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Trade between Belgium and Denmark

In 2024, Belgium exported $4 billion to Denmark and imported $2 billion. Belgium ran a surplus of $2 billion with Denmark, compared with a surplus of $1.5 billion in 2019. Denmark was Belgium’s 21st largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Belgium was Denmark’s 11th (3%).

Summary

Belgium → Denmark
$4billion
Denmark → Belgium
$2billion
Belgium’s balance
$2billion

Balance

Belgium’s trade balance with Denmark

Trade between Belgium and Denmark grew 2.3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4
  • Imports 2
  • Balance +2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.6 billion$1 billion$543 million
1996$1.5 billion$962 million$522 million
1997$1.5 billion$890 million$633 million
1998$1.7 billion$974 million$716 million
1999$1.6 billion$944 million$673 million
2000$1.5 billion$862 million$627 million
2001$1.6 billion$889 million$672 million
2002$1.8 billion$935 million$891 million
2003$2 billion$1.2 billion$820 million
2004$2.4 billion$1.4 billion$987 million
2005$2.6 billion$1.4 billion$1.2 billion
2006$3 billion$1.4 billion$1.6 billion
2007$3.5 billion$1.6 billion$1.9 billion
2008$4 billion$1.8 billion$2.2 billion
2009$2.8 billion$1.5 billion$1.3 billion
2010$2.7 billion$1.4 billion$1.3 billion
2011$3 billion$1.5 billion$1.5 billion
2012$2.8 billion$1.3 billion$1.5 billion
2013$2.9 billion$1.6 billion$1.3 billion
2014$3 billion$1.7 billion$1.3 billion
2015$2.7 billion$1.2 billion$1.5 billion
2016$2.8 billion$1.3 billion$1.5 billion
2017$2.9 billion$1.4 billion$1.5 billion
2018$3 billion$1.5 billion$1.5 billion
2019$2.9 billion$1.5 billion$1.5 billion
2020$3.1 billion$1.8 billion$1.3 billion
2021$3.9 billion$1.8 billion$2.1 billion
2022$4 billion$1.8 billion$2.2 billion
2023$3.9 billion$1.8 billion$2 billion
2024$4 billion$2 billion$2 billion

What they sell each other

What Belgium sells to Denmark

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

  1. Cars$726 million · 18.1%
    37 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$205 million · 5.1%
    293 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$156 million · 3.9%
    32 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$90 million · 2.2%
    332 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  5. Medical and dental instruments$87 million · 2.2%
    957 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  6. Transmission shafts, gears and gearboxes$85 million · 2.1%
    8 thousand tonnes
  7. Polypropylene$69 million · 1.7%
    44 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  8. Ethyl alcohol (ethanol)$65 million · 1.6%
    52 thousand tonnes
  9. Microchips$62 million · 1.6%
    399 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  10. Chocolate$57 million · 1.4%
    9 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations

What Denmark sells to Belgium

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

  1. Refined petroleum$256 million · 12.6%
    208 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  2. Cars$138 million · 6.8%
    10 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$131 million · 6.4%
    493 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  4. Enzymes$51 million · 2.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Seats and chairs$46 million · 2.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Furniture$41 million · 2%
    8 thousand tonnes
  7. Sweaters and pullovers$40 million · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Industrial fatty acids and oils$35 million · 1.7%
    28 thousand tonnes
  9. Detergents and surfactants$34 million · 1.7%
    14 thousand tonnes
  10. Other pharmaceutical goods$31 million · 1.5%
    175 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Antwerp to Aarhus.

The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Aarhus is 655 nautical miles (1,213 km) long: ≈ 1.5–2 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$4.7 billion · 77.6%
  2. Air$1.4 billion · 22.4%

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

How much each matters to the other

Denmark was Belgium’s 21st largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Belgium was Denmark’s 11th (3%).

Denmark in Belgium’s trade
0.8%
Denmark’s rank among Belgium’s partners
21st
Belgium in Denmark’s trade
2.6%
Belgium’s rank among Denmark’s partners
11th

Compare with

Other partners of Belgium

Other partners of Denmark

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.