# Belgium Import Opportunities

Explore Belgium's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $417.3B
- Import CAGR: -0.7%
- Trade openness: 130.6%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $17.0B | +7.6% | 45 | 9524 |
| 2 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $16.1B | +9.1% | 138 | 3913 |
| 3 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $10.4B | +10.1% | 7 | 4004 |
| 4 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $6.9B | +20.4% | 36 | 4680 |
| 5 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $10.1B | +44.4% | 40 | 2623 |
| 6 | HS 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 | +8.9% | 114 | 1655 |
| 7 | HS 300339 | Medicaments: containing hormones (excluding insulin), (but not containing antibiotics), for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not packaged for retail sale | $3.4B | +39.2% | 12 | 9986 |
| 8 | HS 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 | $5.2B | +9.5% | 51 | 4446 |
| 9 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $6.9B | +34.7% | 34 | 1717 |
| 10 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $2.5B | +28.0% | 31 | 5494 |
| 11 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $7.8B | +8.9% | 65 | 1669 |
| 12 | HS 382600 | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof: not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | $3.2B | +56.3% | 31 | 3442 |
| 13 | HS 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $2.3B | +5.9% | 65 | 4774 |
| 14 | HS 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $3.2B | +38.1% | 35 | 1233 |
| 15 | HS 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $4.2B | +0.5% | 47 | 1973 |
| 16 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $1.9B | +3.7% | 79 | 5009 |
| 17 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $2.7B | +9.4% | 13 | 3202 |
| 18 | HS 300439 | Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.6B | +10.9% | 54 | 3308 |
| 19 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $1.5B | +5.6% | 97 | 4778 |
| 20 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $3.1B | +5.0% | 38 | 1678 |
| 21 | HS 300214 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, mixed, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $2.3B | +16.9% | 26 | 1537 |
| 22 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $1.6B | +7.0% | 9 | 3866 |
| 23 | HS 270750 | Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures: n.e.c. in heading no. 2707, of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 degrees Celsius by the ISO 3405 method (equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method) | $1.5B | +20.0% | 30 | 2076 |
| 24 | HS 090111 | Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $2.0B | +7.4% | 97 | 1935 |
| 25 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $3.1B | +3.5% | 56 | 1445 |
| 26 | HS 180400 | Cocoa: butter, fat and oil | $1.4B | +9.3% | 30 | 3777 |
| 27 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $1.7B | +14.7% | 61 | 2146 |
| 28 | HS 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $1.3B | +3.9% | 67 | 4446 |
| 29 | HS 300212 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: antisera and other blood fractions | $1.8B | +11.6% | 77 | 2110 |
| 30 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $1.3B | +5.1% | 103 | 3150 |
| 31 | HS 293711 | Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein hormones, their derivatives and structural analogues: somatotropin, its derivatives and structural analogues | $400.4M | +47.9% | 4 | 9998 |
| 32 | HS 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $905.7M | +10.8% | 23 | 4786 |
| 33 | HS 720421 | Ferrous waste and scrap: of stainless steel | $1.4B | +8.3% | 41 | 2966 |
| 34 | HS 740200 | Copper: unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refining | $1.6B | +7.8% | 22 | 2348 |
| 35 | HS 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $817.5M | +5.0% | 59 | 5553 |
| 36 | HS 720712 | Iron or non-alloy steel: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel: containing by weight less than 0.25% of carbon, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section | $747.9M | +3.3% | 18 | 6676 |
| 37 | HS 840820 | Engines: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87 | $751.8M | -0.8% | 64 | 7878 |
| 38 | HS 180100 | Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $1.2B | +12.2% | 60 | 2067 |
| 39 | HS 290220 | Cyclic hydrocarbons: benzene | $745.6M | +6.2% | 17 | 5590 |
| 40 | HS 870321 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000cc | $1.9B | +9.9% | 50 | 1342 |
| 41 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $2.4B | -1.8% | 90 | 1727 |
| 42 | HS 293379 | Heterocyclic compounds: lactams: other than 6-hexanelactam (epsilon caprolactam) | $1.3B | +14.7% | 25 | 2316 |
| 43 | HS 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $677.8M | +5.8% | 43 | 6039 |
| 44 | HS 290121 | Acyclic hydrocarbons: unsaturated, ethylene | $1.5B | +4.8% | 19 | 2123 |
| 45 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $822.5M | +8.4% | 22 | 4009 |
| 46 | HS 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $2.9B | -3.1% | 34 | 1380 |
| 47 | HS 284329 | Silver compounds: excluding silver nitrates | $299.8M | +28.7% | 16 | 9680 |
| 48 | HS 180310 | Cocoa: paste, not defatted | $694.9M | +11.7% | 26 | 4301 |
| 49 | HS 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $864.1M | +8.9% | 47 | 3506 |
| 50 | HS 711292 | Waste and scrap of precious metals: of platinum, including metal clad with platinum but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals | $963.2M | +16.3% | 38 | 1949 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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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