Belgium | Exports of goods and services (current US$)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source
Belgium | Exports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
12006111335.216 1970
13052184853.219 1971
16423224269.086 1972
22932275926.309 1973
29637776512.013 1974
30156821322.804 1975
34528907001.045 1976
39354961170.512 1977
46332075060.843 1978
58067512383.049 1979
63563403228.032 1980
56620736636.245 1981
53510783153.805 1982
52655467455.621 1983
53687392488.132 1984
53878264148.38 1985
68750421708.506 1986
83463311723.393 1987
96418786615.469 1988
104389986691.24 1989
126512468614.2 1990
126790048434.73 1991
138072578419.07 1992
126086323460.82 1993
143073453098.63 1994
173144772851.67 1995
170850032573.29 1996
163720906630.58 1997
165908868637.48 1998
166731346437.53 1999
171786761887.37 2000
169538549671.1 2001
183016456470.24 2002
219593071857.73 2003
261796408380.93 2004
286519836951.91 2005
313563958756.94 2006
368740547135.77 2007
418418164815.62 2008
332643194053.63 2009
365158050100 2010
422313795109.92 2011
398929195236.8 2012
413907322862.55 2013
427246782185.84 2014
359721498493.01 2015
378134817583.31 2016
418211812445.41 2017
451370851760.39 2018
441538322416.47 2019
413810111778.06 2020
528203425024.41 2021
558531627117.32 2022
Belgium | Exports of goods and services (current US$)
Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Kingdom of Belgium
Records
63
Source