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Belgium Trade Summary

2012

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BELGIUM 2012

Overall Exports and Imports for Belgium 2012

Exports and imports of Belgium in 2012 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 305,138 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 318,427 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,461 products were exported to 227 countries and 4,546 products were imported from 219 countries.

Belgium top 5 Export and Import partners 2012

Top five countries to which Belgium exported in 2012 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Belgium exports to Germany worth US$ 49,928 million, with a partner share of 16.36 percent.
  2. Belgium exports to France worth US$ 47,462 million, with a partner share of 15.55 percent.
  3. Belgium exports to Netherlands worth US$ 40,364 million, with a partner share of 13.23 percent.
  4. Belgium exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 20,652 million, with a partner share of 6.77 percent.
  5. Belgium exports to United States worth US$ 14,463 million, with a partner share of 4.74 percent.

Top five countries from which Belgium imported goods in 2012 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Belgium imports from Netherlands worth US$ 82,414 million, with a partner share of 25.88 percent.
  2. Belgium imports from Germany worth US$ 49,533 million, with a partner share of 15.56 percent.
  3. Belgium imports from France worth US$ 36,855 million, with a partner share of 11.57 percent.
  4. Belgium imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 18,490 million, with a partner share of 5.81 percent.
  5. Belgium imports from United States worth US$ 13,011 million, with a partner share of 4.09 percent.

Belgium Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2012

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

  1. Belgium exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 28,036,985.26 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Belgium exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 12,002,525.66 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Belgium exported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 9,238,280.30 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Belgium exported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 7,037,242.45 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Belgium exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 7,003,955.00 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Belgium imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 26,341,619.24 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Belgium imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 20,148,492.25 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Belgium imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 12,280,573.54 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Belgium imported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 12,017,506.06 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Belgium imported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 8,210,282.25 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2012

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2012 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2012

Tariffs imposed by Belgium in 2012 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 217.79 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.21 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.87 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 95,324,403.93 and duty free tariff line items share was 63.75 percent.

Development Indicators 2012

Key Development Indicators of Belgium in 2012 are below

  • Belgium GDP in current US dollar was 496,153 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 47,130.00 .
  • Belgium Trade balance: as % of GDP was 0.06.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 312.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 160.75 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 41.46 .

Trade Indicators 2012

Trade Indicators for Belgium in 2012 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 25.79.
  • World Growth in percentage was 0.17 and Belgium Country Growth was -2.89 .