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EU-Japan - a boost for jobs and exports in Belgium

Country or region
  • Japan
Trade topics
  • Negotiations and agreements
  • Trade in your town
EU exporter
  • Belgium

Businesses of all sizes in towns and cities across Belgium already export a wide range of goods and services to Japan.

The EU-Japan trade agreement will make it easier and cheaper for them to do so. Read the factsheets for full details

Companies and jobs

1,989
The number of Belgian companies that export to Japan.
90%
The share of Belgian companies exporting to Japan that are small and medium-sized enterprises.
15,514
The number of jobs in Belgium that EU exports to Japan help support.
739,560
The number of jobs in the EU that EU exports to Japan help support.

What kind of products does Belgium export to Japan?

Companies across Belgium export goods and services to Japan.

Let's take three regions:

A map of Belgium, showing Brussels Capital Region, Flanders and Wallonia

 

Exports and Imports

5th
Japan is Belgium's 5th biggest trade partner outside the EU.
€3.3 bn
The value of Belgian exports to Japan.
€8.8 bn
The value of Belgian imports from Japan.

Other EU countries export to Japan too!

Go to EU-Japan in your town to learn more about other EU countries' exports to Japan

 

Sources

  • Products: Dun and Bradstreet, 2018. The product examples are drawn from a sample of all EU companies exporting to Japan. The location represents place of production/shipment.
  • Companies: Statistics on international trade in goods by enterprise characteristics, Eurostat, 2015 (latest available year).
  • Jobs: European Commission, JRC estimates. Figures based on latest available data (2014).