Trade and Jobs: Belgium
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Trade and Jobs: Belgium

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EU exporter
  • Belgium

Belgian companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €127 billion in 2022. And this keeps 904,000 workers busy in the EU.

  • Belgian extra-EU exports support 574,000 jobs in Belgium.
  • Another 225,000 workers in Belgium are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
  • This means 16% of jobs in Belgium depends on EU exports.
  • Belgian extra-EU exports also support over 330,000 jobs in EU countries.
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  • Press release

This is one of the many figures in a new report released today by the European Commission, showing just how important an open trade policy is for European employment.

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