Belgium - Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Belgium was 0.045 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 0.223 in 1997, while its lowest value was 0.033 in 2017.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year Value
1997 0.223
1998 0.154
1999 0.166
2000 0.130
2001 0.138
2002 0.141
2003 0.114
2004 0.127
2005 0.145
2006 0.169
2007 0.167
2008 0.197
2009 0.161
2010 0.168
2011 0.197
2012 0.144
2013 0.087
2014 0.128
2015 0.104
2016 0.141
2017 0.033
2018 0.050
2019 0.065
2020 0.045

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports