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Who buys Belgium’s cosmetics? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Belgium exported $1.4 billion of cosmetics (44 thousand tonnes), 2.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (21%), China (14%) and Poland (10%). Belgium was the world’s 13th-largest exporter of cosmetics.

Summary

Value
$1.4billion
Tonnes
44thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.1%
World rank
13th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports301Tonnes: 12,316USD per tonne: $24,47721%Land
China205Tonnes: 1,086USD per tonne: $188,45814.3%Air
Poland142Tonnes: 7,725USD per tonne: $18,4439.9%Sea
Czechia134Tonnes: 2,892USD per tonne: $46,2339.3%Sea
France104Tonnes: 3,968USD per tonne: $26,1737.2%Land
United States55.9Tonnes: 1,060USD per tonne: $52,7153.9%Air
United Kingdom47.2Tonnes: 1,409USD per tonne: $33,4783.3%Sea
Sweden44.8Tonnes: 1,867USD per tonne: $23,9673.1%Sea
Luxembourg41.6Tonnes: 1,021USD per tonne: $40,7752.9%Land
Singapore re-exports40.3Tonnes: 437USD per tonne: $92,2382.8%Air
Italy28.1Tonnes: 1,083USD per tonne: $25,9582%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports24Tonnes: 489USD per tonne: $49,0351.7%Sea
Germany23.2Tonnes: 1,877USD per tonne: $12,3551.6%Land
Denmark22.7Tonnes: 932USD per tonne: $24,3921.6%Sea
Spain20.5Tonnes: 624USD per tonne: $32,8611.4%Sea
South Korea18.4Tonnes: 191USD per tonne: $96,4171.3%Air
Switzerland13.2Tonnes: 162USD per tonne: $81,3140.92%Air
Japan12.9Tonnes: 130USD per tonne: $99,2470.9%Air
Norway11.2Tonnes: 360USD per tonne: $30,9870.78%Sea
Canada10.5Tonnes: 220USD per tonne: $47,7800.73%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2023

Value in USD millions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Netherlands 301
  • China 205
  • Poland 142
  • Czechia 134
  • France 104

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands37.4301
China0205
Poland0.9142
Czechia0.67134
France47.1104

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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