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 (%) | 2008 - 2019

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The value of merchandise exports from Belgium totalled $ 311 billion in 2019. Overall commodity exports from Belgium decreased by 3.59% compared to 2018. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 11.6 billion (the value of merchandise exports from Belgium amounted to $323 billion in 2018)

Belgium's exports 2019 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from Belgium in 2019:

  • Germany with a share of 17.5% (54 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 13.6% (42 billion US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 11.5% (36 billion US$)
  • USA with a share of 7.53% (23 billion US$)
  • United Kingdom with a share of 6.07% (18.9 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 4.63% (14.4 billion US$)
  • Spain with a share of 2.69% (8.38 billion US$)
  • Poland with a share of 2.33% (7.28 billion US$)
  • India with a share of 2.22% (6.92 billion US$)
  • Luxembourg with a share of 2.14% (6.68 billion US$)

Exports structure from Belgium in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 12.2% (38 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 12.2% (38 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 7.43% (23 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
  • 7.38% (23 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 7.08% (22 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 6.02% (18.7 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 5.7% (17.7 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 4.19% (13 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel
  • 3.62% (11.3 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 2.96% (9.23 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

What did Belgium export in 2019?

Belgium's Top Exports in 2019:

  • 7.86% ($24 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
  • 6.66% ($20 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
  • 5.07% ($15.8 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
  • 5% ($15.5 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
  • 3.71% ($11.5 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 2.79% ($8.72 billion): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
  • 1.73% ($5.4 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
  • 1.25% ($3.92 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
  • 1.16% ($3.63 billion): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments
  • 1.02% ($3.2 billion): 9021 - Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability.

The value of merchandise imports to Belgium totalled $ 318 billion in 2019. Overall commodity imports to Belgium decreased by 6.24% compared to 2018. Merchandise imports decreased by $ 21 billion (the value of merchandise imports to Belgium was equal to $340 billion in 2018)

Belgium's imports 2019 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of Belgium in 2019:

  • Netherlands with a share of 20% (64 billion US$)
  • Germany with a share of 14.1% (45 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 11.4% (36 billion US$)
  • USA with a share of 5.59% (17.8 billion US$)
  • Ireland with a share of 4.66% (14.8 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 4.23% (13.5 billion US$)
  • United Kingdom with a share of 4.04% (12.9 billion US$)
  • Japan with a share of 3.13% (10 billion US$)
  • China with a share of 2.67% (8.53 billion US$)
  • Switzerland with a share of 2.57% (8.2 billion US$)

Imports structure to Belgium in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 13.1% (41 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 11.7% (37 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 10.4% (33 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 8.38% (26 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 6.66% (21 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
  • 6.07% (19.3 billion US$): 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
  • 4.82% (15.3 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 3.58% (11.4 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 3.04% (9.7 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  • 2.63% (8.4 billion US$): 72 - Iron and steel

What did Belgium import in 2019?

Belgium's Top Imports in 2019:

  • 8.39% ($26 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
  • 5.57% ($17.7 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
  • 4.87% ($15.5 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
  • 4.51% ($14.3 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
  • 3.47% ($11 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
  • 3.25% ($10.3 billion): 7102 - Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set
  • 2.45% ($7.84 billion): 2933 - Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
  • 2.45% ($7.82 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
  • 2.31% ($7.36 billion): 2711 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
  • 1.21% ($3.88 billion): 9018 - Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments

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