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Belgium: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

18 / 138

Importer Rank

16 / 138

Trade Balance Rank

102 / 138

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2021) $386,354,055,203
Total Imports (2021) $393,654,602,370
Trade Balance (2021) ($7,300,547,167)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 95.33%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2022) [2] 97.75%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
Germany $65,823,695,766
France $53,115,655,445
Netherlands $47,637,741,177
United States $26,690,624,722
United Kingdom $23,950,129,551
Italy $15,589,006,485
Spain $10,227,516,609
Poland $9,434,415,742
Japan $8,260,027,404
Luxembourg $7,153,788,043

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
Netherlands $83,001,115,460
Germany $63,246,180,678
France $40,560,503,000
Ireland $21,998,103,175
United States $19,271,284,917
Italy $17,202,068,863
China $12,492,743,927
United Kingdom $11,158,761,977
Japan $8,856,044,452
Switzerland $8,344,177,447

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(30) Pharmaceuticals $62,894,847,664
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $33,029,918,688
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $32,156,066,431
(84) Industrial Machinery $21,424,541,181
(39) Plastics $21,252,846,500
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $18,534,200,979
(29) Organic Chemicals $17,535,410,145
(72) Iron & Steel $13,592,228,479
(85) Electrical Machinery $10,503,793,248
(90) Precision Instruments $8,738,742,093

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $46,908,653,458
(30) Pharmaceuticals $44,870,956,818
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $34,271,631,676
(29) Organic Chemicals $27,526,781,568
(84) Industrial Machinery $25,288,327,602
(85) Electrical Machinery $19,236,627,327
(71) Precious Stones & Metals $16,637,543,557
(39) Plastics $12,585,739,163
(72) Iron & Steel $10,376,263,055
(90) Precision Instruments $8,775,460,122

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2021) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 10/8/2023
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