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Trade between Belgium and Slovakia

In 2024, Belgium exported $1 billion to Slovakia and imported $1.7 billion. Belgium ran a deficit of $643 million with Slovakia, compared with a deficit of $371 million in 2019. Slovakia was Belgium’s 39th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Belgium was Slovakia’s 19th (1%).

Summary

Belgium → Slovakia
$1billion
Slovakia → Belgium
$1.7billion
Belgium’s balance
-$643million

Balance

Belgium’s trade balance with Slovakia

Trade between Belgium and Slovakia grew 11.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1
  • Imports 1.7
  • Balance -0.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$141 million$99 million$42 million
1996$166 million$135 million$31 million
1997$184 million$148 million$36 million
1998$226 million$177 million$49 million
1999$193 million$207 million-$14 million
2000$217 million$193 million$24 million
2001$269 million$258 million$11 million
2002$320 million$317 million$3 million
2003$411 million$406 million$5 million
2004$579 million$511 million$69 million
2005$591 million$545 million$46 million
2006$626 million$746 million-$120 million
2007$779 million$1 billion-$232 million
2008$1 billion$1.1 billion-$59 million
2009$631 million$945 million-$314 million
2010$699 million$1.1 billion-$366 million
2011$779 million$1.1 billion-$357 million
2012$771 million$1.1 billion-$321 million
2013$813 million$1.2 billion-$344 million
2014$882 million$1.2 billion-$308 million
2015$856 million$1 billion-$163 million
2016$852 million$1 billion-$186 million
2017$881 million$1.1 billion-$201 million
2018$864 million$1.2 billion-$344 million
2019$824 million$1.2 billion-$371 million
2020$829 million$1.2 billion-$406 million
2021$1.1 billion$1.4 billion-$301 million
2022$1.2 billion$1.5 billion-$341 million
2023$1.2 billion$1.8 billion-$686 million
2024$1 billion$1.7 billion-$643 million

What they sell each other

What Belgium sells to Slovakia

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

  1. Cars$63 million · 6.2%
    5 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  2. Polypropylene$49 million · 4.8%
    22 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  3. Alloy steel sheet$44 million · 4.4%
    37 thousand tonnes
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$43 million · 4.3%
    215 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$42 million · 4.1%
    46 tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  6. Pork$38 million · 3.8%
    14 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  7. Tractors$31 million · 3%
    2 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  8. Polyethylene$29 million · 2.8%
    17 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  9. Trucks$23 million · 2.2%
    2 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s destinations
  10. Industrial fatty acids and oils$22 million · 2.2%
    10 thousand tonnes

What Slovakia sells to Belgium

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

  1. Cars$715 million · 43%
    36 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$84 million · 5%
    8 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  3. New tires$56 million · 3.4%
    11 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  4. Transformers and power supplies$42 million · 2.5%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Vehicle lights and signals$36 million · 2.2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Parts for cranes and excavators$29 million · 1.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Air conditioners$25 million · 1.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Precious metal ore$24 million · 1.5%
    757 tonnes
  9. Seats and chairs$22 million · 1.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Chocolate$21 million · 1.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Belgium’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Antwerp to Koper (Slovenia).

The estimated sea route between Antwerp and Koper (Slovenia) is 3,142 nautical miles (5,820 km) long: ≈ 7.5–9.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

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

Slovakia is landlocked: it ships through Koper (Slovenia).

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$2.4 billion · 89.2%
  2. Air$290 million · 10.8%

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

How much each matters to the other

Slovakia was Belgium’s 39th largest trading partner (0.4% of its trade), and Belgium was Slovakia’s 19th (1%).

Slovakia in Belgium’s trade
0.4%
Slovakia’s rank among Belgium’s partners
39th
Belgium in Slovakia’s trade
1.2%
Belgium’s rank among Slovakia’s partners
19th

Compare with

Other partners of Belgium

Other partners of Slovakia

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.