Summary
- Belgium → Mexico
- $1.3billion
- Mexico → Belgium
- $2.2billion
- Belgium’s balance
- -$890million
Balance
Belgium’s trade balance with Mexico
Trade between Belgium and Mexico grew 4.2-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Belgium’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.3
- Imports 2.2
- Balance -0.9
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $248 million | $562 million | -$314 million |
| 1996 | $304 million | $476 million | -$172 million |
| 1997 | $382 million | $430 million | -$47 million |
| 1998 | $386 million | $325 million | $61 million |
| 1999 | $323 million | $317 million | $6 million |
| 2000 | $463 million | $481 million | -$18 million |
| 2001 | $675 million | $695 million | -$19 million |
| 2002 | $806 million | $593 million | $213 million |
| 2003 | $638 million | $595 million | $44 million |
| 2004 | $777 million | $745 million | $32 million |
| 2005 | $882 million | $862 million | $20 million |
| 2006 | $826 million | $1 billion | -$189 million |
| 2007 | $829 million | $1.4 billion | -$543 million |
| 2008 | $1 billion | $1.7 billion | -$679 million |
| 2009 | $725 million | $1.3 billion | -$578 million |
| 2010 | $798 million | $825 million | -$27 million |
| 2011 | $879 million | $941 million | -$62 million |
| 2012 | $991 million | $1 billion | -$15 million |
| 2013 | $1 billion | $1.1 billion | -$63 million |
| 2014 | $865 million | $1.2 billion | -$371 million |
| 2015 | $892 million | $1.8 billion | -$954 million |
| 2016 | $1 billion | $2.3 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2017 | $952 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2018 | $1 billion | $2.3 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2019 | $1.1 billion | $2.3 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2020 | $920 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2021 | $1 billion | $3.6 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2022 | $1.7 billion | $3.4 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2023 | $1.6 billion | $2.7 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2024 | $1.3 billion | $2.2 billion | -$890 million |
What they sell each other
What Belgium sells to Mexico
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Mexico 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 Manzanillo is 6,792 nautical miles (12,579 km) long: ≈ 15.5–20 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover and Panama Canal.
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
Mexico was Belgium’s 35th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Belgium was Mexico’s 26th (0.3%).
- Mexico in Belgium’s trade
- 0.4%
- Mexico’s rank among Belgium’s partners
- 35th
- Belgium in Mexico’s trade
- 0.3%
- Belgium’s rank among Mexico’s partners
- 26th
Compare with
Other partners of Belgium
Other partners of Mexico
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.