Belgium Trade Statistics

BE: Export: Cost: Border Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

BE: Export: Cost: Border Compliance data was reported at 0.000 USD in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD for 2018. BE: Export: Cost: Border Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 USD in 2019. BE: Export: Cost: Border Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Border compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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BE: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

BE: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 0.000 USD in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD for 2018. BE: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 USD in 2019. BE: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Exports: Lead Time

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Exports: Lead Time data was reported at 9.000 Day in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 9.000 Day for 2013. BE: Exports: Lead Time data is updated yearly, averaging 9.000 Day from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.000 Day in 2014 and a record low of 9.000 Day in 2014. BE: Exports: Lead Time data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Time to export is the time necessary to comply with all procedures required to export goods. Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
9.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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BE: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

BE: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data was reported at 0.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Hour for 2018. BE: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 Hour from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 Hour in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 Hour in 2019. BE: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Border compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00 a.m., are processed overnight and can be picked up at 8:00 a.m. the next day. In this case the time for customs clearance would be recorded as 24 hours because the actual procedure took 24 hours. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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BE: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

BE: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 0.500 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.500 Hour for 2018. BE: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 0.500 Hour from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.500 Hour in 2019 and a record low of 0.500 Hour in 2019. BE: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00 a.m., are processed overnight and can be picked up at 8:00 a.m. the next day. In this case the time for customs clearance would be recorded as 24 hours because the actual procedure took 24 hours. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.500 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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BE: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case

2007 - 2018 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case data was reported at 2.000 Day in 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.000 Day for 2016. BE: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case data is updated yearly, averaging 2.000 Day from Dec 2007 to 2018, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.000 Day in 2018 and a record low of 1.400 Day in 2007. BE: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Lead time to export is the median time (the value for 50 percent of shipments) from shipment point to port of loading. Data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey. Respondents provided separate values for the best case (10 percent of shipments) and the median case (50 percent of shipments). The data are exponentiated averages of the logarithm of single value responses and of midpoint values of range responses for the median case.;World Bank and Turku School of Economics, Logistic Performance Index Surveys. Data are available online at: https://lpi.worldbank.org/. Summary results are published in Arvis and others' Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators report.;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
2.000 2018 yearly 2007 - 2018

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Belgium BE: Exports: Number of Documents

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

BE: Exports: Number of Documents data was reported at 4.000 Number in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 4.000 Number for 2013. BE: Exports: Number of Documents data is updated yearly, averaging 4.000 Number from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.000 Number in 2014 and a record low of 4.000 Number in 2014. BE: Exports: Number of Documents data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. All documents required per shipment to export goods are recorded. It is assumed that the contract has already been agreed upon and signed by both parties. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account. Since payment is by letter of credit, all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit are also taken into account. Documents that are renewed annually and that do not require renewal per shipment (for example, an annual tax clearance certificate) are not included.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
4.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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Belgium BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change

1994 - 2018 | Monthly | % | International Monetary Fund

BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change data was reported at 2.214 % in Aug 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.738 % for Jul 2018. BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change data is updated monthly, averaging 5.835 % from Jan 1994 to Aug 2018, with 296 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.621 % in May 2000 and a record low of -26.063 % in Apr 2009. BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.IMF.IFS: Trade Statistics.

Last Frequency Range
-5.762 Mar 2018 monthly Jan 1994 - Mar 2018

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Belgium BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period

1993 - 2018 | Monthly | % | International Monetary Fund

BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data was reported at -8.069 % in Aug 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of -4.134 % for Jul 2018. BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data is updated monthly, averaging -0.613 % from Feb 1993 to Aug 2018, with 307 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 40.094 % in Sep 2003 and a record low of -21.806 % in Jul 1994. BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.IMF.IFS: Trade Statistics.

Last Frequency Range
5.580 Mar 2018 monthly Feb 1993 - Mar 2018

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BE: Goods Trade: % of GDP

1999 - 2022 | Yearly | % | World Bank

BE: Goods Trade: % of GDP data was reported at 217.581 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 181.037 % for 2021. BE: Goods Trade: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 166.954 % from Dec 1999 to 2022, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 217.581 % in 2022 and a record low of 133.192 % in 1999. BE: Goods Trade: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.;World Trade Organization, and World Bank GDP estimates.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
217.581 2022 yearly 1999 - 2022

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BE: Import: Cost: Border Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

BE: Import: Cost: Border Compliance data was reported at 0.000 USD in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD for 2018. BE: Import: Cost: Border Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 USD in 2019. BE: Import: Cost: Border Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Border compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Import: Cost: Border Compliance

BE: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

BE: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 0.000 USD in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD for 2018. BE: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 USD from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 USD in 2019. BE: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Belgium BE: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance

Belgium BE: Imports: Lead Time

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Imports: Lead Time data was reported at 8.000 Day in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 8.000 Day for 2013. BE: Imports: Lead Time data is updated yearly, averaging 9.000 Day from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.000 Day in 2010 and a record low of 8.000 Day in 2014. BE: Imports: Lead Time data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Time to import is the time necessary to comply with all procedures required to import goods. Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
8.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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BE: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

BE: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data was reported at 0.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Hour for 2018. BE: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 Hour from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 Hour in 2019 and a record low of 0.000 Hour in 2019. BE: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Border compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00 a.m., are processed overnight and can be picked up at 8:00 a.m. the next day. In this case the time for customs clearance would be recorded as 24 hours because the actual procedure took 24 hours. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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BE: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

BE: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 0.500 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.500 Hour for 2018. BE: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 0.500 Hour from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.500 Hour in 2019 and a record low of 0.500 Hour in 2019. BE: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00 a.m., are processed overnight and can be picked up at 8:00 a.m. the next day. In this case the time for customs clearance would be recorded as 24 hours because the actual procedure took 24 hours. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
0.500 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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BE: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case

2007 - 2018 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

BE: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case data was reported at 3.000 Day in 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.000 Day for 2016. BE: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case data is updated yearly, averaging 3.000 Day from Dec 2007 to 2018, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.500 Day in 2007 and a record low of 1.000 Day in 2014. BE: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Lead time to import is the median time (the value for 50 percent of shipments) from port of discharge to arrival at the consignee. Data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey. Respondents provided separate values for the best case (10 percent of shipments) and the median case (50 percent of shipments). The data are exponentiated averages of the logarithm of single value responses and of midpoint values of range responses for the median case.;World Bank and Turku School of Economics, Logistic Performance Index Surveys. Data are available online at: https://lpi.worldbank.org/. Summary results are published in Arvis and others' Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators report.;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
3.000 2018 yearly 2007 - 2018

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Belgium BE: Imports: Number of Documents

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

BE: Imports: Number of Documents data was reported at 4.000 Number in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 4.000 Number for 2013. BE: Imports: Number of Documents data is updated yearly, averaging 4.000 Number from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.000 Number in 2014 and a record low of 4.000 Number in 2014. BE: Imports: Number of Documents data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. All documents required per shipment to import goods are recorded. It is assumed that the contract has already been agreed upon and signed by both parties. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account. Since payment is by letter of credit, all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit are also taken into account. Documents that are renewed annually and that do not require renewal per shipment (for example, an annual tax clearance certificate) are not included.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
4.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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Belgium BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change

1994 - 2018 | Monthly | % | International Monetary Fund

BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change data was reported at 6.189 % in Aug 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.140 % for Jul 2018. BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change data is updated monthly, averaging 6.428 % from Jan 1994 to Aug 2018, with 296 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.847 % in May 2000 and a record low of -28.373 % in Apr 2009. BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.IMF.IFS: Trade Statistics.

Last Frequency Range
-4.776 Mar 2018 monthly Jan 1994 - Mar 2018

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Belgium Belgium BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change

Belgium BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period

1993 - 2018 | Monthly | % | International Monetary Fund

BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data was reported at -5.037 % in Aug 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of -4.135 % for Jul 2018. BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data is updated monthly, averaging 0.481 % from Feb 1993 to Aug 2018, with 307 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.497 % in Sep 2003 and a record low of -23.155 % in Jul 1994. BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.IMF.IFS: Trade Statistics.

Last Frequency Range
11.426 Mar 2018 monthly Feb 1993 - Mar 2018

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Belgium Belgium BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period

BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period

2000 - 2021 | Monthly | % | International Monetary Fund

BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data was reported at -10.101 % in Jan 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of -8.853 % for Dec 2020. BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data is updated monthly, averaging -0.101 % from Feb 2000 to Jan 2021, with 252 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 30.041 % in May 2017 and a record low of -100.000 % in Dec 2014. BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.IMF.IFS: Trade Statistics.

Last Frequency Range
-10.101 Jan 2021 monthly Feb 2000 - Jan 2021

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Belgium BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period

BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: YoY

2001 - 2021 | Monthly | % | International Monetary Fund

BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: YoY data was reported at -6.922 % in Jan 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of -0.038 % for Dec 2020. BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: YoY data is updated monthly, averaging 4.224 % from Jan 2001 to Jan 2021, with 241 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 44.366 % in Jul 2017 and a record low of -100.000 % in Jan 2015. BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: YoY data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.IMF.IFS: Trade Statistics.

Last Frequency Range
-6.922 Jan 2021 monthly Jan 2001 - Jan 2021

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Belgium BE: Imports: fob: Local Currency: YoY

BE: Imports: fob: USD

2000 - 2021 | Monthly | USD mn | International Monetary Fund

BE: Imports: fob: USD data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in Jan 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for Dec 2020. BE: Imports: fob: USD data is updated monthly, averaging 13.997 USD bn from Jan 2000 to Jan 2021, with 253 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 30.935 USD bn in Jul 2008 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in Feb 2017. BE: Imports: fob: USD data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belgium – Table BE.IMF.IFS: Trade Statistics.

Last Frequency Range
0.000 Jan 2021 monthly Jan 2000 - Jan 2021

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Belgium BE: Imports: fob: USD
BE: Export: Cost: Border Compliance
BE: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance
BE: Exports: Lead Time
BE: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance
BE: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance
BE: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case
BE: Exports: Number of Documents
BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change
BE: Exports: fob: Local Currency: % Change over Previous Period
BE: Goods Trade: % of GDP
BE: Import: Cost: Border Compliance
BE: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance
BE: Imports: Lead Time
BE: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance
BE: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance
BE: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case
BE: Imports: Number of Documents
BE: Imports: cif: Local Currency: % Change
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