Belgium - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Belgium was 12.05 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.15 in 1999 and a minimum value of 12.05 in 2021.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1962 72.98
1963 71.56
1964 73.63
1965 73.62
1966 72.70
1967 73.09
1968 73.01
1969 73.60
1970 74.29
1971 76.85
1972 77.31
1973 75.87
1974 75.66
1975 75.44
1976 75.02
1977 73.84
1978 75.67
1979 71.67
1980 69.35
1981 68.52
1982 68.69
1983 68.77
1984 68.59
1985 70.87
1986 72.95
1987 74.22
1999 82.15
2000 77.88
2001 78.69
2002 80.25
2003 79.60
2004 79.44
2005 78.56
2006 76.95
2007 77.56
2008 75.03
2009 76.37
2010 70.96
2011 69.36
2012 68.09
2013 67.98
2014 70.23
2015 72.15
2016 75.16
2017 74.05
2018 74.41
2019 75.02
2020 76.23
2021 12.05

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports