Imports into Belgium from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into Belgium from China were €10.46bn in Q2 2026, up 10.1% (€959m) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (HS 2710): €235m, up 451.3% from €43m
- Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined (HS 2934): €47m, up 189.9% from €16m
- Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides,… (HS 2915): €39m, up 188.7% from €13m
Top 3 falling headings
- Harvesting or threshing machinery (HS 8433): €57m, down 63.3% from €154m
- Other bars and rods of alloy steel other than stainless, angles,… (HS 7228): €18m, down 62.9% from €48m
- Antibiotics (HS 2941): €12m, down 43.6% from €21m
Headings (HS4) worth at least €10m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from €0.68 for Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides,… to €289.39 for Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined. Why € per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–Belgium Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-eu-trade-pulse/belgium/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: Eurostat (Comext, DS-045409); quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–Belgium Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: Eurostat, Comext database, dataset DS-045409 (EU trade since 1988 by HS2-4-6 and CN8): reporter Belgium, partner China, imports, through Eurostat's free dissemination API.
- Values are in euros as Eurostat publishes them. Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 99 (other products) and 00 (confidential totals) are excluded.
- Eurostat revises recent months; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures Eurostat has published.
- Weight-based € per kg ranks categories; it does not measure freight cost directly, which depends on volume.
Source: Eurostat. Re-use of Eurostat data is authorised provided the source is acknowledged (Eurostat copyright notice). The figures on this page are aggregated and calculated from Eurostat's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.