A Dictionary of Dutchness

VNCI

The Vereninging van de Nederlandse Chemische Industrie represents some 600 firms and organisations active in the Dutch chemical sector, of which Shell, DSM and Akzo Nobel are the biggest. With 75,000 workers, the sector generated sales of some €45bn a year (roughly 3% of gross domestic product) and accounts for 20% of Dutch exports. The lobby group plans to double that within the next 10 years.