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Trade between Belgium and Brazil

In 2024, Belgium exported $2 billion to Brazil and imported $2.7 billion. Belgium ran a deficit of $643 million with Brazil, compared with a deficit of $1.2 billion in 2019. Brazil was Belgium’s 26th largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and Belgium was Brazil’s 33rd (0.7%).

Summary

Belgium → Brazil
$2billion
Brazil → Belgium
$2.7billion
Belgium’s balance
-$643million

Balance

Belgium’s trade balance with Brazil

Trade between Belgium and Brazil grew 2.1-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Belgium’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 2
  • Imports 2.7
  • Balance -0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$838 million$1.4 billion-$600 million
1996$652 million$1.5 billion-$799 million
1997$831 million$1.4 billion-$590 million
1998$792 million$2 billion-$1.2 billion
1999$533 million$1.7 billion-$1.1 billion
2000$636 million$1.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2001$686 million$1.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2002$620 million$1.9 billion-$1.3 billion
2003$577 million$2.2 billion-$1.6 billion
2004$711 million$2.1 billion-$1.4 billion
2005$856 million$2.3 billion-$1.5 billion
2006$1.1 billion$3 billion-$1.9 billion
2007$1.3 billion$3.7 billion-$2.3 billion
2008$1.9 billion$5.1 billion-$3.3 billion
2009$1.4 billion$2.9 billion-$1.5 billion
2010$1.7 billion$3.2 billion-$1.5 billion
2011$2 billion$3.4 billion-$1.4 billion
2012$2.2 billion$3.4 billion-$1.2 billion
2013$2.2 billion$3.5 billion-$1.3 billion
2014$2 billion$3.1 billion-$1.1 billion
2015$1.7 billion$2.9 billion-$1.2 billion
2016$1.6 billion$3.1 billion-$1.5 billion
2017$1.9 billion$3.1 billion-$1.2 billion
2018$2.1 billion$3 billion-$950 million
2019$1.9 billion$3.1 billion-$1.2 billion
2020$1.6 billion$2.2 billion-$674 million
2021$2.6 billion$3.3 billion-$716 million
2022$3.7 billion$3.5 billion$169 million
2023$3.3 billion$2.8 billion$476 million
2024$2 billion$2.7 billion-$643 million

What they sell each other

What Belgium sells to Brazil

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Vaccines, blood and antisera$295 million · 14.5%
    204 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  2. Platinum$188 million · 9.2%
    4 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  3. Pesticides and herbicides$136 million · 6.7%
    11 thousand tonnes
  4. Frozen vegetables$132 million · 6.5%
    107 thousand tonnes
  5. Polyurethane and other resins$70 million · 3.4%
    20 thousand tonnes
  6. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$66 million · 3.3%
    702 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  7. Organosulfur compounds$53 million · 2.6%
    23 thousand tonnes
  8. Aircraft parts$51 million · 2.5%
    58 tonnes
  9. Auto parts$48 million · 2.4%
    4 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  10. Turbojets and gas turbines$28 million · 1.4%
    22 tonnes · Brazil’s sources

What Brazil sells to Belgium

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Coffee$628 million · 23.5%
    214 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  2. Fruit and vegetable juices$528 million · 19.7%
    467 thousand tonnes
  3. Raw tobacco$311 million · 11.6%
    81 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  4. Iron ore$155 million · 5.8%
    1.2 million tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  5. Polyethylene$72 million · 2.7%
    57 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s sources
  6. Ferroalloys$58 million · 2.2%
    9 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  7. Chemical wood pulp$46 million · 1.7%
    105 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  8. Plywood$40 million · 1.5%
    79 thousand tonnes
  9. Kaolin$38 million · 1.4%
    321 thousand tonnes
  10. Coal tar oils$35 million · 1.3%
    64 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Antwerp to Santos.

The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Santos is 5,544 nautical miles (10,268 km) long: ≈ 13–16.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$3.8 billion · 79.9%
  2. Air$948 million · 20.1%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Brazil was Belgium’s 26th largest trading partner (0.6% of its trade), and Belgium was Brazil’s 33rd (0.7%).

Brazil in Belgium’s trade
0.6%
Brazil’s rank among Belgium’s partners
26th
Belgium in Brazil’s trade
0.7%
Belgium’s rank among Brazil’s partners
33rd

Compare with

Other partners of Belgium

Other partners of Brazil

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.

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