Institution

Netherlands Trading Society

1824–1964 · 19th century · Also known as Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij

The Netherlands Trading Society (Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij) was a trading and financial company founded in 1824 on the initiative of King William I to revive Dutch commerce. Under the Cultivation System it held the monopoly on shipping and selling in the Netherlands the coffee, sugar and indigo that the government collected in Java. It later became a major colonial bank and merged into ABN in 1964, a forerunner of ABN AMRO.

Netherlands Trading Society
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Netherlands Trading Society. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/netherlands-trading-society
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“Netherlands Trading Society.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/netherlands-trading-society. Accessed .
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