# Belgium exports to Saudi Arabia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Belgium reported $1.7B in goods exports to Saudi Arabia. The overall review level is Watch.

## 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 | $1.7B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 32.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 66 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 31.1% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 200410 | Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | $424.2M | 15.1% | Watch |
| 2 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $431.2M | 82.1% | High attention |
| 3 | 290123 | Acyclic hydrocarbons: unsaturated, butene (butylene) and isomers thereof | $119.4M | 5.7% | High attention |
| 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 | $3.6B | 35.3% | Stable |
| 5 | 271012 | Not reported | $10.5B | 63.4% | High attention |
| 6 | 180620 | Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg | $188.0M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 391810 | Floor, wall or ceiling coverings: of polymers of vinyl chloride, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles | $105.9M | 0% | Stable |
| 8 | 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $717.8M | 12.4% | Stable |
| 9 | 841480 | Pumps and compressors: for air, vacuum or gas, n.e.s. in heading no. 8414 | $345.5M | 13.5% | Stable |
| 10 | 381512 | Catalysts, supported: reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, n.e.c. or included | $185.3M | 0% | 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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