Trade Profiles
2021 Trade in commercial services
Transport
Travel Other commercial services
Industrial property
Merchandise trade Agricultural products Nonagricultural products
Belgium
Belgium
GDP (million current US$, 2020) GDP per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Current account balance (% GDP, 2020) Trade per capita (US$, 2018-2020) Trade (% GDP, 2018-2020)
513 087 46 258 -0.7 37 715 81.5
Rank in world trade, 2020 Merchandise excluding intra-EU trade Commercial services excluding intra-EU trade
Exports
10 11 -
Imports
12 11 -
MERCHANDISE TRADE Value
Million US$ Merchandise exports, f.o.b. Merchandise imports, c.i.f.
Annual percentage change
2020 419 892 396 132 2020 2.38
Share in world total exports (%)
2010-2020 0 0
2019 -5 -6
2020 -6 -7 2020 2.22
Share in world total imports (%)
Breakdown in economy's total exports
Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main commodity group, % (2019)
By main commodity group, % (2019)
Agricultural products: 11.3
Fuels and mining products: 11.7
Agricultural products: 10.1
Fuels and mining products: 15.9
Manufactures: 76.3
Other: 0.7
Manufactures: 73.6
Other: 0.4
By main destination, % (2020)
By main origin, % (2020)
European Union: 63 United Kingdom: 6 India: 1.6
United States of America: 8.6 China: 2.5 Other: 18.3
European Union: 66.5 United Kingdom: 3.8 Japan: 3
United States of America: 5.3 China: 3.7 Other: 17.6
Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS1806 HS2004 HS2203 HS1905 HS2309
2020 . 2 504 2 094 1 974 1 765 1 518
Chocolate and other cocoa food Other vegetables,frozen Beer made from malt Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS0406 HS2309 HS2204 HS1905 HS1001
2020
Cheese and curd Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding Wine of fresh grapes Bread, pastry, other bakers' wares Wheat and meslin
1 565 1 055 1 050 1 012 820
Share in economy's trade in agricultural products Exports 0%
5%
Imports 10%
0%
HS1806
HS0406
HS2004
HS2309
HS2203
HS2204
HS1905
HS1905
HS2309
HS1001
2%
4%
6%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 36 583 32 577
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 2 2
2019 -2 -6
2020 1 6
Non-Agricultural Products Value
Top exported products (Million US$) HS3004 HS8703 HS3002 HS2710 HS7102
2020
Medicaments in measured doses Motor cars for transport of persons Human and animal blood Petroleum oils, other than crude Diamonds, whether or not worked
24 113 22 768 20 677 10 467 8 176
Value
Top imported products (Million US$) HS8703 HS3004 HS3002 HS2709 HS2710
2020
Motor cars for transport of persons Medicaments in measured doses Human and animal blood Petroleum oils, crude Petroleum oils, other than crude
21 904 19 854 16 711 8 768 8 416
Share in economy's trade in non-agricultural products Exports 0%
38
5%
Imports 10%
0%
HS3004
HS8703
HS8703
HS3004
HS3002
HS3002
HS2710
HS2709
HS7102
HS2710
5%
10%
Million US$ Exports Imports
Value
2020 259 877 268 198
Annual percentage change
2010-2020 1 1
2019 -4 -7
2020 -5 -6
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Belgium TRADE IN COMMERCIAL SERVICES Value
Million US$ Commercial services exports Commercial services imports
Annual percentage change
2020
2010-2020
113 459 115 242 2020 2.31
Share in world total exports (%) Breakdown in economy's total exports
2019
2020
-2 -2
-5 -6
2 3
2020 2.51
Share in world total imports (%) Breakdown in economy's total imports
By main services item, % (2020)
By main services item, % (2020)
Transport: 20.6 Other commercial services: 69.7
Travel: 5.8 Goods-related services: 3.9
Transport: 20.9 Other commercial services: 64
By main destination, % (2020)
Travel: 11.5 Goods-related services: 3.6
By main origin, % (2020)
European Union: 62.4 United States of America: 7.7 China: 1.2
United Kingdom: 8.7 Switzerland: 7.2 Other: 12.9
European Union: 69.8 United States of America: 6.6 Japan: 1.2
Value
FATS sales Inward (million US$) Outward (million US$)
United Kingdom: 10.3 Switzerland: 3.1 Other: 9.1
Annual percentage change
2018 58 736 57 086
2010-2018 -7 12
2017 na 10
2018 na 61
Transport Belgium
200
World
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020
Transport exports (Index 2010=100)
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
2020 23 416 24 097
Exports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
Value
Share (%)
8 328 2 612 11 385
35.6 11.2 48.6
2010-2020 -1 1
Annual percentage change 2019 -5 -7
Imports By sea (2020) By air (2020) By other (2020)
2020 -6 -8
Value
Share (%)
7 205 2 471 13 953
29.9 10.3 57.9
Travel Belgium
200
World
Value
Million US$ Exports Imports
100 0
2010
2013
2016
2020 6 586 13 272
2010-2020 -5 -3
Annual percentage change 2019 0 1
2020 -26 -29
2020
Travel exports (Index 2010=100)
Other Commercial Services and Goods-related Services Exports of OCS by main item (2020)
14.4 18.5
55.4
Value
2020
2010-2020
Other commercial services Exports 79 087 Imports 73 714
Other business services ICTs
11.7
Million US$
Financial services Other
4 5
2020
Goods-related services Exports Imports
Annual percentage change
2010-2020
4 370 4 159
-2 14
2019
2020
-1 -1
-2 1
2019
2020
-10 1
-6 -5
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Patent applications, 2019 Residents
876
Non-residents
257
Trademark applications Total
1 133
World Trade Organization – Trade Profiles 2021
Residents
na
Industrial design applications
Non-residents
na
Total
na
Residents
na
Non-residents
na
Total
na
39