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Belgium Trade Summary

2009

Belgium exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BELGIUM 2009

Overall Exports and Imports for Belgium 2009

Exports and imports of Belgium in 2009 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 370,879 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 354,586 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,524 products were exported to 228 countries and 4,572 products were imported from 218 countries.

Belgium top 5 Export and Import partners 2009

Top five countries to which Belgium exported in 2009 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Belgium exports to Germany worth US$ 71,617 million, with a partner share of 19.31 percent.
  2. Belgium exports to France worth US$ 66,296 million, with a partner share of 17.88 percent.
  3. Belgium exports to Netherlands worth US$ 44,010 million, with a partner share of 11.87 percent.
  4. Belgium exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 26,466 million, with a partner share of 7.14 percent.
  5. Belgium exports to United States worth US$ 19,955 million, with a partner share of 5.38 percent.

Top five countries from which Belgium imported goods in 2009 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Belgium imports from Netherlands worth US$ 63,460 million, with a partner share of 17.90 percent.
  2. Belgium imports from Germany worth US$ 59,497 million, with a partner share of 16.78 percent.
  3. Belgium imports from France worth US$ 40,873 million, with a partner share of 11.53 percent.
  4. Belgium imports from Ireland worth US$ 21,522 million, with a partner share of 6.07 percent.
  5. Belgium imports from United States worth US$ 20,943 million, with a partner share of 5.91 percent.

Belgium Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2009

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by Belgium along with trade value are:

  1. Belgium exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 33,881,601.96 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Belgium exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 17,817,049.55 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Belgium exported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 10,387,666.67 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Belgium exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 7,098,154.92 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Belgium exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 6,842,670.03 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by Belgium along with trade value are

  1. Belgium imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 29,545,230.63 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Belgium imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 14,978,222.22 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Belgium imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 14,321,380.96 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Belgium imported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 9,144,856.39 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Belgium imported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 8,734,417.64 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2009

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2009 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2009

Tariffs imposed by Belgium in 2009 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 416.75 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.44 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.31 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 65,343,568.28 and duty free tariff line items share was 63.35 percent.

Development Indicators 2009

Key Development Indicators of Belgium in 2009 are below

  • Belgium GDP in current US dollar was 483,254 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 46,980.00 .
  • Belgium Trade balance: as % of GDP was 2.26.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 10,931.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 135.41 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 36.20 .

Trade Indicators 2009

Trade Indicators for Belgium in 2009 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.08.
  • Index of export market penetration was 25.40.
  • World Growth in percentage was -12.22 and Belgium Country Growth was -12.50 .