# Portugal exports to Belgium: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Portugal reported $1.7B 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 | $1.7B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 31% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 61 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 0.9 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 23.3% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 271012 | Not reported | $7.8B | 0% | Watch |
| 2 | 293410 | Heterocyclic compounds: containing an unfused thiazole ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure | $168.5M | 0% | High attention |
| 3 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $18.6B | 0% | Stable |
| 4 | 852691 | Radio navigational aid apparatus | $129.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 5 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $3.1B | 20.6% | Watch |
| 6 | 902920 | Meters: speed indicators and tachometers: stroboscopes | $109.2M | 25.3% | Watch |
| 7 | 290420 | Derivatives of hydrocarbons: containing only nitro or only nitroso groups, whether or not halogenated | $156.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 870321 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000cc | $1.9B | 14.9% | Watch |
| 9 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 80 volts, not fitted with connectors | $485.3M | 0% | Stable |
| 10 | 071080 | Vegetables: uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, n.e.c. in chapter 7 | $281.0M | 19.6% | 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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