Belgium Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

2,148.1

Units In

EUR Million

716.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 15, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 0 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
5,609.6 Jul 2024	-5,516.6 Jul 2022	1,119.63 EUR Million	1993-2025	National Bank of Belgium

Foreign trade accounts for approximately 70 percent of the Belgium's economy. About 80% of Belgium's trade is with fellow EU member states. The major export commodity in Belgium is the automobile, medicament mixtures put in dosage, not mounted or set diamonds. Belgium imports mainly machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment and oil products.

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Belgium recorded a trade surplus of EUR 2,148.1 million in July 2025, narrowing sharply from EUR 4,344.4 million in the same month of the previous year, as exports dropped more than imports. Year-on-year, exports declined by 8.7% to EUR 41,623.2 million, weighed down by lower outbound shipments to EU countries (-7.7%) and non-EU destinations (-10.8%). Meanwhile, imports fell by 4.4% to EUR 39,475.1 million, with purchases decreasing from EU countries (-8.8%), while increasing to non-EU countries (2.3%). Considering the first seven months of 2025, the country posted a trade surplus of EUR 12,731.7 million, down from EUR 14,381 million in the same period a year earlier.