# Belgium exports to France: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Belgium to France, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/BEL-FRA/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Belgium reported $49.3B in goods exports to France. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $49.3B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 35.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 41 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 509 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.7 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 35.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $9.4B | 63% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 271019 | Not reported | $24.9B | 21% | Stable |
| 3 | 382600 | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | $2.5B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 271012 | Not reported | $8.4B | 0% | Stable |
| 5 | 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $1.0B | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $1.2B | 2.6% | High attention |
| 7 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $11.9B | 65.6% | Watch |
| 8 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $1.4B | 80.2% | Critical attention |
| 9 | 200410 | Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | $868.2M | 2.4% | High attention |
| 10 | 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $6.7B | 35.7% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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