A cyclist passes a price board at a gas station in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 9, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Xiangjiang)
The CBS said the March inflation rate of almost 12 percent, compared to 7.3 percent in February, is a result of higher food and energy prices.
THE HAGUE, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Inflation in the Netherlands hit 11.9 percent in March, the highest level since the oil crisis in 1975, according to an initial estimate published by the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Friday.
The CBS said the March inflation rate of almost 12 percent, compared to 7.3 percent in February, is a result of higher food and energy prices.
People tour the Zaanse Schans neighborhood in Zaandam, the Netherlands, March 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)
The inflation figures are based on the European Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP).
Meanwhile, the figures according to the Dutch consumer price index (CPI) will be published by the CBS on April 7.
Inflation in the eurozone as a whole was 7.5 percent in March, up from 5.9 percent in February, the European statistical office Eurostat reported on Friday.
People view blooming tulips at the Keukenhof park in Lisse, the Netherlands, March 26, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)■
