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Trade between Belgium and Indonesia

In 2024, Belgium exported $515 million to Indonesia and imported $732 million. Belgium ran a deficit of $218 million with Indonesia, compared with a deficit of $21 million in 2019. Indonesia was Belgium’s 51st largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Belgium was Indonesia’s 40th (0.2%).

Summary

Belgium → Indonesia
$515million
Indonesia → Belgium
$732million
Belgium’s balance
-$218million

Balance

Belgium’s trade balance with Indonesia

Trade between Belgium and Indonesia grew 34% since 1995

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

  • Exports 0.5
  • Imports 0.7
  • Balance -0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$464 million$469 million-$6 million
1996$438 million$664 million-$226 million
1997$388 million$931 million-$543 million
1998$324 million$1 billion-$713 million
1999$231 million$1.1 billion-$845 million
2000$272 million$1.3 billion-$1 billion
2001$238 million$1.1 billion-$825 million
2002$224 million$1.2 billion-$1 billion
2003$226 million$1.3 billion-$1 billion
2004$299 million$1.3 billion-$988 million
2005$376 million$1.4 billion-$981 million
2006$356 million$1.5 billion-$1.1 billion
2007$399 million$1.9 billion-$1.5 billion
2008$660 million$2 billion-$1.4 billion
2009$489 million$1.5 billion-$1 billion
2010$573 million$825 million-$252 million
2011$602 million$862 million-$260 million
2012$670 million$731 million-$61 million
2013$616 million$845 million-$228 million
2014$593 million$736 million-$143 million
2015$564 million$636 million-$71 million
2016$506 million$652 million-$146 million
2017$669 million$692 million-$24 million
2018$601 million$718 million-$117 million
2019$637 million$658 million-$21 million
2020$529 million$550 million-$21 million
2021$766 million$821 million-$55 million
2022$659 million$1.1 billion-$451 million
2023$697 million$769 million-$72 million
2024$515 million$732 million-$218 million

What they sell each other

What Belgium sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Powdered and condensed milk$42 million · 8.2%
    16 thousand tonnes
  2. Other organo-inorganic compounds$28 million · 5.5%
    8 thousand tonnes
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$25 million · 4.9%
    588 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  4. Frozen vegetables$23 million · 4.4%
    16 thousand tonnes
  5. Butter and milk fats$21 million · 4.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Tractors$21 million · 4%
    1 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$14 million · 2.7%
    19 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  8. Alloy steel sheet$12 million · 2.4%
    7 thousand tonnes
  9. Mixed fertilizers$12 million · 2.3%
    25 thousand tonnes
  10. Plastic waste and scrap$11 million · 2.1%
    29 thousand tonnes

What Indonesia sells to Belgium

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

  1. Hot-rolled flat steel$69 million · 9.4%
    123 thousand tonnes
  2. Natural rubber$64 million · 8.8%
    30 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  3. Semi-finished steel$58 million · 7.9%
    91 thousand tonnes
  4. Palm oil$40 million · 5.4%
    29 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  5. Furniture$30 million · 4.1%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. Raw tobacco$26 million · 3.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Cameras and broadcast equipment$22 million · 3%
    87 tonnes
  8. Seats and chairs$21 million · 2.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Bags, suitcases and cases$21 million · 2.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Textile footwear$20 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Antwerp to Jakarta.

The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Jakarta is 11,771 nautical miles (21,800 km) long: ≈ 27–35 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 (11,771 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (8,993 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$1.1 billion · 84.9%
  2. Air$188 million · 15.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

Indonesia was Belgium’s 51st largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Belgium was Indonesia’s 40th (0.2%).

Indonesia in Belgium’s trade
0.2%
Indonesia’s rank among Belgium’s partners
51st
Belgium in Indonesia’s trade
0.2%
Belgium’s rank among Indonesia’s partners
40th

Compare with

Other partners of Belgium

Other partners of Indonesia

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.