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Trade between Belgium and India

In 2024, Belgium exported $4 billion to India and imported $4.2 billion. Belgium ran a deficit of $187 million with India, compared with a surplus of $5.4 billion in 2019. India was Belgium’s 16th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Belgium was India’s 34th (0.7%).

Summary

Belgium → India
$4billion
India → Belgium
$4.2billion
Belgium’s balance
-$187million

Balance

Belgium’s trade balance with India

Trade between Belgium and India grew 2.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 4
  • Imports 4.2
  • Balance -0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2 billion$1.2 billion$740 million
1996$2.4 billion$1.3 billion$1.1 billion
1997$2.8 billion$1.4 billion$1.4 billion
1998$2.9 billion$1.6 billion$1.3 billion
1999$3.7 billion$1.5 billion$2.2 billion
2000$3.3 billion$1.7 billion$1.6 billion
2001$2.6 billion$1.6 billion$969 million
2002$3.7 billion$1.8 billion$1.9 billion
2003$4 billion$2.2 billion$1.8 billion
2004$4.6 billion$2.9 billion$1.7 billion
2005$5.4 billion$3.2 billion$2.2 billion
2006$4.5 billion$3.9 billion$516 million
2007$5.5 billion$4.7 billion$716 million
2008$5.8 billion$5.6 billion$122 million
2009$5.7 billion$3.8 billion$1.9 billion
2010$7.6 billion$4.1 billion$3.5 billion
2011$10.3 billion$6.1 billion$4.2 billion
2012$10.1 billion$4.2 billion$5.9 billion
2013$10 billion$4.4 billion$5.6 billion
2014$11.3 billion$4.3 billion$7 billion
2015$8.4 billion$3.6 billion$4.7 billion
2016$7.7 billion$3.7 billion$4 billion
2017$6.4 billion$4.2 billion$2.2 billion
2018$9.4 billion$4.6 billion$4.8 billion
2019$9.1 billion$3.7 billion$5.4 billion
2020$6.5 billion$3.3 billion$3.2 billion
2021$9.2 billion$5.5 billion$3.8 billion
2022$9.3 billion$6.2 billion$3.1 billion
2023$3.9 billion$4.9 billion-$998 million
2024$4 billion$4.2 billion-$187 million

What they sell each other

What Belgium sells to India

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

  1. Diamonds$1.9 billion · 47.3%
    3 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  2. Raw flax$129 million · 3.2%
    16 thousand tonnes
  3. Amines$126 million · 3.2%
    62 thousand tonnes
  4. Aluminum scrap$90 million · 2.3%
    49 thousand tonnes
  5. Turbojets and gas turbines$87 million · 2.2%
    56 tonnes · India’s sources
  6. Vaccines, blood and antisera$65 million · 1.6%
    117 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  7. Ferrous scrap$59 million · 1.5%
    87 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  8. Photographic plates and flat film$55 million · 1.4%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Weaving looms$49 million · 1.3%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Airplanes and helicopters$44 million · 1.1%
    India’s sources

What India sells to Belgium

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

  1. Diamonds$1.5 billion · 37%
    1 tonne · India’s destinations
  2. Refined petroleum$163 million · 3.9%
    271 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$110 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  4. Crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, crab)$105 million · 2.5%
    18 thousand tonnes
  5. Auto parts$95 million · 2.3%
    14 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  6. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$91 million · 2.2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Jewelry$79 million · 1.9%
    2 tonnes · India’s destinations
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$69 million · 1.7%
    44 tonnes · India’s destinations
  9. Coated flat steel$57 million · 1.4%
    96 thousand tonnes
  10. Hot-rolled flat steel$57 million · 1.4%
    116 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Antwerp to Nhava Sheva (Mumbai).

The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) is 11,024 nautical miles (20,417 km) long: ≈ 25.5–33 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover and the Cape of Good Hope (11,024 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (6,593 nautical miles).

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$3.6 billion · 44.7%
  2. Air$4.5 billion · 55.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

India was Belgium’s 16th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Belgium was India’s 34th (0.7%).

India in Belgium’s trade
1.1%
India’s rank among Belgium’s partners
16th
Belgium in India’s trade
0.7%
Belgium’s rank among India’s partners
34th

Compare with

Other partners of Belgium

Other partners of India

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.