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Belgium Trade Summary

2016

Belgium exports, imports, tariff by year.
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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BELGIUM 2016

Overall Exports and Imports for Belgium 2016

Exports and imports of Belgium in 2016 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 271,232 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 276,952 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,471 products were exported to 227 countries and 4,521 products were imported from 224 countries.

Belgium top 5 Export and Import partners 2016

Top five countries to which Belgium exported in 2016 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Belgium exports to Germany worth US$ 43,149 million, with a partner share of 15.91 percent.
  2. Belgium exports to France worth US$ 39,710 million, with a partner share of 14.64 percent.
  3. Belgium exports to Netherlands worth US$ 30,133 million, with a partner share of 11.11 percent.
  4. Belgium exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 20,611 million, with a partner share of 7.60 percent.
  5. Belgium exports to United States worth US$ 18,054 million, with a partner share of 6.66 percent.

Top five countries from which Belgium imported goods in 2016 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Belgium imports from Netherlands worth US$ 54,818 million, with a partner share of 19.79 percent.
  2. Belgium imports from Germany worth US$ 40,906 million, with a partner share of 14.77 percent.
  3. Belgium imports from France worth US$ 30,035 million, with a partner share of 10.84 percent.
  4. Belgium imports from United States worth US$ 15,658 million, with a partner share of 5.65 percent.
  5. Belgium imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 13,128 million, with a partner share of 4.74 percent.

Belgium Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2016

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 11,532,781.87 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Belgium exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 11,139,373.97 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Belgium exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 10,714,711.55 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Belgium exported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 7,727,402.78 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Belgium exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 5,974,778.58 (US$ Thousands).

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

  1. Belgium imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 10,385,784.60 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Belgium imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 9,948,197.42 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Belgium imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 9,520,577.78 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Belgium imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 9,128,496.35 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Belgium imported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 8,027,699.91 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2016

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2016 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2016

Tariffs imposed by Belgium in 2016 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 241.58 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.44 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.42 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 82,677,665.37 and duty free tariff line items share was 58.30 percent.

Development Indicators 2016

Key Development Indicators of Belgium in 2016 are below

  • Belgium GDP in current US dollar was 476,063 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 43,400.00 .
  • Belgium Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.19.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 5,685.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 157.67 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 44.95 .

Trade Indicators 2016

Trade Indicators for Belgium in 2016 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 26.67.
  • World Growth in percentage was -1.35 and Belgium Country Growth was -0.48 .