{
  "metadata": {
    "countryCode": 56,
    "name": "Belgium",
    "iso2": "BE",
    "iso3": "BEL",
    "latestYear": 2024,
    "generatedAt": "2026-06-08",
    "valueUnit": "millions_usd"
  },
  "summary": {
    "latest": {
      "exports": {
        "value": 387446.9,
        "label": "Exports 2024",
        "unit": "millions_usd",
        "year": 2024
      },
      "imports": {
        "value": 388711.4,
        "label": "Imports 2024",
        "unit": "millions_usd",
        "year": 2024
      },
      "tradeBalance": {
        "value": -1264.5,
        "label": "Trade balance 2024",
        "unit": "millions_usd",
        "year": 2024,
        "status": "balanced"
      },
      "totalTrade": {
        "value": 776158.3,
        "label": "Total trade 2024",
        "unit": "millions_usd",
        "year": 2024
      },
      "exportRank": {
        "rank": 17,
        "denominator": 225,
        "percentile": 92.9,
        "year": 2024
      },
      "importRank": {
        "rank": 16,
        "denominator": 225,
        "percentile": 93.3,
        "year": 2024
      }
    },
    "growth": {
      "exports5YearPct": 14.2,
      "imports5YearPct": 14.0,
      "totalTrade5YearPct": 14.1,
      "exportSharePointChangeSince1995": -1.29
    }
  },
  "modules": {
    "trendHref": "countries/timeseries/BEL.json",
    "partnersLatestHref": "countries/partners/BEL.2024.json",
    "productsLatestHref": "countries/products/BEL.2024.json",
    "sectorsLatestHref": "countries/products/BEL.2024.json"
  },
  "caveats": [
    "Goods trade only; values are nominal USD (not inflation-adjusted).",
    "hs92-compatible-history: all trade years 1995-2024 use HS92-compatible product codes for a consistent long-run series.",
    "baci-country-codes: BACI numeric country codes can differ from standard ISO numeric codes (e.g. USA=842, France=251, India=699).",
    "route-proxy: exporter/importer flows are origin/destination attributions and do not directly observe shipping routes.",
    "iso3-stitched-history: Belgium routes on code 56. Pre-1999 trade is reported under the Belgium-Luxembourg union (code 58) and is stitched into BEL for a continuous 1995-2024 series, so BEL values before 1999 include Luxembourg."
  ]
}