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Where does Belgium get its pipeline natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $11.4 billion of pipeline natural gas (19.4 million tonnes), 6.7% of the world total. Norway sold 54% of the total, followed by France (17%) and the United Kingdom (15%). Belgium was the world’s 6th-largest importer of pipeline natural gas.

Summary

Value
$11.4billion
Tonnes
19.4million tonnes
Share of world total
6.7%
World rank
6th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 7 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Norway6.1Tonnes: 11,691,984USD per tonne: $52454%Sea
France1.9Tonnes: 2,290,496USD per tonne: $82416.6%Land
United Kingdom1.7Tonnes: 2,290,771USD per tonne: $75915.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports1.5Tonnes: 2,947,480USD per tonne: $51913.5%Land
Qatar0.06Tonnes: 122,731USD per tonne: $5100.55%Sea
Luxembourg< 0.01Tonnes: 7,180USD per tonne: $5360.03%Land
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 39USD per tonne: $60%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Norway has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Norway 6.1
  • France 1.9
  • United Kingdom 1.7
  • Netherlands 1.5
  • Qatar 0.06

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Norway0.286.1
France0.021.9
United Kingdom01.7
Netherlands0.461.5
Qatar00.06

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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