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About

Belgium-Albania Trade: In 2022, Belgium exported $35.7M to Albania. The main products that Belgium exported to Albania were Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($7.68M), Lead Sheets ($2.61M), and Scrap Aluminium ($1.78M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Belgium to Albania have increased at an annualized rate of 8.53%, from $23.7M in 2017 to $35.7M in 2022.

In 2003, Belgium exported services to Albania worth $1.26M, with Travel ($1.26M) being the largest in terms of value.

Albania-Belgium Trade: In 2022, Albania exported $7.08M to Belgium. The main products that Albania exported to Belgium were Lifting Machinery ($2.24M), Seats ($2.21M), and Aluminium Structures ($394k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Albania to Belgium have increased at an annualized rate of 33.3%,  from $1.68M in 2017 to $7.08M in 2022.

In 2017, Albania exported services to Belgium worth $25M, with Travel ($12.9M), Other business services ($5.87M), and Transportation ($3.16M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  Belgium ranked 19 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 1.25), and 13 in total exports ($475B). That same year, Albania ranked 77 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -0.24), and 131 in total exports ($4.3B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, Belgium exported $35.7M to Albania. The main products exported from Belgium to Albania were Vaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures ($7.68M), Lead Sheets ($2.61M), and Scrap Aluminium ($1.78M). During the last 5 years the exports of Belgium to Albania have increased at an annualized rate of 8.53%, from $23.7M in 2017 to $35.7M in 2022.

In 2017, Albania exported $7.08M to Belgium. The main products exported from Albania to Belgium were Lifting Machinery ($2.24M), Seats ($2.21M), and Aluminium Structures ($394k). During the last 5 years the exports of Albania to Belgium have increased at an annualized rate of 33.3%, from $1.68M in 2022 to $7.08M in 2017.

Exports from Belgium (Flag) to Albania (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Albania (Flag) to Belgium (Flag) (2022)

Market Competitiveness

Color
Belgium
Top Destination
Germany$91.9B
Albania
Top Destination
Italy$1.75B

This map shows whether countries import more from Belgium or Albania. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from Belgium and Albania or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from Belgium than Albania included Germany ($91.9B), France ($71.1B), and Netherlands ($65.7B).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Albania than Belgium included Montenegro ($80.8M).

Difference in imports from Albania (Flag) and Belgium (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage Belgium - Albania

Flow
Scale

This chart compares trade between Belgium and Albania by product, considering products traded by both, Belgium and Albania.

During 2022, Belgium had a large net trade with Albania in the exports of Chemical Products ($10.4M), Metals ($5.6M), and Machines ($4.39M).

During 2017, Albania had a large net trade with Belgium in the exports of Machines ($2.69M), Miscellaneous ($2.39M), and Metals ($859k).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Belgium Albania+$4.36MVaccines, blood, antisera, toxins and cultures
Top Product Potential Albania Belgium+$1.06MSeats

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of Belgium and Albania. This means that a dot/product with the flag of Belgium indicates it has a comparative advantage over Albania. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Albania indicates it has a comparative advantage over Belgium.

Product Space of Belgium (Flag) and Albania (Flag) (2022)

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