> I don't think the Netherlands has ever had more than a tiny car or oil industry Heh. Only a tiny oil industry? As the others mentioned the obvious, Shell, t

> I don't think the Netherlands has ever had more than a tiny car or oil industry Heh. Only a tiny oil industry? As the others mentioned the obvious, Shell, there is far more to the Dutch offshore/oil industry: most of the world's heavy offshore construction expertise is Dutch (Heerema, Allseas, etc.); 1.32 million barrels/day oil refining capacity. Also, The top exports of the Netherlands are Refined Petroleum ($38.3B), Crude Petroleum ($14.4B), Computers ($14.2B), Petroleum Gas ($13.6B) and Packaged Medicaments ($13.3B), using the 1992 revision of the HS (Harmonized System) classification. Its top imports are Refined Petroleum ($34.9B), Crude Petroleum ($34.8B), Computers ($17.9B), Telephones ($14B) and Packaged Medicaments ($11.8B)." http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/nld/ http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/nld/ The NL is very much a significant oil and gas country.