Belgium: Selected Issues Paper

Publication Date:

March 20, 2012

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Selected Issues Paper on Belgium provides an overview of the extent of trade and financial openness of Belgium and the links to particular countries. With an export-to-GDP ratio of 79 percent, Belgium belongs to the most open economies in Europe and also globally. Its exports are highly concentrated with a share of three-fourths of total merchandise exports accounted for by the European Union, of which close to two-thirds go to Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

Series:

Country Report No. 2012/056

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

March 20, 2012

ISBN/ISSN:

9781475502398/1934-7685

Stock No:

1BELEA2012002

Pages:

54

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