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Some facts regarding plant breeding in the Netherlands. The Dutch Breeding sector is a world market leader for: vegetables, ornamentals, potatoes, 24% of value of world export of seeds and propagating material is from the Netherlands, 47% of European use of seeds and propagating material is from the Netherlands. Annually there are circa 1600 applications for new varieties, around 350 breeding companies – turnover approx 2.5 billion Euro (3 Billion $), many of them Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, 15 – 20% of their annual turnover is spent on R&D. Annual private investment is € 250–350 million or $ 350–475 million.