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Trade between Belgium and Israel

In 2024, Belgium exported $2.7 billion to Israel and imported $825 million. Belgium ran a surplus of $1.9 billion with Israel, compared with a surplus of $1.4 billion in 2019. Israel was Belgium’s 32nd largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and Belgium was Israel’s 12th (2%).

Summary

Belgium → Israel
$2.7billion
Israel → Belgium
$825million
Belgium’s balance
$1.9billion

Balance

Belgium’s trade balance with Israel

Trade between Belgium and Israel fell 25% since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.7
  • Imports 0.8
  • Balance +1.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$3.5 billion$1.2 billion$2.3 billion
1996$3.7 billion$1.3 billion$2.4 billion
1997$3.6 billion$1.6 billion$2.1 billion
1998$2.9 billion$1.5 billion$1.4 billion
1999$3.5 billion$1.8 billion$1.7 billion
2000$3.6 billion$2.3 billion$1.3 billion
2001$2.7 billion$2 billion$685 million
2002$3.1 billion$2.1 billion$955 million
2003$3.2 billion$2.1 billion$1.2 billion
2004$4.2 billion$2.6 billion$1.6 billion
2005$4.6 billion$3.1 billion$1.5 billion
2006$4 billion$2.8 billion$1.2 billion
2007$4.5 billion$3.6 billion$875 million
2008$4.3 billion$3.4 billion$881 million
2009$2.6 billion$2 billion$632 million
2010$3.6 billion$1.8 billion$1.7 billion
2011$4.3 billion$2.2 billion$2.1 billion
2012$3.6 billion$1.6 billion$1.9 billion
2013$3.8 billion$1.6 billion$2.2 billion
2014$3.8 billion$1.7 billion$2.2 billion
2015$3.2 billion$1.1 billion$2.1 billion
2016$3.8 billion$1.3 billion$2.6 billion
2017$4 billion$1.3 billion$2.7 billion
2018$3.1 billion$964 million$2.2 billion
2019$2.2 billion$838 million$1.4 billion
2020$3.1 billion$772 million$2.3 billion
2021$4.6 billion$1 billion$3.6 billion
2022$4.4 billion$913 million$3.5 billion
2023$2.1 billion$898 million$1.2 billion
2024$2.7 billion$825 million$1.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Belgium sells to Israel

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

  1. Diamonds$623 million · 23.1%
    Belgium’s destinations
  2. Cars$288 million · 10.7%
    15 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  3. Vaccines, blood and antisera$195 million · 7.2%
    56 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  4. Polyethylene$118 million · 4.4%
    69 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$116 million · 4.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  6. Medical and dental instruments$81 million · 3%
    347 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  7. Leather footwear$76 million · 2.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Microchips$47 million · 1.7%
    16 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  9. Caustic soda and potash$43 million · 1.6%
    33 thousand tonnes
  10. Beer$42 million · 1.5%
    9 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations

What Israel sells to Belgium

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

  1. Diamonds$264 million · 32%
    Israel’s destinations
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$112 million · 13.6%
    150 tonnes
  3. Medical and dental instruments$60 million · 7.3%
    154 tonnes · Israel’s destinations
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$28 million · 3.4%
    67 tonnes · Belgium’s sources
  5. Other plastic articles$26 million · 3.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Cyclic hydrocarbons$22 million · 2.7%
    19 thousand tonnes
  7. Refined petroleum$21 million · 2.5%
    30 thousand tonnes · Israel’s destinations
  8. Books and brochures$18 million · 2.2%
    209 tonnes
  9. Cables and wire$14 million · 1.8%
    79 tonnes · Belgium’s sources
  10. Vaccines, blood and antisera$12 million · 1.5%
    4 tonnes · Belgium’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Antwerp to Haifa.

The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Haifa is 3,521 nautical miles (6,520 km) long: ≈ 8–10.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover and Strait of Gibraltar.

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$1.5 billion · 41.2%
  2. Air$2.1 billion · 58.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Israel was Belgium’s 32nd largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and Belgium was Israel’s 12th (2%).

Israel in Belgium’s trade
0.5%
Israel’s rank among Belgium’s partners
32nd
Belgium in Israel’s trade
2.3%
Belgium’s rank among Israel’s partners
12th

Compare with

Other partners of Belgium

Other partners of Israel

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.