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Atomium, BrusselsBelgium imported US$536.8 billion worth of products from around the world in 2025.
That dollar metric results from a flatlining 0.8% increase from $532.5 billion in Belgian spending on imports 5 years earlier in 2021.
From 2024 to 2025, the total value of Belgium’s imports rose by 3.4% compared to $519.1 billion.
Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, Belgium’s official currency is the euro which appreciated via a 4.4% gain against the US dollar from 2024 to 2025. The stronger European Union currency in 2025 made Belgium’s imports paid for in weaker US dollars relatively less expensive when converted starting from euros.
Main Suppliers for Belgian Imports
The latest available country-specific data shows that 76.5% of products imported by Belgium was supplied by exporters in: Netherlands (19.9% of the Belgian total), Germany (12.2%), France (10%), United States of America (7.3%), mainland China (6.8%), Ireland (4.4%), Italy (4%), United Kingdom (3%), Spain (2.8%), Japan (2.12%), Sweden (2.1%) and Switzerland (1.98%).
Applying a continental lens, 70.1% of Belgium’s total imports by value was purchased from fellow European countries.
Trade partners located in Asia accounted for 16.8% of Belgian import purchases while another 8.7% worth of goods originated from North America.
Smaller percentages came from suppliers in Africa (2.6%), Latin America (1.5%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania (0.4%) led by Australia and New Zealand.
Belgium is a member of the European Union. Approaching two-thirds (62.8%) of Belgian imports came from EU-member suppliers.
Given Belgium’s population of 11.9 million people, its total US$536.8 billion in 2025 imports translates to roughly $45,300 in yearly product demand from every person in the European Union country. That dollar metric surpasses the $44,000 per capita one year earlier in 2024.
The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Belgium’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Belgium.
- Mineral fuels including oil: US$74 billion (13.8% of total imports)
- Pharmaceuticals: $70.5 billion (13.1%)
- Vehicles: $61.4 billion (11.4%)
- Machinery including computers: $40.2 billion (7.5%)
- Electrical machinery, equipment: $32.2 billion (6%)
- Organic chemicals: $24.9 billion (4.6%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $20.7 billion (3.9%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $15.3 billion (2.8%)
- Iron, steel: $13.6 billion (2.5%)
- Other chemical goods: $12 billion (2.2%)
Belgium’s top 10 imports exceeded two-thirds (68%) of the overall value of its product purchases from other countries.
The greatest growth among the listed imported product groups was for pharmaceuticals (up 7.8% from 2024) ahead of Belgian imports of machinery including computers (up 6.7%), electrical machinery and equipment (up 5.8%) then miscellaneous chemical goods (up 4.3%).
The leading year-over-year declines were for mineral fuels including oil (down -7.8%) and organic chemicals (down -7.1%).
Belgium’s Top Imports of Mineral Fuels Including Oil
In 2025, Belgian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related products.
- Processed petroleum oils: US$25.6 billion (down -17% from 2024)
- Petroleum gases: $20.8 billion (up 22.6%)
- Crude oil: $20.1 billion (down -16.6%)
- Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $3.3 billion (down -27.4%)
- Electrical energy: $2.2 billion (up 22%)
- Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $756 million (down -16.7%)
- Petroleum oil residues: $461.1 million (up 11.5%)
- Coke, semi-coke: $447.2 million (up 32.1%)
- Distilled tar: $101.2 million (up 23.9%)
- Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $61.3 million (up 1.2%)
Among these import subcategories, Belgian purchases of coke and semi-coke (up 32.1%), distilled tar (up 23.9%) then petroleum gases (up 22.6%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of mineral fuels-related imports among Belgian businesses and consumers.
Belgium’s Top Imports of Pharmaceuticals
In 2025, Belgian importers spent the most on the following subcategories of pharmaceuticals-related products.
- Medication mixes in dosage: US$33 billion (up 17% from 2024)
- Blood fractions (including antisera): $26.7 billion (down -7.2%)
- Medication mixes not in dosage: $8.6 billion (up 37.9%)
- Sutures, special pharmaceutical goods: $1.6 billion (up 0.1%)
- Packaged dressings: $475.7 million (up 10.2%)
- Dried organs, heparin: $113.8 million (down -36.1%)
Among these import subcategories, Belgian purchases of medication mixes not in dosage (up 37.9%), medication mixes in dosage (up 17%) then packaged dressings (up 10.2%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of pharmaceuticals-related imports among Belgian businesses and consumers.
Belgium’s Top Imports of Automotive Products
In 2025, Belgian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of vehicles-related products.
- Cars: US$41.2 billion (down -5.1% from 2024)
- Automobile parts/accessories: $9.2 billion (up 5.8%)
- Trucks: $4.4 billion (down -7.2%)
- Tractors: $1.8 billion (up 11.4%)
- Motorcycles: $1.4 billion (up 10.4%)
- Public-transport vehicles: $1 billion (up 80.2%)
- Trailers: $771.8 million (up 8.4%)
- Bicycles, other non-motorized cycles: $443.5 million (up 23.2%)
- Automobile bodies: $361.6 million (up 20.8%)
- Motorcycle parts/accessories: $349.8 million (up 24%)
Among these import subcategories, Belgian purchases of public-transport vehicles (up 80.2%), motorcycle parts or accessories (up 24%) then bicycles plus other non-motorized cycles (up 23.2%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of vehicles-related imports among Belgian businesses and consumers.
Belgium’s Top Imports of Machinery Including Computers
In 2025, Belgian importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machinery including computers.
- Computers, optical readers: US$4.7 billion (down -6% from 2024)
- Heavy machinery (bulldozers, excavators, road rollers): $3.1 billion (up 33.9%)
- Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $3 billion (up 10%)
- Turbo-jets: $2.3 billion (up 31.9%)
- Air or vacuum pumps: $1.85 billion (up 21.4%)
- Taps, valves, similar appliances: $1.64 billion (up 6.9%)
- Machinery parts: $1.51 billion (up 10.7%)
- Liquid pumps and elevators: $1.29 billion (up 3.7%)
- Transmission shafts, gears, clutches: $1.27 billion (up 22.3%)
- Miscellaneous machinery: $1.2 billion (down -0.3%)
Among these import subcategories, Belgian purchases of heavy machinery such as bulldozers, excavators and road rollers (up 33.9%), turbo-jets (up 31.9%) then transmission shafts, gears and clutches (up 22.3%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery including computers among Belgian businesses and consumers.
See also Belgium’s Top 10 Exports, Belgium’s Top Trading Partners, Germany’s Top Trading Partners and France’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on August 31, 2026
International Monetary Fund, Exchange Rates selected indicators (Domestic Currency per U.S. dollar, period average). Accessed on August 31, 2026
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on August 31, 2026
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