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Trade between Belgium and Poland

In 2024, Belgium exported $8.5 billion to Poland and imported $6.7 billion. Belgium ran a surplus of $1.8 billion with Poland, compared with a surplus of $773 million in 2019. Poland was Belgium’s 10th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Belgium was Poland’s 11th (2%).

Summary

Belgium → Poland
$8.5billion
Poland → Belgium
$6.7billion
Belgium’s balance
$1.8billion

Balance

Belgium’s trade balance with Poland

Trade between Belgium and Poland grew 10.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 8.5
  • Imports 6.7
  • Balance +1.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$889 million$622 million$267 million
1996$1.1 billion$611 million$493 million
1997$1.3 billion$628 million$694 million
1998$1.6 billion$816 million$739 million
1999$1.4 billion$813 million$602 million
2000$1.4 billion$1.1 billion$382 million
2001$1.5 billion$1.2 billion$343 million
2002$1.7 billion$1.3 billion$316 million
2003$1.9 billion$1.8 billion$119 million
2004$2.4 billion$2.5 billion-$77 million
2005$2.9 billion$2.8 billion$71 million
2006$3.4 billion$3.1 billion$279 million
2007$4.5 billion$3.9 billion$631 million
2008$5.5 billion$4.5 billion$975 million
2009$3.8 billion$3.6 billion$244 million
2010$4.3 billion$3.7 billion$655 million
2011$4.9 billion$4.2 billion$677 million
2012$4.4 billion$3.7 billion$649 million
2013$4.8 billion$4.5 billion$356 million
2014$5.3 billion$4.9 billion$463 million
2015$4.8 billion$4 billion$848 million
2016$5.1 billion$4 billion$1.1 billion
2017$5.8 billion$4.5 billion$1.3 billion
2018$6.8 billion$5.6 billion$1.2 billion
2019$6.4 billion$5.7 billion$773 million
2020$6 billion$5.4 billion$555 million
2021$7.6 billion$7.3 billion$278 million
2022$8.6 billion$8 billion$629 million
2023$8.7 billion$8.1 billion$575 million
2024$8.5 billion$6.7 billion$1.8 billion

What they sell each other

What Belgium sells to Poland

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

  1. Vaccines, blood and antisera$726 million · 8.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  2. Cars$491 million · 5.8%
    37 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  3. Pork$342 million · 4%
    136 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  4. Coated flat steel$291 million · 3.4%
    273 thousand tonnes
  5. Refined petroleum$259 million · 3%
    213 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  6. Polyethylene$230 million · 2.7%
    152 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$148 million · 1.7%
    7 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  8. Stainless steel sheet$144 million · 1.7%
    47 thousand tonnes
  9. Makeup and skin care$142 million · 1.7%
    8 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  10. Polypropylene$136 million · 1.6%
    81 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations

What Poland sells to Belgium

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

  1. Auto parts$530 million · 7.9%
    60 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  2. Trucks$236 million · 3.5%
    21 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  3. Chocolate$188 million · 2.8%
    26 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  4. Vaccines, blood and antisera$169 million · 2.5%
    49 tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  5. Batteries$163 million · 2.4%
    14 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  6. Cars$156 million · 2.3%
    14 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  7. Cigarettes and cigars$129 million · 1.9%
    4 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations
  8. Steel structures$122 million · 1.8%
    30 thousand tonnes
  9. Primary cells and batteries$119 million · 1.8%
    17 thousand tonnes
  10. Makeup and skin care$118 million · 1.8%
    5 thousand tonnes · Poland’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Antwerp to Gdańsk.

The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Gdańsk is 945 nautical miles (1,751 km) long: ≈ 2–3 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Øresund.

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$13.2 billion · 86.5%
  2. Air$2.1 billion · 13.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

Poland was Belgium’s 10th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Belgium was Poland’s 11th (2%).

Poland in Belgium’s trade
2%
Poland’s rank among Belgium’s partners
10th
Belgium in Poland’s trade
2.1%
Belgium’s rank among Poland’s partners
11th

Compare with

Other partners of Belgium

Other partners of Poland

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.