Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2023
Timeseries: 194 million
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Belgium | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023

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The value of merchandise exports from Belgium totalled $ 393 billion in 2023. Overall commodity exports from Belgium decreased by 15.2% compared to 2022. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 70 billion (the value of merchandise exports from Belgium amounted to $463 billion in 2022)

Belgium's exports 2023 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Belgium in 2023:

  • Germany with a share of 16.2% (64 billion US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 13.4% (52 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 12.6% (49 billion US$)
  • USA with a share of 7.04% (27 billion US$)
  • United Kingdom with a share of 5.94% (23 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 4.63% (18.2 billion US$)
  • Spain with a share of 2.82% (11.1 billion US$)
  • Poland with a share of 2.61% (10.2 billion US$)
  • Luxembourg with a share of 1.9% (7.49 billion US$)
  • Sweden with a share of 1.82% (7.16 billion US$)

Exports structure from Belgium in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 15.3% (60 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 13.1% (51 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 11.2% (44 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 6.56% (25 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 5.1% (20 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 3.92% (15.4 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
  • 3.92% (15.4 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 3.89% (15.3 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
  • 3.62% (14.2 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 2.5% (9.85 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

What did Belgium export in 2023?

Belgium's Top Exports in 2023:

  • 7.43% ($29 billion): 3002 - Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
  • 7.42% ($29 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 7.23% ($28 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 7.18% ($28 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 4.1% ($16.1 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
  • 2.46% ($9.67 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 1.44% ($5.67 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
  • 1.05% ($4.15 billion): 8701 - Tractors (other than tractors of heading 87.09)
  • 1.05% ($4.13 billion): 2004 - Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 20.06
  • 1.02% ($4.01 billion): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

The value of merchandise imports to Belgium totalled $ 415 billion in 2023. Overall commodity imports to Belgium decreased by 10.5% compared to 2022. Merchandise imports decreased by $ 49 billion (the value of merchandise imports to Belgium was equal to $464 billion in 2022)

Belgium's imports 2023 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Belgium in 2023:

  • Netherlands with a share of 21% (87 billion US$)
  • Germany with a share of 12.5% (52 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 11.5% (48 billion US$)
  • USA with a share of 6.74% (27 billion US$)
  • Ireland with a share of 4.49% (18.6 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 3.9% (16.2 billion US$)
  • United Kingdom with a share of 3.51% (14.5 billion US$)
  • China with a share of 3.42% (14.2 billion US$)
  • Switzerland with a share of 2.51% (10.4 billion US$)
  • Spain with a share of 2.41% (10 billion US$)

Imports structure to Belgium in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 17% (70 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 12.9% (53 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 11.7% (48 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 6.98% (29 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 6.85% (28 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 6.34% (26 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
  • 3.13% (13 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 3.08% (12.7 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 2.48% (10.3 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  • 2.34% (9.72 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel

What did Belgium import in 2023?

Belgium's Top Imports in 2023:

  • 7.61% ($31 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 6.35% ($26 billion): 3002 - Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
  • 6.27% ($26 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
  • 5.34% ($22 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 5.29% ($21 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
  • 3.95% ($16.4 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 2.75% ($11.4 billion): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
  • 2.19% ($9.12 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 2.15% ($8.92 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
  • 1.45% ($6.05 billion): 8542 - Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies

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Belgium | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023