Summary
- Belgium → Turkey
- $4.1billion
- Turkey → Belgium
- $3.8billion
- Belgium’s balance
- $376million
Balance
Belgium’s trade balance with Turkey
Trade between Belgium and Turkey grew 5.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Belgium’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 4.1
- Imports 3.8
- Balance +0.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $992 million | $485 million | $506 million |
| 1996 | $1.2 billion | $495 million | $668 million |
| 1997 | $1.3 billion | $635 million | $639 million |
| 1998 | $1.3 billion | $776 million | $484 million |
| 1999 | $1.2 billion | $762 million | $415 million |
| 2000 | $1.7 billion | $811 million | $888 million |
| 2001 | $1.1 billion | $912 million | $160 million |
| 2002 | $1.2 billion | $966 million | $278 million |
| 2003 | $1.6 billion | $1.4 billion | $258 million |
| 2004 | $2.1 billion | $2.1 billion | $31 million |
| 2005 | $2.4 billion | $2.2 billion | $196 million |
| 2006 | $2.7 billion | $2.3 billion | $380 million |
| 2007 | $3 billion | $3.1 billion | -$117 million |
| 2008 | $3.4 billion | $3.6 billion | -$240 million |
| 2009 | $2.8 billion | $2.8 billion | -$85 million |
| 2010 | $3.3 billion | $2.3 billion | $1 billion |
| 2011 | $4.1 billion | $2.6 billion | $1.5 billion |
| 2012 | $3.7 billion | $2.4 billion | $1.3 billion |
| 2013 | $4 billion | $2.6 billion | $1.4 billion |
| 2014 | $4 billion | $2.8 billion | $1.2 billion |
| 2015 | $3.3 billion | $2.5 billion | $791 million |
| 2016 | $3.3 billion | $2.9 billion | $436 million |
| 2017 | $4 billion | $3.4 billion | $514 million |
| 2018 | $3.8 billion | $4.1 billion | -$343 million |
| 2019 | $3.4 billion | $3.7 billion | -$261 million |
| 2020 | $4 billion | $3.4 billion | $609 million |
| 2021 | $4.6 billion | $4.4 billion | $236 million |
| 2022 | $4.6 billion | $4.3 billion | $263 million |
| 2023 | $4.6 billion | $3.7 billion | $829 million |
| 2024 | $4.1 billion | $3.8 billion | $376 million |
What they sell each other
What Belgium sells to Turkey
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Turkey 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 Istanbul is 3,278 nautical miles (6,070 km) long: ≈ 7.5–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover, Strait of Gibraltar and Dardanelles.
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
Turkey was Belgium’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Belgium was Turkey’s 18th (1%).
- Turkey in Belgium’s trade
- 1%
- Turkey’s rank among Belgium’s partners
- 17th
- Belgium in Turkey’s trade
- 1.3%
- Belgium’s rank among Turkey’s partners
- 18th
Compare with
Other partners of Belgium
Other partners of Turkey
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.