It is a top-ten exporter of linseed (#4, 5.8% of world export value in 2024), jute (#5, 1.9% of world export value in 2024), steel (#5, 3.6% of world export value in 2024), tobacco (#5, 4.3% of world export value in 2024), zinc (#5, 6.6% of world export value in 2024) and more.
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.
What does Belgium produce?
Belgium is not in the top ten producers of any commodity tracked here.
What does Belgium export?
Belgium's largest commodity exports by value, with share of world exports for each line (CEPII BACI, 2024). Bars show share of world trade in that commodity, not share of the country's exports.
Potatoes: #1, 13% of world imports, $941.4 million (2024)
Tobacco: #1, 14% of world imports, $1.9 billion (2024)
Linseed: #2, 22% of world imports, $276.6 million (2024)
Canola: #3, 10% of world imports, $1.3 billion (2024)
Plantains: #3, 4.2% of world imports, $47 million (2024)
Barley: #4, 5% of world imports, $456.1 million (2024)
Cocoa: #4, 7.2% of world imports, $1.4 billion (2024)
Coffee: #4, 7.3% of world imports, $2.5 billion (2024)
Pineapples: #4, 5.1% of world imports, $143.1 million (2024)
Oats: #5, 4.8% of world imports, $53.3 million (2024)
Phosphate rock: #5, 4.4% of world imports, $228.9 million (2024)
Cheese: #6, 4.6% of world imports, $2.1 billion (2024)
Cobalt: #6, 2.1% of world imports, $97.3 million (2024)
Lithium: #6, 2% of world imports, $78.1 million (2024)
Eggs: #7, 3.6% of world imports, $209.5 million (2024)
Honey: #7, 3% of world imports, $70.2 million (2024)
Molybdenum: #7, 6.6% of world imports, $534.8 million (2024)
Potash: #7, 2% of world imports, $408.4 million (2024)
Sunflower oil: #7, 4.1% of world imports, $775.8 million (2024)
Zinc: #7, 3.9% of world imports, $565.7 million (2024)
Cashews: #8, 0.2% of world imports, $7.1 million (2024)
Lamb: #8, 3.4% of world imports, $304.6 million (2024)
Bananas: #9, 3.6% of world imports, $562.7 million (2024)
Palm kernel oil: #9, 2.3% of world imports, $25.3 million (2024)
Pistachios: #9, 2.7% of world imports, $93.4 million (2024)
Tin: #9, 3.5% of world imports, $228.4 million (2024)
Natural gas: #10, 3.2% of world imports, $15.3 billion (2024)
Quinoa: #10, 2.3% of world imports, $6.9 million (2024)
Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.
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