# Belgium exports to Iraq: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Belgium reported $213.5M in goods exports to Iraq. The overall review level is High 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 | $213.5M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 56.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 16 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 39.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $243.2M | 1.6% | High attention |
| 2 | 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 | $300.0M | 56.3% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 040711 | Birds' eggs, in shell: fresh, fertilised eggs for incubation, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus (domestic hens) | $224.9M | 36.2% | Watch |
| 4 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $941.7M | 65.2% | High attention |
| 5 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $123.9M | 42.8% | Watch |
| 6 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $87.0M | 86.1% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 843629 | Poultry-keeping machinery: other than incubators and brooders | $83.9M | 17.1% | High attention |
| 8 | 300439 | Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $67.2M | 70.6% | High attention |
| 9 | 330610 | Oral or dental hygiene preparations: dentifrices | $29.7M | 15.5% | Stable |
| 10 | 271019 | Not reported | $675.3M | 0% | High attention |

## 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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