Country Matrix
For 2025, the matrix below shows Belgium's number of import bottlenecks for different combinations of minimum import share (%) and minimum import value (USD). Red parentheses show bottlenecks from Danger Zone countries, and lime square brackets show bottlenecks involving Critical Goods.
Belgium
Year: 2025(12 in Danger Zone)[10 Critical Goods]| Value \ Share | >= 30% | >= 40% | >= 50% | >= 60% | >= 70% | >= 80% | >= 90% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >= 10 mln USD | 1386(12)[10] | 940(9)[9] | 629(6)[5] | 413(6)[4] | 284(5)[4] | 166(3)[4] | 88(1)[2] |
| >= 50 mln USD | 454(7)[10] | 327(7)[9] | 240(5)[5] | 169(5)[4] | 115(4)[4] | 64(2)[4] | 32[2] |
| >= 100 mln USD | 241(4)[10] | 181(4)[9] | 143(2)[5] | 101(2)[4] | 70(1)[4] | 40(1)[4] | 22[2] |
| >= 200 mln USD | 113(2)[7] | 89(2)[7] | 70(1)[4] | 53(1)[3] | 35(1)[3] | 20(1)[3] | 9[2] |
| >= 500 mln USD | 41(2)[6] | 30(2)[6] | 22(1)[3] | 15(1)[2] | 12(1)[2] | 8(1)[2] | 5[1] |
Danger Zone Bottlenecks (12 records, >= 30% share, >= 10 mln USD)
| # | Partner | HS Code | HS Description | Year | Share (%) | Value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 940620 | Buildings; modular building units, of steel | 2025 | 90.54% | 27,959,183 |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 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 | 2025 | 87.38% | 564,900,733 |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 722490 | Steel, alloy; semi-finished products | 2025 | 80.71% | 62,471,274 |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 251020 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk; ground | 2025 | 70.10% | 60,031,381 |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 720310 | Ferrous products; obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms | 2025 | 70.04% | 50,999,818 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 290211 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; cyclohexane | 2025 | 63.00% | 167,809,600 |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 281410 | Ammonia; anhydrous | 2025 | 49.16% | 178,973,102 |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 720110 | Iron; non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms | 2025 | 48.13% | 11,998,885 |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons; liquefied, natural gas | 2025 | 41.64% | 1,978,577,582 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 290243 | Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene | 2025 | 35.11% | 24,072,015 |
| 11 | United Arab Emirates | 540490 | Filament, synthetic; strip and the like (e.g.. artificial straw), of synthetic textile materials of an apparent width not exceeding 5mm | 2025 | 33.45% | 10,474,079 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 400270 | Rubber; synthetic, ethylene-propylene-non-conjugated diene rubber (EPDM), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | 2025 | 33.43% | 30,717,781 |
Partner frequency summary:
Russian Federation: 7 occurrences
Saudi Arabia: 3 occurrences
United Arab Emirates: 2 occurrences
Critical Goods in table:
271111 - Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons...
Legend:
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The number in red parentheses indicates bottlenecks from countries flagged in the Danger Zone.
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The number in lime square brackets indicates bottlenecks involving HS codes flagged in Critical Goods.