# Democratic Republic of the Congo exports to Belgium: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Democratic Republic of the Congo reported $287.2M in goods exports to Belgium. 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 | $287.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 90.6% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 5 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 60.6% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $2.9B | 83.3% | High attention |
| 2 | 710221 | Diamonds: industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $117.5M | 59.1% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $256.7M | 5.2% | High attention |
| 4 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $1.2B | 0% | Watch |
| 5 | 810520 | Cobalt: mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy, unwrought cobalt, powders | $99.1M | 73.1% | Watch |
| 6 | 440729 | Wood, tropical: (as specified in subheading note 1, chapter 44, customs tariff), n.e.c. in item no. 4407.2, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, thicker than 6mm | $135.5M | 52.1% | High attention |
| 7 | 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $2.0B | 43.7% | Stable |
| 8 | 710210 | Diamonds: whether or not worked, but not mounted or set, unsorted | $330.1M | 96.6% | High attention |
| 9 | 130219 | Vegetable saps and extracts: n.e.c. in item no. 1302.1 | $52.6M | 28.4% | Stable |
| 10 | 711299 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: waste and scrap of precious metals including metal clad with precious metals, other than that of gold and platinum and excluding ash which contains precious metal or precious metal compounds | $749.5M | 0% | Watch |

## 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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