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Belgium Trade Summary

2017

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BELGIUM 2017

Overall Exports and Imports for Belgium 2017

Exports and imports of Belgium in 2017 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 296,557 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 305,937 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,450 products were exported to 230 countries and 4,509 products were imported from 223 countries.

Belgium top 5 Export and Import partners 2017

Top five countries to which Belgium exported in 2017 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Belgium exports to Germany worth US$ 49,023 million, with a partner share of 16.53 percent.
  2. Belgium exports to France worth US$ 43,132 million, with a partner share of 14.54 percent.
  3. Belgium exports to Netherlands worth US$ 34,197 million, with a partner share of 11.53 percent.
  4. Belgium exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 21,281 million, with a partner share of 7.18 percent.
  5. Belgium exports to United States worth US$ 16,804 million, with a partner share of 5.67 percent.

Top five countries from which Belgium imported goods in 2017 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Belgium imports from Netherlands worth US$ 61,646 million, with a partner share of 20.15 percent.
  2. Belgium imports from Germany worth US$ 45,803 million, with a partner share of 14.97 percent.
  3. Belgium imports from France worth US$ 32,702 million, with a partner share of 10.69 percent.
  4. Belgium imports from United States worth US$ 16,514 million, with a partner share of 5.40 percent.
  5. Belgium imports from United Kingdom worth US$ 14,464 million, with a partner share of 4.73 percent.

Belgium Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2017

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 13,544,648.87 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Belgium exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 13,055,920.44 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Belgium exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 10,915,594.21 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Belgium exported Automobiles with diesel engine displacing more , worth 7,015,581.04 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Belgium exported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 5,909,074.39 (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 12,842,745.93 (US$ Thousands).
  2. Belgium imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 10,874,099.16 (US$ Thousands).
  3. Belgium imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 10,836,462.05 (US$ Thousands).
  4. Belgium imported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 9,247,612.07 (US$ Thousands).
  5. Belgium imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth 9,194,199.22 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2017

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2017 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2017

Tariffs imposed by Belgium in 2017 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 275.99 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.36 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.49 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 77,783,410.85 and duty free tariff line items share was 56.84 percent.

Development Indicators 2017

Key Development Indicators of Belgium in 2017 are below

  • Belgium GDP in current US dollar was 502,765 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 42,520.00 .
  • Belgium Trade balance: as % of GDP was 1.04.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 5,224.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 165.33 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 46.35 .

Trade Indicators 2017

Trade Indicators for Belgium in 2017 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 26.89.
  • World Growth in percentage was 5.17 and Belgium Country Growth was 3.30 .