netherlands exporting two-thirds of the world's total.<span data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22USDA%20Foreign%20Agriculture%20Service%5C%22%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%7Curl%20%3D%20http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.fas.usda.gov%5C%2Fgainfiles%5C%2F200501%5C%2F146118432.pdf%23search%3D%2522netherlands%2520main%2520agriculture%2520export%2520flowers%2522%7Ctitle%20%3D%20Netherlands%3A%20Agricultural%20situation%7Caccessdate%20%3D20%20June%202007%7Cpublisher%3DUSDA%20Foreign%20Agriculture%20Service%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service_0-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service_0-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ552549261f3d77b-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ552549261f3d77b-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%224%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%225%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" href="#cite_note-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The Netherlands also exports a quarter of all the world's tomatoes, and trade of one-third of the world's exports of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22chilis%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Capsicum%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCapsicum%7Cchilis%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" class="new" title="Capsicum (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ2Fwc2ljdW0/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">chilis</a>, tomatoes and cucumbers goes through the country. The Netherlands also exports one-fifteenth of the world's apples.<span data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22USDA%20Foreign%20Agriculture%20Service%5C%22%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service_0-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service_0-1 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ552549261f3d77b-nowiki-00000004-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ552549261f3d77b-nowiki-00000005-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2210%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2211%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" href="#cite_note-USDA_Foreign_Agriculture_Service-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-20567582996009ce0d8c1ad" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:68778 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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