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Belgium Trade Summary

2018

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR BELGIUM 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for Belgium 2018

Exports and imports of Belgium in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 323,378 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 340,086 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,489 products were exported to 229 countries and 4,516 products were imported from 228 countries.

Belgium top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which Belgium exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. Belgium exports to Germany worth US$ 58,289 million, with a partner share of 18.02 percent.
  2. Belgium exports to France worth US$ 45,893 million, with a partner share of 14.19 percent.
  3. Belgium exports to Netherlands worth US$ 37,578 million, with a partner share of 11.62 percent.
  4. Belgium exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 21,449 million, with a partner share of 6.63 percent.
  5. Belgium exports to United States worth US$ 18,829 million, with a partner share of 5.82 percent.

Top five countries from which Belgium imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. Belgium imports from Netherlands worth US$ 72,397 million, with a partner share of 21.29 percent.
  2. Belgium imports from Germany worth US$ 47,547 million, with a partner share of 13.98 percent.
  3. Belgium imports from France worth US$ 35,915 million, with a partner share of 10.56 percent.
  4. Belgium imports from Ireland worth US$ 18,744 million, with a partner share of 5.51 percent.
  5. Belgium imports from United States worth US$ 18,340 million, with a partner share of 5.39 percent.

Belgium Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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 US$ 17,379,517.23 million.
  2. Belgium exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 14,588,411.24 million.
  3. Belgium exported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth US$ 10,746,455.39 million.
  4. Belgium exported Lactams (excl. epsilon-caprolactam) , worth US$ 7,014,387.47 million.
  5. Belgium exported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth US$ 6,945,656.64 million.

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 US$ 16,569,674.02 million.
  2. Belgium imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 13,868,337.47 million.
  3. Belgium imported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth US$ 11,361,087.02 million.
  4. Belgium imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 10,895,391.87 million.
  5. Belgium imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth US$ 9,179,717.32 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by Belgium in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 265.41 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.24 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.40 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 88,285,455.74 and duty free tariff line items share was 59.24 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of Belgium in 2018 are below

  • Belgium GDP in current US dollar was 543,299 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 46,060.00 .
  • Belgium Trade balance: as % of GDP was -0.34.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -1,823.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 166.49 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 45.69 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for Belgium in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.07.
  • Index of export market penetration was 26.36.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.83 and Belgium Country Growth was 5.59 .