Belgium is the thirteenth largest export economy and they export over $380B and import around $470B, and so there is a relatively large negative trade balance. Belgium is a small and multicultural country. English is widely spoken with low barriers to market entry and there are large international organisations, such as the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Belgium has a strategic geographic location, an open economy; it is an early adopter of new technologies with an excellent transport network.

The main export destinations of Belgium-Luxembourg are Germany (around $57B), France ($55B), the Netherlands ($53B), the United Kingdom (around $31B) and Italy (around $20B). The main import countries of origin are the Netherlands (around $93B), Germany (above $65B), France (above $50B), the United States (around $34B) and the United Kingdom ($25B). The products that are the top exports of Belgium-Luxembourg are cars (around $23B), refined petroleum (around $41B), packaged medicaments (around $19B), petroleum gas (around $16B) and diamonds (around $15B).

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Belgium is the thirteenth largest export economy and they export over $380B and import around $470B, and so there is a relatively large negative trade balance. Belgium is a small and multicultural country. English is widely spoken with low barriers to market entry and there are large international organisations, such as the European Union (EU) and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Belgium has a strategic geographic location, an open economy; it is an early adopter of new technologies with an excellent transport network.

The main export destinations of Belgium-Luxembourg are Germany (around $57B), France ($55B), the Netherlands ($53B), the United Kingdom (around $31B) and Italy (around $20B). The main import countries of origin are the Netherlands (around $93B), Germany (above $65B), France (above $50B), the United States (around $34B) and the United Kingdom ($25B). The products that are the top exports of Belgium-Luxembourg are cars (around $23B), refined petroleum (around $41B), packaged medicaments (around $19B), petroleum gas (around $16B) and diamonds (around $15B).