Partners Bilateral Trade More than 3000 Belgian companies export to the US market The US is Belgiums 5th export destination and 4th supplier of goods The US is the largest trading partner outside EU ID: 715821
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Belgium and the U.S.Strong Economic PartnersSlide2
Bilateral
Trade
More than 3,000 Belgian companies export to the U.S. market
The U.S. is Belgium’s 5th export destination and 4th supplier of goods. The U.S. is the largest trading partner outside EU
Bilateral trade in goods: over $50 bln
in
2015 (more than U.S. trade with
Australia
,
Russia
, Spain)
Belgium: 10th export destination for U.S. merchandise, ahead of France and India (2015)
Top 10 export destination in about half of the U.S. states
U.S. represents 10.5% of export of Belgian services (3rd in rank)Slide3
Top U.S. Export destinations ($ bln, merchandise, 2015)(U.S. Dept. of Commerce, International Trade Administration)
Canada
280.6Mexico
235.7
China116.1Japan62.4United Kingdom56.1Germany50.0South Korea43.4Netherlands40,2 Hong Kong37.2 Belgium34.2Brazil31.7France30.1Singapore28.5 Taiwan25.9Australia25.0United Arab Emirates23.0Switzerland22,2India21.4Saudi Arabia19,7Colombia16.3Italy16.2
Bilateral TradeSlide4
Bilateral TradeSlide5
Bilateral TradeSlide6
U.S. Investment in BelgiumSlide7
U.S. Investment in Belgium
The U.S. is the largest source of FDI in Belgium
Value of U.S. investment in
Belgium at the end of 2015 -$45 billion- exceeded U.S. investments in India, Italy or Sweden.
18th destination for U.S. investment worldwide (2013)7th market for the U.S. in the EU.130,000 jobs in Belgium (second foreign employer)About 1,000 U.S. subsidiaries in BelgiumSlide8
U.S. Investment in BelgiumSlide9
Belgian Investment in the U.S.Total Belgian investment in the U.S. has increased more than 50% over the last few years according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, from $28 billion in 2011 to $43 billion in 2015
.
Belgium is the 13th foreign investor in the U.S., at a level almost twice as high as Brazil or China, and similar to Australia, Korea and Mexico.
About 300 Belgian companies have a presence on the U.S. market, supporting about 160,000 jobs in the U.S.
Belgium is the 10th foreign employer in the U.S.Slide10
Belgian Investment in the U.S.Slide11
U.S. Employment by Country OriginSlide12
Belgian Products in the U.S.Slide13
Belgian Investment in the U.S.Slide14
Representation in the U.S.Embassy Washington DC (economic section)
Consulates New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta
Export & Investment offices of FIT (Flanders Investment & Trade): New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston
AWEX (Wallonia Export & Investment Agency): Wash DC, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Houston
BIE (Brussels Investment & Export): New York, San FranciscoSlide15
Information@BelgiumintheUSAwww.invest.belgium.bewww.investinflanders.be
www.investinwallonia.be
www.investinbrussels.com