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Where does Belgium get its mobile phones? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $3.5 billion of mobile phones (12 thousand tonnes), 0.6% of the world total. The Netherlands sold 71% of the total, followed by China (5%) and France (4%). Belgium was the world’s 32nd-largest importer of mobile phones.

Summary

Value
$3.5billion
Tonnes
12thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.6%
World rank
32nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports2.5Tonnes: 5,549USD per tonne: $446,13471.5%Land
China0.19Tonnes: 938USD per tonne: $202,2005.5%Air
France0.12Tonnes: 1,266USD per tonne: $98,6843.6%Land
Germany0.11Tonnes: 587USD per tonne: $184,7053.1%Land
Taiwan0.07Tonnes: 317USD per tonne: $214,5782%Air
United States0.07Tonnes: 245USD per tonne: $274,4181.9%Air
Sweden0.05Tonnes: 941USD per tonne: $57,5471.6%Air
Czechia0.05Tonnes: 131USD per tonne: $383,5711.5%Air
Romania0.04Tonnes: 111USD per tonne: $383,9101.2%Air
Mexico0.04Tonnes: 139USD per tonne: $270,8731.1%Air
Portugal0.02Tonnes: 77USD per tonne: $314,9090.7%Air
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 35USD per tonne: $673,0120.67%Air
Hungary0.02Tonnes: 74USD per tonne: $294,0730.63%Air
Indonesia0.02Tonnes: 87USD per tonne: $249,9320.63%Air
Spain0.02Tonnes: 60USD per tonne: $320,7760.56%Air
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 26USD per tonne: $653,7810.5%Air
Ireland0.01Tonnes: 36USD per tonne: $393,4470.4%Air
Italy0.01Tonnes: 52USD per tonne: $210,7170.32%Air
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $3,814,1760.31%Air
South Korea0.01Tonnes: 26USD per tonne: $333,2380.25%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

The Netherlands has been its main source since 2002

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

  • Netherlands 2.5
  • China 0.19
  • France 0.12
  • Germany 0.11
  • Taiwan 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands< 0.012.5
China< 0.010.19
France0.010.12
Germany0.110.11
Taiwan< 0.010.07

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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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