Summary
- Belgium → Italy
- $25.9billion
- Italy → Belgium
- $17.6billion
- Belgium’s balance
- $8.2billion
Balance
Belgium’s trade balance with Italy
Trade between Belgium and Italy grew 2.6-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Belgium’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 25.9
- Imports 17.6
- Balance +8.2
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $9.8 billion | $6.7 billion | $3.1 billion |
| 1996 | $10 billion | $6.8 billion | $3.2 billion |
| 1997 | $9.8 billion | $6.2 billion | $3.5 billion |
| 1998 | $10.4 billion | $6.7 billion | $3.7 billion |
| 1999 | $9.2 billion | $6.6 billion | $2.6 billion |
| 2000 | $9.7 billion | $7.2 billion | $2.5 billion |
| 2001 | $10.3 billion | $7.9 billion | $2.3 billion |
| 2002 | $10.8 billion | $7.2 billion | $3.6 billion |
| 2003 | $12.4 billion | $8 billion | $4.4 billion |
| 2004 | $15.4 billion | $9.2 billion | $6.3 billion |
| 2005 | $16.7 billion | $10.2 billion | $6.5 billion |
| 2006 | $18.1 billion | $12.1 billion | $6 billion |
| 2007 | $21.5 billion | $15.3 billion | $6.2 billion |
| 2008 | $20.2 billion | $14.8 billion | $5.4 billion |
| 2009 | $16.4 billion | $11.3 billion | $5.1 billion |
| 2010 | $16.2 billion | $10.4 billion | $5.8 billion |
| 2011 | $18.1 billion | $11.7 billion | $6.4 billion |
| 2012 | $17 billion | $10.6 billion | $6.3 billion |
| 2013 | $17.4 billion | $10.9 billion | $6.5 billion |
| 2014 | $17.6 billion | $13 billion | $4.6 billion |
| 2015 | $16.7 billion | $12.2 billion | $4.5 billion |
| 2016 | $17.3 billion | $12 billion | $5.3 billion |
| 2017 | $19.3 billion | $13.3 billion | $6 billion |
| 2018 | $21.6 billion | $14 billion | $7.6 billion |
| 2019 | $20.5 billion | $14.4 billion | $6.1 billion |
| 2020 | $20.5 billion | $15.4 billion | $5.1 billion |
| 2021 | $24.1 billion | $19 billion | $5.1 billion |
| 2022 | $25.8 billion | $21.6 billion | $4.2 billion |
| 2023 | $27.6 billion | $17.6 billion | $10 billion |
| 2024 | $25.9 billion | $17.6 billion | $8.2 billion |
What they sell each other
What Belgium sells to Italy
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Italy sells to Belgium
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Genoa is 2,311 nautical miles (4,280 km) long: ≈ 5.5–7 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
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Italy was Belgium’s 5th largest trading partner (6% of its trade), and Belgium was Italy’s 8th (4%).
- Italy in Belgium’s trade
- 5.6%
- Italy’s rank among Belgium’s partners
- 5th
- Belgium in Italy’s trade
- 3.6%
- Belgium’s rank among Italy’s partners
- 8th
Compare with
Other partners of Belgium
Other partners of Italy
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
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.