Netherlands Foreign Direct Investment Agency

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What does the organization do? NFIA facilitates American companies' direct investments in the Netherlands. Whether developing a first European presence or reconfiguring existing European operations, companies can obtain information, strategic perspective and practical help from the business consultants of the NFIA.

How does it operate in the U.S? The NFIA, which has offices in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Austin, San Mateo and Atlanta, has helped hundreds of North American companies initiate or expand operations in the Netherlands. They have contributed to over $37 billion in cumulative American direct investment in the Netherlands, representing the direct creation of some 140,000 jobs. In all, over 1,850 of the more than 6,700 foreign companies in the Netherlands are from America.

As a government agency, the NFIA provides information and practical assistance free of charge. Services, all provided on a confidential basis, include providing insight and data on site selection and logistics strategies and intensive, personal guidance on such matters as available incentives, permit procedures and tax structures. The NFIA introduces corporate investors to a variety of Dutch networks and service suppliers in business, to government authorities at the national and regional levels, to academic and private sector consultants, and to others integral to the investment process and continued successful operations.

The NFIA is a division of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and an expression of its full commitment to expediting foreign direct investment in the Netherlands.

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