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Where does Belgium get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $1.6 billion of electric cables (152 thousand tonnes), 1% of the world total. Its main sources were Italy (11%), the Netherlands (10%) and Germany (9%). Belgium was the world’s 27th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
152thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1%
World rank
27th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Italy178Tonnes: 21,139USD per tonne: $8,41311%Sea
Netherlands re-exports159Tonnes: 29,766USD per tonne: $5,3349.8%Land
Germany152Tonnes: 18,778USD per tonne: $8,0999.4%Land
France132Tonnes: 12,181USD per tonne: $10,8748.2%Land
Hungary129Tonnes: 3,279USD per tonne: $39,2887.9%Sea
Romania118Tonnes: 15,170USD per tonne: $7,7967.3%Sea
Portugal87.4Tonnes: 6,808USD per tonne: $12,8305.4%Sea
Morocco83.8Tonnes: 3,060USD per tonne: $27,3975.2%Sea
Turkey78.4Tonnes: 7,075USD per tonne: $11,0824.8%Sea
China74.7Tonnes: 6,536USD per tonne: $11,4364.6%Sea
Sweden70Tonnes: 1,856USD per tonne: $37,7114.3%Air
Poland62.9Tonnes: 3,977USD per tonne: $15,8073.9%Sea
Spain59.6Tonnes: 6,656USD per tonne: $8,9493.7%Sea
Czechia39.2Tonnes: 1,987USD per tonne: $19,7252.4%Sea
Serbia37.3Tonnes: 1,223USD per tonne: $30,5132.3%Sea
United States31.7Tonnes: 627USD per tonne: $50,5452%Air
Austria25.5Tonnes: 1,229USD per tonne: $20,7521.6%Air
Israel14.4Tonnes: 79USD per tonne: $181,8680.89%Air
India12.3Tonnes: 1,162USD per tonne: $10,5850.76%Sea
United Kingdom11.4Tonnes: 561USD per tonne: $20,3270.7%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Italy has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Italy 178
  • Netherlands 159
  • Germany 152
  • France 132
  • Hungary 129

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Italy27.4178
Netherlands72.4159
Germany97152
France94.9132
Hungary11.3129

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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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