# Ghana exports to Belgium: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Ghana reported $230.9M in goods exports to Belgium. 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 | $230.9M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 20.7% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 0 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 7 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 38.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $1.2B | 45% | Stable |
| 2 | 151590 | Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: fixed, n.e.s. in heading no. 1515, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $61.6M | 20.8% | High attention |
| 3 | 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 | 12.1% | Watch |
| 4 | 080390 | Fruit, edible: bananas, other than plantains, fresh or dried | $420.3M | 75.9% | High attention |
| 5 | 180310 | Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $694.9M | 41.2% | High attention |
| 6 | 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $1.4B | 49.2% | High attention |
| 7 | 160414 | Fish preparations: tunas, skipjack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $89.6M | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 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 | 55.9% | High attention |
| 9 | 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $308.9M | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 080430 | Fruit, edible: pineapples, fresh or dried | $122.8M | 91.4% | 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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